STATE OF MONTANA 



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WHEAT — BY PRINCIPAL VARIETIES — 1955 



Acreage, Yield Per Acre and Production 



WIBAUX COUNTY 



YELLOWSTONE COUNTY 



Acres 



Yield 



Per Production 

 Harv. 



Planted Harvested Acre 



500 



soo 



DURUM WHEAT 



Mindum 300 



Stewart 



Other 500 



Total SOO 



OTHER SPRING WHEAT 



Thatcher 5,600 5,500 



Rescue 



Ceres 6.000 5,900 



Lee 13,300 13,200 



Marquis 



Other 30,400 



Total 55.300 



WINTER WHEAT 



Yogo 1,500 



Karmont 



Turkey 



Newturk 



Other 



Total 1,500 1.100 



ALL, WHEAT... 57.600 56.200 



(Bu.) (Bushels) 

 300 15.0 4,500 



13.4 



14.0 



21.0 



15.0 

 16.0 



29.700 

 54,800 



1,100 



16.3 

 16.5 



20.0 



20.0 

 16.6 



6,700 



11,200 



115,500 



211,200 



482; 800 

 898,000 



22,000 



22,000 

 931.200 



Acres 



Yield 



Per Production 

 Harv. 



Planted Harvested Acre 



(Bu.) (Bushels) 



500 

 400 



"god 



8,400 



"ibo 



irsbo 



idrsoo 



16,900 

 12,600 

 29,600 

 16.500 

 4.700 

 80,300 

 91.500 



500 

 400 



"900 



7,700 



"io6 



17700 



9,566 



16,300 

 12,200 

 28,100 

 l.j,500 

 4,600 

 76,700 

 87,100 



23.8 

 26.0 



24.8 

 27.2 



i'i'.o 



29;d 

 27^5 



22.0 

 21.5 

 23.0 

 22.5 

 22.0 

 22.3 

 22.9 



11,900 

 10,400 



"22!3b0 



209,500 

 "'2,106 

 "49,'i'66 

 2"6b"900 



358,600 



262,300 



645,700 



348,800 



92.0(10 



1,707,400 



1,990,600 



WHEAT — BY CROPPING PRACTICES. 1945-1955 



Planted Acres, Percent ond Yield 

 For Summer Fallow, Other Dry Land, and Irrigated Land 



WIBAUX COUNTY 



YELLOWSTONE COUNTY 



Summer 



Fallow 



Land 



Other 



Dry 



Land 



Irrigated 

 Land 



Total Pet. Yield Pet. Yield Pet. Yield 



Planted of per of per of per 



Acres Total PI. Total PI. Total PI. 



Acre Acre Acre 



Summer 



Fallow 



Xjand 



Other 

 Dry 

 Land 



Irrigated 

 Land 



Total Pet. 

 Planted of 

 Acres Total 



Yield 

 per 

 PI. 



Acre 



Pet. 



of 



Total 



Yield 

 per 

 PI. 



Acre 



Pet. Yield 

 of per 

 Total PI. 

 Acre 



(Bu.) 

 WINTER WHEAT 

 194.-, 800 88 13.7 



1946 200 100 26.0 



1947 500 100 4.8 



194S " ". 1,500 53 12.5 



1949 500 80 6.8 



1950 200 100 18.0 



1951 400 50 22.5 



19.i2 . . 400 25 8.0 



19.13 300 



1954 600 67 



1955 1.500 73 



SPRING WHEAT 



194."> 5S,600 57 



i;t46 61,500 55 



1947 57,900 62 



1948 71,600 63 



1949 79.200 61 



1950 71,400 79 



1951 80.000 71 



19."i2 81.100 81 



1953 82.700 81 



]'.t')4 68.300 78 



10.15 56,100 86 



♦Less than 1 percent. 



14.5 

 17.3 



17.9 

 16.3 

 18.8 

 18.1 

 8.0 

 15.4 



15.3 

 6.2 

 13.7 

 13.2 

 16.8 



12 



47 

 20 



50 

 75 

 100 

 33 

 27 



43 

 45 

 38 

 37 

 39 

 21 



29 

 19 

 19 

 22 



14 



(Bu.) 

 7.0 



(Bu.) 



9.4 

 3.0 



4.5 



5.3 



13.0 



10.0 



7.5 



15.6 

 12.5 

 10.7 

 12.7 

 4.5 

 14.2 



8.0 



3.6 



9.9 



11.0 



12.6 



84,300 

 81,700 

 89,500 

 89,900 

 93,300 

 93,700 



104,300 



103,500 



108.400 



85,700 



80.300 



10,900 

 21,600 

 16,100 

 16,000 

 18,600 

 9,200 



92 

 91 

 93 

 95 

 94 

 84 



96 

 95 

 93 

 93 



97 



14 

 24 

 18 

 19 

 31 

 26 



(Bu.) 



19.6 

 15.3 

 18.2 

 20.1 

 11.1 

 20.8 



20.3 

 19.5 

 17.9 

 18.6 

 21.1 



17.3 

 6.0 



13.9 

 9.0 



11.4 



19.7 



6 

 .T 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 15 



3 

 1 

 3 

 3 



• 



3 



6 



7 



10 



15 



19 



(Bu.) 



16.9 

 11.2 

 12.0 

 12.5 

 .3.5 

 16.2 



6.5 

 10.9 

 11.1 

 16.2 

 10.0 



12.0 

 3.8 



11.8 

 6.8 

 6.4 



12.0 



2 



4 

 3 



2 



3 

 1 



1 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 3 



83 

 70 

 75 

 71 

 54 

 55 



(Bu.) 



30.1 

 22.0 

 27.0 

 27.0 

 20.7 

 24.9 



24.9 

 37.1 

 29.5 

 30.1 



27.8 



26.4 

 29.0 

 27.8 

 28.7 

 31.2 

 33.3 



