TREND OF FARM IMPLEMENT SALES 



Nineteen twenty-eight sales of farm implements and machinery as reflected 

 in the Montana Railroad Commission records of cars shipped show a substantial 

 gain over those of 1927. Unusually large shipments in August were noted in the 

 1928 records indicating that many of this year's orders were held back until the 

 final outcome of the crop was assured. 



Estimates of extension officials and machinery people place the number of 

 tractors sold in Montana in 1928 at 5,251 compared with 3607 in 1927. For com- 

 bine tractors the 1928 estimate was 1,662 compared with 960 or more in 1927, 

 and for duckfoot cultivators 2,077 in 1928 compared with more than 2,426 in 1927. 

 Total numbers of combine threshers in the state is roughly estimated at 3,000, the 

 large bulk of which have been purchased in the past two years. 



IMPORTS OF FARM IMPLEMENTS IN MONTANA 



Year Cars 



1919 671 



1920 542 



1921 249 



1925 196 



1926 271 



1927 328 



1928 445 



