STATE OF MONTANA 



MILK COWS AND PRODUCTION OF MILK, MILKFAT. 



AND BUTTER ON FARMS 



Production of Milk end Milkfot 



Percent- 

 Number of „,,, -_, ^ aee of _ ^ , 



Milk Cows Milk Per Cow Fat in Total 



on farmsi Milk Milkfat Milk Milk Milkfat 



YEAR Thousands Pounds Pounds Percent Mil. Lb. Mil. Lb. 



1944 155 4,650 184 3.95 721 28 



1!»45 146 4,720 186 3.95 689 27 



1946 137 4,840 191 3.95 663 26 



1947 130 4,880 190 3.90 634 25 



1948 122 4,990 195 3.90 609 24 



1949 117 4,880 190 3.90 571 22 



1950 114 4,960 193 3.90 565 22 



1951 108 4,910 189 3.85 530 20 



19r.2 103 4,980 189 3.80 513 19 



1953 104 5.140 195 3.80 535 20 



1954 103 5,240 199 3.80 540 21 



1955 99 5,240 199 3.80 519 20 



lAverage number during year, heifers that have not freshened excluded. 



29 



Butter 

 Churned 



on 

 Farms 



1.000 Lb. 



2,400 

 2,400 

 2,200 

 1.900 

 1,950 

 1,550 



1,500 

 1,400 

 1,400 

 1.300 

 1,300 

 1,150 



MILK USED AND MARKETED BY FARMERS 



(In Millions of Pounds) 



Milk Used on Farms Where Produced 



Milk Marketed by Farmers 



HONEY AND BEESWAX — PRODUCTION, PRICE AND VALUE 



Colonie.s 



of 



Bees 



(Number) 



1944 44,000 



1945 50,000 



1946 52,000 



1947 64,000 



1948 64,000 



1949 62,000 



1950 62,000 



1951 65,000 



1952 62,000 



1953 67,000 



1954 68,000 



1955 68,000 



Honey 



Yield 



Per 



Colony 



(Pounds) 



101 

 76 



66 



70 



122 



58 



60 

 80 

 83 

 90 

 85 

 91 



Honey Beeswax 

 Produc- Produc- 

 tion tion 

 (Thousand Pounds) 



Price Per Pound 



Honey Beeswax 



(Cents) 



Value of 

 Product i on 



Honey Beeswax 



(Thousand Dollars) 



4,444 

 3,800 

 3,432 

 4,480 



7,808 

 3,596 



3,720 



5,200 

 5,146 

 6,030 

 6,780 

 6.188 



102 

 87 

 69 

 81 



141 

 61 



60 

 94 

 93 

 98 

 104 

 105 



15.3 

 16.1 



22.5 

 21.9 

 12.4 

 12.2 



14.3 

 13.6 

 14.0 

 14.0 

 14.8 

 16.6 



42.0 



42.0 

 43.0 

 45.0 

 44.0 

 36.0 



46.0 

 53.0 

 42.0 

 41.0 

 45.0 

 53.0 



680 

 612 



772 

 9S1 

 068 

 439 



532 

 707 

 720 

 844 

 855 

 1,027 



43 

 37 

 30 

 36 

 62 

 22 



28 

 60 

 39 

 40 

 48 

 56 



