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Agriculture is Montana's leading industry. Cash receipts from farm marketings and government 

 payments totaled $549.9 million in 1968. Montana farms and ranches provided employment for 

 61,000 persons, and related enterprises furnished employment for many more. 



This Supplement to Montana Agricultural Statistics Volume XII has brought together 16 years 

 of the final estimates by county for wheat and barley. It contains acreage, yield, and production of the 

 3 kinds of wheat and barley for 1952 tlirough 1967. The county estimates presented in this 

 supplement supersede previous releases. Researchers and all other users of historical county data will 

 find this supplement an invaluable reference. 



Complete and accurate basic information contributes to improved decision-making in any 

 organization, whether farm unit, private business, corporation, or State government. The statistics in 

 this bulletin provide the basic information about Montana's foremost crops. 



The data in this publication were assembled with the cooperation of public-spirited Montana 

 people who voluntarily provided information concerning their own operations. While most of the basic 

 information was obtained from farmers and ranchers, supplemental information was acquired from 

 mills and elevators, railroad companies, and others. 



State agencies in addition to those in the Montana State Department of Agriculture which 

 contributed significantly were the Railroad and Public Service Commission and the Board of 

 Equalization. Agencies of the U. S. Government which furnished extensive record material were the 

 Agricultural StatiUzation and Conservation Service, Soil Conservation Service, and Extension Service. 

 Credit and thanks are due to these and all others who assisted the Statistical Reporting Service in 

 making data available. Funds for the printing of this publication were furnished by the Montana State 

 Department of Agriculture. 



The text and statistical data presented in this bulletin were prepared by the staff of the Statistical 

 Reporting Service, United States Department of Agriculture, under the direction of Frasier T. 

 Galloway, Agricultural Statistician-in-Charge. Staff members who contributed significantly in the 

 preparation of this issue were John E. Cochrane, Olav Rogness, L. Max Cain, E.N. (Swede) Severson, 

 Robert G. Prongua, Agricultural Statisticians; Jerry G. Thorson and Charles R. Meyer, Statistician 

 Student Trainees; Grace A. Cross, Statistical Assistant; and clerks EUen M. CarkuUs, Edith A. Coe, 

 Donna R. Doggett, Rita Rae East, Jean M. Eickmeyer, Anita M. Engstrom, Charlotte A. Hagen, Roy 

 D. Jones, Rose M. Miller, Ollie K Mires, Lois C. Rigler, and Eleanor A. Teigen. 



Offices of the Statistical Reporting Service are located in Room 208, McGaffick Steamboat 

 Block, 616 Helena Avenue, Helena, Montana. Estimates published by this agency are available to 

 anyone without charge by writing to the Agricultural Statistician, Post Office Box 1726, Helena, 

 Montana 59601. 



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