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ALFALFA HAY - 1980 



Acreage. Yield and Production by Counties ' Irrigaled and Not Irrigated 



TOTAL 



COUNTY 



& 

 DISTRICT 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



Deer Lodge 8,000 



Flathead 23,000 



Granite 10,000 



Lake 41,500 



Lincoln 6,200 



Mineral 2,300 



Missoula 13,000 



Powell 19,500 



Ravalli 17,500 



Sanders 24,000 



N- WEST 165,000 



Blaine 27,500 



Choteau 26,000 



Glacier 17,500 



Hill 8,500 



Liberty 4,000 



Phillips 25,000 



Pondera 16,000 



Teton 37,000 



Toole 3,500 



N. CENTRAL 165,000 



Daniels 5,000 



Dawson 8,500 



Garfield 7,500 



McCone 6,500 



Richland 15,000 



Roosevelt 17,500 



Sheridan 7,500 



Valley 27,500 



N. EAST 95,000 



Broadwater 13,500 



Cascade 61,000 



Fergus 80,000 



Golden Valley.. 7,500 



Judith Basin. . . 27,000 



Lewis & Clark. . 29,000 



Meagher 12,000 



Musselshell.... 13,000 



Petroleum 11,500 



Wheatland 15,500 



CENTRAL 270,000 



Beaverhead 37,000 



Gallatin 46,100 



Jefferson 10,500 



Madison 44,000 



Silver Bow 2,400 



S- WEST 140,000 



Big Horn 55,500 



Carbon 36,000 



Park 34,000 



Stillwater 36,000 



Sweet Grass 30,500 



Treasure 11 ,500 



Yellowstone 21,500 



S- CENTRAL 225,000 



Carter 21,500 



Custer 19,500 



Fallon 20,500 



Powder River. . . 41 ,500 



Prairie 5,000 



Rosebud 25,000 



Wibaux 7,000 



^- EAST 140,000 



STATE 1,200,000 



Yield 



per 



Acre 



3.31 

 3.06 

 2.46 

 3.21 

 2.89 

 2.65 

 3.02 

 2.30 

 3.87 

 2.68 



3.00 

 2.73 

 2.15 

 1.77 

 2.65 

 1.88 

 2.20 

 2.66 

 3.00 

 2.71 



2.48 

 2.00 

 2.20 

 1.76 

 2.77 

 1.90 

 1.87 

 1.17 

 2.55 



2.11 



3.64 

 1.89 

 1.06 

 1.67 

 1.66 

 3.02 

 2.33 

 2.50 

 2.74 

 1.87 



1.91 

 3.16 

 3.59 

 2.35 

 2.70 

 3.58 



3.11 



1.88 

 2.44 

 2.46 

 1.99 

 2.52 

 2.52 

 3.09 



Tons 



31 

 07 

 99 

 06 

 37 

 20 



2.66 

 1.06 



1.75 

 2.35 



Pro- 

 duction 



26,500 

 70,300 

 24,600 

 133,400 

 17,900 

 6,100 

 39,200 

 44,900 

 67,700 

 64,400 



495,000 

 75,000 

 56,000 

 31,000 

 22,500 

 7,500 

 55,000 

 42,500 



111,000 

 9,500 



410,000 

 10,000 

 18,700 

 13,200 

 18,000 

 28,500 

 32,700 

 8,800 

 70,100 



200,000 



49,100 

 115,100 

 85,000 

 12,500 

 44,800 

 87,500 

 28,000 

 32,500 

 31,500 

 29,000 



515,000 

 117,000 

 165,700 

 24,700 

 119,000 

 8,600 



435,000 

 104,500 

 88,000 

 83,500 

 71,500 

 77,000 

 29,000 

 66,500 



520,000 

 22,900 

 58,400 

 21,800 

 56,900 

 11,000 

 66,600 

 7,400 



245,000 

 2,820,000 



