From the data indications of average production per cow are secured for 

 use in estimating total dairy production. 



A summary of the 1928 results by months, compared with 1927, is shown in 

 the accompanying table, in which it will be noted that 1928 average production 

 per cow ran ahead of that for 1927 through the first half of the year, but fell 

 below from August to December. 



This is probably the effect of the dry late summer and fall weather which 

 reduced pasturage in 1928 in contrast with the wet fall of 1927. 



MILK PRODUCTION SURVEY 



No. of 

 Reports 



Cows in Herd Cows Milked 



Last Day Each Last Day Each : 



Month Month 



Production Average Per 

 Last Day Each Cow Milked 



Month (lbs.) (lbs.) 



Jan. 1928 339 2,536 1,427 25,494 17.8 



1927 337 2,730 1,545 28,140 18.2 



Feb. 1928 329 2,200 1,199 22,918 19.1 



1927 313 2,188 1,222 23,117 18.9 



Mar. 1928 298 2,078 1,149 22,641 19.7 



1927 221 1,626 1,859 15,895 18.6 



Apr. 1928 230 1,676 1,009 20,907 20.7 



1927 250 1,846 1,062 20,419 19.2 



May 1928 220 1.613 1,003 21,703 21.6 



1927 232 1,741 1,117 22,435 20.1 



June 1928 221 1,707 1,123 26,373 23.5 



1927 287 1,984 1,356 31,442 23.2 



July 1928 203 1,576 1,148 27,840 24.3 



1927 237 1,833 1,278 30,800 24.1 



Aug. 1928 234 1,757 1,176 25,906 22.0 



1927 251 1,773 1,227 28,296 23.1 



Sept. 1928 219 1,505 1,042 20,842 20.0 



1927 267 2,045 1,393 31,164 22.4 



Oct. 1928 192 1,327 862 17,992 20.9 



1927 276 2,132 1,279 24,593 19.2 



Nov. 1928 217 1,623 1,013 18,321 18.1 



1927 273 2,111 1,419 27,123 19.1 



Dec. 1928 314 2,423 1,430 25,340 17.7 



,_. 1927 289 2,028 1,167 20,996 18.0 



YEAR 1928 3,025 22,021 13,581 286,277 



1927 3,233 24,037 14,924 304,420 



Averages 



Per Farm 1928 7.28 4.49 94.64 



Or Herd 1927 7.43 4.61 94.16 



Per day for cows milked 



1928 21.08 



1927 20.40 



DAIRY PRODUCTS FOR FIRST QUARTER OF 1929 WITH 1928 FOR COMPARISON 



BUTTER ICE CREAM CHEESE 



1929 1928 1929 1928 1929 1928 



January 1,000,962 986,613 28,579 30,974 164,170 101,624 



February 960,360 916,535 32,150 36,757 147,197 101,160 



March 1,034,389 938,557 50,751 51,066 162,428 126,842 



Total for Ist Quarter 2,995,711 2,841,705 111,480 118,797 473,795 329,126 



MILK COWS IN MONTANA 



Cows and Heifers rr^.-f ___ •, « ___ 



January 1 2 yrs . and Over ^^™ frjyjj ' Total 

 Kept for Milk ^^^^ ^°^ ^*'*^ 



1920 148,000 30,000 178,000 



1921 148,000 33,000 181,000 



1922 155,000 30,000 185,000 



1923 162,000 30,000 192,000 



1924 174,000 35,000 209,000 



1925 187,000 36,000 223,000 



1926 192,000 35,000 227,000 



1927 181,000 35,000 216,000 



1928 177,000 35,000 212,000 



1929 177,000 37,000 214,000 



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HORSES 



Horse numbers continued to decline in 1928 in Montana, a total of 515,000 

 horses being reported on Montana farms and ranches on January 1, 1929, com- 

 pared with 531,000 reported the previous year. Horse numbers in the state are 

 now at the lowest ebb since 1916. At that time the horse population was on the 

 increase and the total of 520,000 reported at the beginning of 1916 established a 

 record to that time. By 1919 a total of 720,000 was reached, since which time 

 there has been a steady decline. 



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