CROP PRODUCTION STATISTICS 



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at the farm (per unit bushels except hay) by farmers for the various crops in 

 1925 were as follows with 1924 Comparison in parentheses: Winter wheat, $1.33 

 ($1.24) ; spring wheat, $1.40 ($1.24) ; corn, $0.95 ($0.99) ; oats, $0.53 ($0.47) ; 

 barley, $0.72 (0.69) ; rye, $0.74 ($0.91) ; flaxseed, $2.20 ($2.21) ; all hay, per ton, 

 $9.78 ($9.77) ; potatoes, $1.60 ($0.87) ; beans, $3.05 ($3.30). 



To combine a comparison of both yields per acre and price per unit, the 

 acre values of principal crops have been determined in the table below for 1925, 

 1924, 1923 and the average of the period 1920-1924. In this comparison it will 

 be noted that spring wheat, winter wheat, barley and rye falling below the 

 returns of 1924 are still all above the acre values in 1923 and the five year 

 averages : 



ACRE VALUES 

 (Average acre yield times farm price per bushel or ton) 



TOTAL FARM VALUES OF CROPS IN 1925 



Total farm value of 11 principal crops in Montana was $101,510,000 com- 

 pared with revised estimates of $117,792,000 for 1924 and $86,461,000 in 1923. 

 These valuation statistics are based on average farm prices as of December 1, 

 in the years compared. 



In the valuation of 11 principal crops produced in Montana in 1925, the 

 state shows a reduction of about 16.2 million dollars from the very favorable 

 year of 1924 and an increase of 15.1 million dollars compared with the year 

 of 1923. 



Wheat leads in crop values for 1925 with a total of $48,243,000 for both 

 winter and spring wheat. All hay comes next with a value of $25,614,000; then 

 in order come oats with $7,608,000 ; com with $6,255,000 ; potatoes with $6,048,000 ; 

 flaxseed with $2,684,000; barley with $2,359,000; beans with $1,525,000; rye with 

 $1,036,000, and apples with $140,000. The principal decline compared with 1924 

 came in value of the wheat crop which was worth about 16 million dollars, more 

 that year, but due to a better price per bushel in 1925 the crop was worth more 

 than the larger production both in 1923 and the larger average production during 

 the period 1920-24. The largest proportional increase came in the potato crop 

 which was worth $6,048,000 compared with $2,602,000 in the preceding year, due 

 principally to the high potato prices for the present crop. Among crops to show 

 Increased values compared with 1924 are barley, rye, beans and potatoes. Crops 

 with lower values compared with 1924 include wheat, hay, corn, oats, flax and 

 apples. All crops except winter wheat, oats and apples exceed in value the crops 

 of 1923. The small value of the 1925 apple crop compared with 1924 and preceding 

 years was due to the damage sustained in the principal apple districts in western 

 Montana from the drought of 1924 and the December freeze last year. 



In the following table are shown acreage, yield per acre, production, December 

 1 price per unit, and total farm value of 11 principal Montana crops compared 



