LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS 



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MONTANA WOOL 

 Production 



Year (pounds) 



1880 1,000,000 



1886 5,031,000 



1887 5,283,000 



1888 unknown 



1889 9,7 40.000 



1890 13,929,000 



1891 14,471,000 



1892 15,670,000 



1893 17,697,000 



1894 17,642,000 



1895 19,032,000 



1896 21,530.000 



1897 20,110.000 



1898 20,935.000 



1899 30,438,000 



1900 26,020,000 



1901 30.554,000 



1902 35,567,000 



1903 30,600,000 



1904 37,773,000 



PRODUCTION — 1880-1925 



Production 

 Year (pounds) 



1905 37.700,000 



1906 35,815,000 



1907 30,820.000 



1908 32,200,000 



1909 35,000,000 



1910 33,600,000 



1911 34,875,000 



1912 31,175,000 



1 913 31,500,000 



1914 30,177,000 



1915 26,950,000 



1916 24,570,000 



1917 23,342,000 



1918 18.685,000 



1919 18,267,000 



1920 16.000,000 



1921 16,400,000 



1922 16,770,000 



1923 17,775,000 



1924 19,314,000 



1925 20,874,000 



Poultry. 



Lacking the results of the Federal Census on poultry production in Montana 

 in 1924, which were not available as this issue of the Farm Review goes to press, 

 we have no definite data to supplement that shown in the tables following for 

 the period 1880 to 1919. However, the trend of poultry production in Montana 

 has been that of an increase over 1920 from all evidence available and it is ex- 

 pected that the census data, when available, will reflect this progress. 



Montana's climatic conditions are quite favorable for poultry and, as a rule, 

 more favorable than other states with continental type of climate of the same 

 latitude. 



Estimated Value of Products, 1925. 



Value of poultry products sold in 1925 is conservatively estimated at 

 $3,500,000 in our estimates of values of livestock and livestock products. This 

 figure represents a moderate increase over the estimate for 1924 which was 

 $2,926,000. On this basis the total value of poultry produced in 1925 and in- 

 cluding that value of such production as was consumed on farms could be ex- 

 pected to be at least double the value of the sales and would compare with 

 $6,897,599, tlie value of chickens raised and eggs sold as reported by the Federal 

 census of 1919. 



POULTRY ON FARMS AND EGGS PRODUCED 

 (Data from Federal Census) 



1925 (Data not yet available; expected to show increase). 



CHICKENS RAISED, EGGS PRODUCED, WITH VALUES — 1909, 

 (Data from Federal Census) 



1919 AND 1925 



CHICKENS 

 Xo. Raised Value 



EGGS (Dozen) 

 Produced Value 



TOTAL. 

 VALUE 



1909 

 1919 



1,432,741 

 3,247.090 



$ 797,450 

 2.272,963 



6,004,051 

 11,858,042 



$1,610,766 

 4,624,636 



$2,408,216 

 6,897,599 



1925 (U. S. Census Data expected to show increase). 



