TOTAL CROP TONNAGE 1928 WITH COMPARISONS 



Total tonnage of all principal crops in Montana in 1928 was 6 591,824 tons 

 compared with the revised estimate for 1927 of 7,519,146 tons. The 1928 crop 

 therefore was 12.3 per cent below the out-turn of 1927, but considering the fact 

 that the 1927 production exceeded that of the largest preceding year by more than 

 37 per cent, the 1928 total tonnage is the second largest year by a wide margin. 



CROPS 



Com 



All Wheat 



Oats 



Barley 



Rye 



Flax 



All Hay 



Potatoes 



Beans 



Seed Peas 



Canning Peas 

 Alfalfa Seed . 

 Sugar Beets ... 



Cherries 



Clover Seed ... 

 Apples 



TONNAGE PRODUCTION OF MONTANA CROPS 



TOTAL TONNAGE 



AVERAGE YIELDS PER ACRE IN 1928 



Average yields per acre of all principal crops in 1928, except alfalfa seed, 

 fell below the high yields of 1927. In case of alfalfa seed the 1927 yield was 

 below average due to unfavorable weather at the time the seed was setting. While 

 1928 conditions were more favorable than 1927 and 1928 yield of alfalfa seed was 

 below that of the three seasons preceding 1927. 



Grain yields on the whole averaged but moderately below the 1927 yields, 

 but the difference was somewhat larger in case of such later maturing crops as 

 com, potatoes, sugar beets and beans. Hay yields, while considerably below those 

 of 1927 on the first cuttings, made up some of the difference on later cuttings with 

 the season's average falling below that of 1927 by less than 10 per cent. 



In all cases the 1928 yields per acre exceeded those of the five year average 

 (1920-1924). 



Comparison of 1928 state average yields with those of preceding years and 

 average is made in the following table: 



CROP 



AVERAGE ACRE YIELDS 



In Units of Bushels 

 1924 



Spring Wheat 16.20 



Winter Wheat 17.10 



Corn - 18.00 



Oats 29.50 



Barley 25.00 



Rye 14.00 



Flax 8.70 



Potatoes 88.00 



Tame Hay 1.71 



Wild Hay 90 



Beans 12.00 



Susrar Beets 



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