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MONTANA : INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES 



LAND VALUES AND CROP YIELDS 



How the states rank in ikt acre yield on 9 

 staple crops over IG-year period (1007-1022 Inc.). 



Value good Seventh 



State plow lands First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth or lower 



1022 on on on on on on on 



3 Crops 2 crops 2 crops 



1 



4 

 1 



2 



1 



1 crop 



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 4 •• 



AVERAGE YIELDS 



Average yields per acre of 16 years. 100 1 



PER ACRE 



to 1022. inclusive. 



.rt.> eriij;t; .\ leiu^ per ;uif ul xu .xfiiis. x;hm h> I'.ij.^. iiiiin.-M\ i-. Kased upon fig- 

 ures in the 1016 and 1021 Yearltooks of the United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture and for 1022 upon those given in Vol. 2. No. 26 (December 23. 1922) of 

 Weather. Crops and Markets. 



Corn. Bushels 



Winter Wheat. Bushels 



Spring Wheat, Bushels 



Iowa 36.9 



Wisconsin 36.5 



Indiana 36.4 



Illinois 34.4 



Minnesota 34.0 



South Dakota 20.4 



United States 26.2 



Missouri 26.7 



Neltraska 24.9 



North Dakota 23.6 



Montana 22.2 



Kan.sas 17.9 



Iowa 20.5 



Montana 20.1 



Wi.^consin 10.8 



Illinois 17.7 



Minnesota 17.3 



Nebraska 16.6 



Indiana 155 



South Dakota 15.3 



United States 15.3 



Kansas 13.6 



Missouri 13.6 



Illinois 18.6 



Montana 18.5 



Wisconsin 17.1 



Iowa 15.0 



Indiana 14.5 



Minnesota 13.5 



United States 12.7 



Nebraska 12.4 



Missouri 11.9 



South Dakota 11.4 



Kansas 9.4 



Oats. Bushels 



Barley. Bushels 



Flax. Bushels 



Montana 36.2 



Wisconsin 35.4 



Iowa 34.6 



Illinois 34.5 



Minnesota 31.9 



Indiana 31.1 



United States 30.5 



South Dakota 28-6 



Nebraska 27.3 



Kansas 24.9 



North Dakota 24.8 



Mis.souri 24.7 



Illinois 28.9 



Wisconsin 2S.S 



Montana 27.5 



Iowa 27.5 



Indiana 25.7 



United States 24.7 



Missouri 24.2 



Minnesota 24.1 



Nebraska 22.3 



South Dakota 22.3 



North Dakota 19.1 



Kansas 17.6 



Wisconsin 12.5 



Iowa 10.7 



Minnesota 9.4 



South Dakota 8.3 



Nebraska 8.1 



I'nited States 7.8 



Montana 7-7 



North Dakota 7.5 



Missouri 7.1 



Kansas 6.4 



R.ve. Bushels 



Hay. Tons 



Potatoes, Bushels 



Minnesota 18.4 



Iowa 18.1 



Montana 17.7 



Wisconsin 16.9 



Illinois 16.9 



South Dakota 16.3 



United States 15.4 



Nebraska 15.1 



Indiana 14.9 



Kansas 13.8 



North Dakota 13.7 



Missouri 13.5 



Montana 173 



Kansas 1.61 



Nebraska 1.60 



Minnesota 1.58 



Wisconsin 1.54 



South Dakota 1.46 



United States 1.44 



Iowa 1.41 



Indiana 1.29 



Illinois 1.27 



Missouri 1.15 



North Dakota 1.12 



Montana 131.5 



Wisconsin 99.2 



Minnesota 97.6 



United States 96.7 



North Dakota 88.8 



South Dakota 80.9 



Iowa 77.9 



Nebraska 76.0 



Indiana 75.4 



Illinois 71.5 



Missouri 69.3 



Kansas 65.0 



