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MONTANA : INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES 



MADISON COUNTY — Ranks twenty-eighth in population (7,495); thirteenth in 

 area (2.318,080 a<i-f.s); seventh in c()rnl)ine(l i;i22 crop and livestock value; eleventli in 

 1920 mineral production; tliirtieth in bank deposits, 1922; tvventy-nintli In assessed 

 valuation. 1922. Acres public land, 181,140; acres state land, 125,071; acres national 

 forests, 759,349. 



WEALTH PRODUCTION — K.^timated 1922 crop value, $2,077,900; estimated live- 

 stock value, .lanuary. i;i23, $3,129,000; metal production, 1920, $393,140; 1921 lumber 

 cut, 586 -M feet: total bank deposits, September 15, 1922, $1,124,078. 



TAXATION 1922 — Total assessed valuation, $20,017,662; total taxable value, 

 $6,561,594. Total outstanding t-ounty bond indebtedness, $150,000; total outstanding 

 county warrant indebtedness, $6,418; total outstanding school bond indebtedness, 

 $147,662; otlier school debts, $10,436. Total general and special county taxes, $139,781; 

 total general and district scliool taxes, $137,107; total municipal taxes, $9,690; total 

 state taxes, $32,342; total tax (inclusive municipal), per capita, $42.55. 



EDUCATIONAL — Number graded scliools, 57; eniollment, 1.365. Number liigh schools, 

 10; enniiinunt. L'o'.i. ( ither institutions, State Orplians' Home, Twin Bridges. 



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

 and sidetracks, 79.39. Number of manufactures, 19; average number wage earners, 17; 

 value t.f pioduct.«. .$89,244. Numhei- c f banks, 6. Numl)er general stores, 18: confec- 

 tioneiy, etc., 11; grci cries and meats. 10: lumber \-ards, 8: total number merchants, 127. 

 Total assessed valuation 1922 merchandise, $307,289. Number grain elevators, 4;- total 

 capacity, 91,000 bushels. Number flour mills, 1. Number saw mills. 17. Number of 

 lawyers, 7. Nunil)er of physicians, 7. Developed hydro-electric plant capacity, 16,700 

 horsepower. 



AGRICULTURE (1920 census) — Number farms, 901; farm acreage, 564,516; im- 

 proved farm carcase, 168,635; irrigated acreage, 115,598; average value all property, 

 per farm, $24,613. Livestock assessed 1922 — number cattle, 36,992; number sheep, 

 127,717: number licrses, 9.392: numbei- swine (census), 7,111. 

 CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA — At Xnrris. Elevation, 4.846 

 killing frost in sjuing. May 16: averaffe date first killing frost 

 No. Yrs. 



Record Jan.Feb.Mar.Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

 . .14 .56 59 .97 1.41 3.73 2.69 1.25 1.09 

 . .15 25.1 28.1 3,'").3 43.6 50.2 59.5 67.6 66 5 



Ave. Prec. 

 Mean Temp. 



County Seat, Virgingia City. Population County 

 County Agricultural Agent — Yes. 



Seat, 342. 



feet. Average date last 

 in fall, September 28. 



An- 

 nual 



1 92 1.71 .68 .47 17.07 

 52.6 46.6 36.5 26.6 44.8 



BEAV.ERHEAD COUNTY 



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N 1SG2 the .^cciu' of the sold (li.scovery that 

 first put MdiitMiia on the niap, Keaverhead 

 couiity h.Ms ki'pt pace with progress in the 

 years since then, a fact better appreciated 

 ■^heu it is kn()^vn it is the banner county of 

 the statt> in livestoclc value and in irri,irated 

 acrea.sie. In combined crop and livestock 

 N.ilne it stands second and in mineral pro- 

 duction eleventh. Stock raisins, farmins 

 and miiiinjr are the leading industries and 

 they (•(lutinue steadily to expand. More 

 than a third of the county's area is \vithin 

 national forests. 



It is a region of mountains and ^vell- 

 watcrcd valleys, flanki'd on the north\vest. 

 the .sotuiiwcst and the south by encircling 

 folds of the i-ontineiual divide. Smaller 

 ranges are found in the interior of the 

 county. Clay loam is the principal type of 

 soil in the cultivated areas. 



Topo.sraphy and elevation make P.eavcrhcad coiiiuy peculiarly well adapted to 

 livestock raisins. The ranches are c<msiderably above the state avera.tre in size 

 and for the past few years the tendi'iicy here in the livestock business has been 

 toward a consolidation of individual holdin.ss under one individual or corporate 

 ownership. The higher valleys, the Bis Hole, Hor.M' Prairie, (;rasshoi)per. Cen- 

 tennial. Blacktail, Sase Creek. Sheep Creek and :\Iedicine Lodse are the winter 

 feedins sronnds for beef steers and larse bands of sheep. The steers, raised 

 on grass and hay without a pound of si'ain, are turned off fat for the spring 



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