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MONTANA: INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES 



EDUCATIONAL — ^Number graded schools, 60; enrollment, 1,975. Number high 

 Sfhools, 1; enrollment, 478. Other institutions. State Industrial School for Boys, Miles 

 City. 



BUSINESS STATISTICS — Number of railroads, 2; railway mileage, exclusive spurs 

 and sidetracks, 90.89. Number of manufactures, 19; average number wage earners, 

 682; value of products, $2,209,804. Number of banks, 6. Number general stores, 10; 

 confectionery, etc., 11; grocei-ies and meats, 27; lumber yards. 7; total number mer- 

 chants, 203. Total assessed valuation 1922 merchandise, .fl, 429, 542. Number grain 

 elevators, 5; total capacity, 135,000 bushels. Number creameries, 1. Number flour 

 mills, 1. Number of law.sers, 23. Number of physicians, 10. 



AGRICULTURE (1920 census) — Number farms, 941; farm acreage, 997,169; im- 

 proved farm acreage, 121,688; irrigated acreage, 8,469; average value all nropertv, per 

 farm, .$16,143. Livestock assessed 1922 — Number cattle, 25,779; number sheep, 27,820; 

 number hoi-.ses, 11,926; numl)er swine (census), 1,947. 



CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA — At Miles City. Elevation, 2,378 feet. Average date 

 last killing frost in spring, Mav 5: average date first killing frost in fall, October 2. 



An- 

 Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. nual 



Ave. Prec. .65 .51 .90 1.02 2.16 2.83 1.58 1.06 .94 .85 .55 .50 13.55 

 Ave. Temp. 15.3 16.9 31.1 46.6 56.7 66.4 73.6 71.7 60.1 47.4 32.9 21.6 45. 



County Seat, Miles City. Population County Seat, 7,937. 

 County Agricultural Agent — Yes. 



ROSEBUD COUNTY 





TOCK growing is the leading industry in 

 Rosebtul county, but diversified farming is 

 expanding, and 1924 will witness an indus- 

 trial development of considerable magnitude 

 when the Northern Pacific Railway Com- 

 pany .starts coal mining in the southern 

 part of the county. A railway 30 miles in 

 length will be completed before the close 

 of 1923 to tap the coal district. The North 

 and South Railway between Miles City and 

 Casper, Wyoming, now under construction, 

 follows the Tongue River for 60 miles 

 through the southeastern part of the county, 

 giving it a long-needed outlet. 



Rosebud county lies in southeastern 

 Montana. From the Musselshell River, 

 \'\hich defines two-thirds of its western 

 boundary, it extends eastward about 85 

 miles. Its sotithern boiuulary lacks 12 

 miles of meeting the Montana-Wyoming line. It is about 115 miles in length, north 

 and south. Midway, the Yellowstone river flows east and west across the county, 

 receiving from both the northern and southern parts of the county the drainage 

 of some smaller streams. Parts of the Northern Cheyenne Indian reservation and 

 of the Custer National Forest occupy practically the entire area of the extreme 

 southern district. 



Farming south of the Yollo-wstone valley is stibordinate to the livestock in- 

 dustry, with hay as the principal crop, which provides winter forage for the 

 large niunber of sheep and cattle that are run on the range 

 Alfalfa Seed basis. Alfalfa .seed production in this part of the county is 

 and Melons expanding. The region north of the Yellowstone valley is de- 

 voted to non-irrigated farming and stock raising. In the 

 northern part of the county a heavy clay type of soil predominates. In other 

 districts the soil types range from sandy to clay loams. In addition to the 

 acreage at present irrigated along the Yellowstone River, it is estimated 35,000 

 acres are irrigable. 



