STATE OF MONTANA 



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ALL HAY 



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



Year 



ACRES 

 Harvested 



PRODUCTION 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Total 



Price 



I'er Ton 

 Baled 



Value of 

 Production 



Value 

 Per Acre 



1944 2,265,000 1.19 



11)45 2,287,000 1.17 



1946 2,147,000 1.12 



1947 2,227,000 1.12 



1948 2,203,000 1.23 



1949 2,122,000 1.01 



1950 2,432,000 1.12 



1951 2,230,000 1.07 



1952 2,510,000 1.12 



19.^3 2.585,000 1.21 



1954 2,436,000 1.20 



1955 2,410,000 1.27 



Irrigated 



Yield 



Acres per 



Harvested Acre 



Tons 



1944 1,131,400 1.48 



1945 1.154,500 1.54 



1946 1,046,600 1.43 



1947 1,057,900 1.38 



1948 1,061,200 1.53 



1949 1,013,800 1.40 



1950 1,114.600 1.48 



1951 1,085,400 1.42 



1952 1,135,600 1.55 



1953 1,205,900 1.58 



1954 1,119,800 1.62 



1955 1,073,000 1.67 



Tons 



TOTAL 



2,689,000 



2,681,000 



2,395,000 



2,491,000 



2,704,000 



2,151,000 



2,730,000 

 2,399.000 

 2,804,000 

 3,134,000 

 2,921.000 

 3,054,000 



Dollars 



17.90 48,133.000 21.25 



18.80 50,403,000 22.04 



23.10 55,324,000 25.77 



23.00 57,293,000 25.73 



21.60 58.406,000 26.51 



26.10 56,141.000 26.46 



24.20 66,066,000 27.17 



32.30 77,488,000 34.65 



28.50 79,914,000 31.84 



18.70 58,606,000 22.67 



20.00 58,420,000 23.98 



20.70 63.218.000 26.23 



Non-Irrigated 



Value 

 Per Acre 



Acres 

 Harvested 



Yield 



per 



Acre 



Value 



Per Acre 



ALFALFA HAY AND WILD HAY 



Production 



Acres Yield 

 Har- Per 

 vested Acre Total 



Tons 

 Total 



Production 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



Yield 

 Per 



Acre Total 



Tons 

 Irrigated 



ALFALFA HAY 



1944 759,000 1.62 1,230,000 474,400 191 



1945 736,000 1.60 1,178,000 456,000 1.92 



1946 684,000 1.55 1,060,000 418,000 1.88 



1947 670,000 1.60 1,072.000 415.700 1.89 



1948 657.000 1.70 1.117,000 405,600 1.99 



1949 710,000 1.45 1.030,000 448,000 1.82 



1950 753,000 1.65 1,242,000 447,300 2.01 



1951 768,000 1..50 1,152,000 465.400 1.88 



1952 845,000 1.65 1,394,000 525. (!00 2.06 



1953 946,000 1.75 1.656.000 572,300 2.12 



1954 955,000 1.70 1,624,000 563,900 2.11 



1955 974,000 1.75 1,704,000 561,200 2.16 



904,900 

 878,200 

 786,000 

 785.000 

 806,900 

 815,400 



899,100 

 875,000 

 1,082,700 

 1,213.300 

 1,190,300 

 1,213,400 



Production 



Acres Yield 

 Har- Per 

 vested Acre Total 

 Tons 

 Non-Irrigated 



284,600 

 279,400 

 266,000 

 254,300 

 251,400 

 262,000 



305,700 

 302,600 

 319,400 

 373,700 

 391,100 

 412,800 



1.14 

 1.07 

 1.03 

 1.13 

 1.23 

 .82 



1.12 

 .92 

 .97 

 1.18 

 1.11 

 1.19 



325,100 

 299.800 

 274,000 

 287,000 

 310,100 

 214,600 



342,900 

 277,000 

 311,300 

 442.700 

 433,700 

 490,600 



WILD HAY 



1944 867,000 .85 



1945 806,000 .90 



1946 822,000 .80 



1947 880,000 .80 



1948 854,000 .90 



1949 734,000 .75 



1950 851,000 .75 



1951 715,000 .75 



1952 772,000 .70 



1953 865.000 .80 



1954 753,000 .80 



1955 730,000 .85 



737,000 

 725,000 

 658,000 

 704,000 

 769.000 

 550,000 



638,000 

 536,000 

 540.000 

 692,000 

 602.000 

 620,000 



394,900 

 401,400 

 414,700 

 422,900 

 396,300 

 341,300 



378,700 

 348,200 

 348.200 

 354, (!00 

 335,700 

 290,000 



.97 

 l.OS 



.97 



.90 

 1.07 



.92 



.90 

 .87 

 .89 

 .93 

 .97 

 .99 



384,700 

 435,100 

 403,100 

 381,600 

 424,300 

 314,000 



340,800 

 302,900 

 309,900 

 329,800 

 327,000 

 286.500 



472,100 

 404,000 

 407,300 

 457,100 

 457,700 

 392,700 



472,300 

 366,800 

 423,800 

 510,400 

 417.300 

 440.000 



.75 

 .72 

 .63 

 .71 

 .75 

 .60 



.63 

 .64 

 .54 

 .71 

 .66 

 .76 



352,300 

 289,900 

 254,900 

 322,400 

 344,700 

 236,000 



297.200 

 233.100 

 230,100 

 362,200 

 275,000 

 333,500 



