88 MONTANA FARM REVIEW 



Egg Production Study, 1925. 



A study of egg production similar to that on milk production was made in 

 1925 through the cooperation of the reporters of the United States Division of 

 Crop and Livestock Estimates. The following questions were asked: (A) Num- 

 ber of hens, including pullets of laying age, were in your flock yesterday. (B) 

 Number of eggs produced by your flock yesterday. Results of this survey are 

 given here for the information of the reporters cooperating. Much of the value of 

 such a survey will arise from comparison with similar data which it is expected 

 to secure in the future. 



RESULTS OF 1925 EGG PRODUCTION 



•Number of hens and pullets in flock of laying age on last day of month preceding. 



BEES AND HONEY 



(Bees on farms, honey and wax produced, with value (from U. S. Census Bureau) 



The table above indicates the growth of the honey bee industry in Montana 

 up until 1919. Since then while no enumeration of the industry has been made 

 the evidence points to a substantial increase in bee-keeping and honey production. 



Conservative estimates place the value of bee products in Montana in 1925 

 at $250,000 compared with the estimate for 1924 of $176,000 and that of 1923 of 

 $170,000. 



Conditions in Montana are particularly favorable for bee-keeping and the 

 State ranks near the top in production of surplus honey per hive according to 

 surveys of the United States Division of Crop and Livestock Estimates, whose 10- 

 year average (1913-1922) give Montana second place in the average yield of 88 

 pounds of honey per comb. In favorable years yields have gone much higher, 

 that of 1923 being given as 118 pounds per comb. 



