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MONTANA : INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES 



WEALTH PRODUCTION — Estimated 1922 crop value, $808,100; estimated live- 

 stock value, .lanuary, i;t23. .$941,000; 19-.'l lumber cut, 130 M feet; total bank deposits, 

 September 15. 1922, $468,463. 



TAXATION 1922 — Total as.'^essed valuation, $14,995,705; total taxable value, 

 $5,281,964. Total out.standing county bond indebtedness, $475,000; total outstanding 

 county warrant indebtedness, $90,186; total outstanding school bond indebtedness, 

 $129,172. Total geiieial and special county taxes, $122,526; total general and district 

 school taxes, $118,941; total municipal taxes, $16,282; total state taxes, $24,931; total 

 tax (inclusive municipal), per capita, $66.11. 



EDUCATIONAL^Xumber graded schools, 37; enrollment, 695. Number high 

 school.s. 4: trirdllniont, 121. 



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

 and siiU-ti a< Us, 68. Number of banks, 5. Number general stores, 12; groceries and 

 meats, 4; lumber yai-ds, 6; total number merchants, 62. Total assessed valuation 1922 

 merchandise, $162,485. Number grain elevators, 6; total capacity, 144,000 bushels. 

 Number flour mills, 1. Number saw mills, 1; Numlier of lawyers, 3. Number of physi- 

 cians, 1. 



AGRICULTURE (Estimated) — Number fiarms, 1,000; farm acreage, 645,103; irri- 

 gated acreage, 3,500. livestock assessed 1922 — number cattle, 12,769; numbei' sheep, 

 8,884; numlier hnrsos. 6.417. 



CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA — At Yale. Elevation, 3.638 feet — Ryegate. Average 

 date last killing frost in spring, June 10; average date first killing frost in fall, Sep- 

 tember 11. 



No. Yrs. An- 



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



Normal Prec .78 .61 1.36 1.22 1.96 1.67 1.69 .53 .69 .68 .97 .67 12.83 



Mean Temp 11 22.3 23.1 28.1 41.3 49.6 57.4 64.8 64.7 53.6 43.3 31.6 27.2 42.2 



County Seat, Ryegate. Population County Seat, 405. 

 County Agricultural Agent— No. 



WHEATLAND COUNTY 



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TOCK raisiiiu-. irrifiatod and non-irrigated 

 farming arc tlu> leading pnrsnit.s of Wheat- 

 land county. Its principal town. Harlowton, 

 is a railroad division and junction point 

 :uid is favorably situated to command the 

 trade of a considerable region which has 

 led to the establishment of industries there 

 iiased upon the primary rc'sources of the 

 region. Considerable drilling for oil is be- 

 ing done. INIany acres of land are already 

 irrigated and reclamation of much more 

 is projected. 



The county lies in central Montana. 

 The Big Belt and Big Snowy mountains 

 iii:irk its northern border, and the lower 

 lrvi>ls of the Crazy Moimtains extend over 

 i. into the southwestern part. The Mu.ssel- 



shell river runs east and west through the 



middle of thi' cotnit.v, and receives the 



drainage of many tributaries from both the north and the south. (Jontly rolling 



plains extend back from the valleys to the foothills of the mountains. The county 



is about 45 miles long, east and west, and .36 miles wide. 



Soil types on the bottom lands vary from clay to heavy clay loams, luiderlain 

 in most parts with a gravelly limestone substance. There is greater variation on 

 the bench lands and foothills, the soils ranging from sandy to gravelly loams, 

 which are rich in limestone. A peculiar subsoil is f(»und in a comparatively small 

 area of the northeastern district, impervious, and lying in some instances within 

 six inches of the surface. It does not permit storage of much reserve moisture, 

 and unless three or foin- feet of surface soil cover it. grain farming is not apt to 

 be successful. Soil borings will easily and quickly determine the conditions that 

 exist. 



