STATE OF MONTANA 



19 



ALL HAY 



Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre 



Year 



ACRES 



Harvested 



I'liODUCTION 



Yield 

 l\r Acre 



Total 



I'rice 



Per Ton 



Baled 



Value of 

 Production 



Value 

 Per Acre 



Tons 



1048 2.203,000 



1940 2,122,000 



lono 2,432,000 



lor.l 2,236,000 



1 or)2 2,510,000 



1053 2,585,000 



1054 2,436,000 



1055 2,410,000 



1056 2,230,000 



1057 2,326,000 



TOTAL 



1.23 

 1.01 

 1.12 

 1.07 

 1.12 



1.21 

 1.20 

 1.27 

 1.21 

 1.20 



2,704,000 

 2,151,000 

 2,730,000 

 2,300,000 

 2,.S04,000 



3,134,000 

 2,021,000 

 3,054,000 

 2,700,000 

 2,002,000 



21.60 

 26.10 

 24.20 

 32.30 

 28.50 



18.70 

 20.00 

 20.70 

 22.70 

 16.00 



Dollars 



58,406,000 

 56,141,000 

 66,066,000 

 77,488,000 

 70,014,000 



58,606,000 

 58,420,000 

 63,218,000 

 61,290,000 

 50,565,000 



26.51 

 26.46 

 27.17 

 34.65 

 31.84 



22.67 

 23.08 

 26.23 

 27.48 

 21.74 



IRRIGATED 



NON-IRRIGATED 



Year 



Acres 

 Harvested 



Yield 



per 



Acre 



Value 

 Per Acre 



Acres 

 Harvested 



Yield 

 per 

 Acre 



Value 

 Per Acre 



1048 1,061.200 



1040 I.(tl3.800 



1050 1,114,600 



1051 1,085,400 



1952 1,135,600 



1053 1,205,000 



1954 1,119.800 



1955 1.073.000 



1056 1,113.700 



i957 1,167,400 



ALFALFA HAY 



TOTAL 



Acreage and Production 



IRRIGATED 



Year 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



1948 657,000 



1949 710.000 



1950 753.000 



1951 768.000 



1952 845,000 



1953 946.000 



1054 955.000 



1955 974.000 



1956 964,000 



1957 1,041,000 



Yield 



per 



Acre 



Total 

 Pro- 

 duction 



1.70 

 1.45 

 1.65 

 1.50 

 1.65 



1.75 

 1.70 

 1.75 

 1.65 

 1.75 



Tons 



1,117,000 

 1,030,000 

 1,242,000 

 1.152.000 

 1,394,000 



1,656.000 

 1,624,000 

 1,704,000 

 1,591,000 

 1,822,000 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



405,600 

 448,000 

 447,300 

 465.400 

 525,600 



572,300 

 563,900 

 561,200 

 572,200 

 591,100 



Yield 

 per 

 Acre 



Total 

 Pro- 

 duction 



1.99 

 1.82 

 2.01 



1.88 

 2.06 



2 12 

 2.11 

 2.16 

 2.18 



NON-IRRIGATED 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



Yield 



per 



Acre 



Tons 



806,900 

 815,400 

 809,100 

 875.000 

 1,082,700 



1,213,300 

 1,190,300 

 1,213,400 

 1,247,200 

 1,311,300 



Total 

 Pro- 

 duction 



251,400 

 262,000 

 305.700 

 302,600 

 819,400 



373,700 

 391,100 

 412,800 

 391,800 

 449,900 



Tons 



1.23 



.82 



1.12 



.97 



.97 



1.18 

 1.11 

 1.19 



.88 

 1.14 



310.100 

 214.600 

 342,000 

 277,000 

 311,300 



442,700 

 433,700 

 400,600 

 343.800 

 510,700 



TOTAL. 



WILD HAY 



Acreage and Production 



IRRIGATED 



NON-IRRIGATED 



Year 



Acres 

 Har- 



ve.sted 



1948 854,000 



1940 734,000 



1950 851.000 



1951 715.000 



1052 772.000 



1053 865.000 



1954 753.000 



1955 730.000 



1956 642,000 



1957 648,000 



Yield 

 per 

 Acre 



Total Acres Yield 



.90 



.75 

 .75 

 .75 

 .70 



.80 

 .80 

 .85 

 .80 

 .80 



Pro- 

 duction 



Tons 



769,000 

 550,000 

 638,000 

 536,000 

 540,000 



692,000 

 602,000 

 620,000 

 514,000 

 518,000 



Har- 

 vested 



396,300 

 341,300 

 378,700 

 348,200 

 348,200 



354,600 

 335,700 

 200,000 

 308,100 

 344,400 



Total Acres 



per 



Acre 



Pro- 

 duction 



Tons 



1.07 

 .92 

 .00 

 .87 

 .80 



.93 

 .07 

 .00 

 .05 

 .93 



424,300 

 314.000 

 340.800 

 302.000 

 809,000 



329,800 

 327,000 

 286,500 

 294,100 

 320,100 



Har- 

 vested 



457,700 

 392,700 

 472,300 

 366,800 

 423,800 



510,400 

 417,300 

 440,000 

 333,000 

 303,600 



Yield 



per 



Acre 



Total 

 Pro- 

 duction 



.75 

 .60 

 .63 

 .64 

 .54 



.71 

 .66 

 .76 

 .66 

 .65 



Tons 



344,700 

 236,000 

 297,200 

 233,100 

 230,100 



362,200 

 275,000 

 333,500 

 219,900 

 197,900 



