98 MONTANA: INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES 



The good sumiiuT rauge in the national forests and the areas too rough for 

 cultivation make the region especially fitted to livestock production. Small stock- 

 men have organized several co-operative range bull associations. On many of the 

 smaller farms are found splendid herds of pure-bred hogs. Broadwater county 

 has long held a leading place in swine production. One of the finest Hereford 

 herds in the country, and the one that produced the grand champion bull at the 

 11V22 International show in Chicago, is located in this county. In the irrigated 

 regions considerable attention is paid to dairying. 



In the west central part of the county, in the foothills of the Elkhorn range, 

 at Radersburg and Winston, there is considerable quartz mining. On Confederate 

 Gulch, in the northeastern part of the county, which in etirly 

 Several Mining days was one of the big gold placer camps of Montana, large 

 Districts scale dredging operations have been resumed to extract values 



left by the pioneer miners. This county has commercially pro- 

 duced gold, silver, copper and lead. It also has coal and marble, gems and pre- 

 cious stones. Industries include lumbering on a small scale, flour milling and 

 the manufacture of butter. 



Rail facilities are good. The main line of the Northern Pacific follows the 

 Missouri river and is paralleled by a tnmk line highway. The Chicago, ^lilwaukee 

 and St. Paul goes through the southern end of the county. 



Townsend, the county seat, situated in the geographical center of the count.v, 

 is the principal town. Other towns are Toston, Radersbui-g, Winston. Lombard 

 and Canton. 



The scenery is attractive in the mountainous regions and the hunting and 



fishing good. 



BROADWATER COUNTY — Ranks fiftieth in population (3,239); forty-seventh in 

 area (771,840 acre.s); foity-fir.st in combined 1922 crop and livestock value; eighteenth 

 in 1920 mineral production; forty-second in bank deposits, 1922; forty-fifth in assessed 

 valuation, 1922. Acres public land, 48,856; acres state land, 22,128; acres national 

 forests, 148.630. 



WEALTH PRODUCTION — Estimated 1922 crop value, .$891,000; estimated livestock 

 value, Januarv, 1923, $1.215.0u0: metal production, 1920, $56,811; 1921 lumber cut, 95 M 

 feet; total bank deposits, September 15, 1922, $669,114. 



TAXATION 1922 — Total assessed valuation, $12,693,834; total taxable value, 

 $4,206,019. Total outstanding county bond indebtedness, $267,859; total outstanding 

 county warrant indebtedness, $6,849; total outstanding school bond indebtedness. $87,400; 

 other school debts, $1,586. Total general and special county taxes, $126,563; total gen- 

 eral and district school taxes, $79,601; total municipal taxes, $12,951; total state taxes, 

 $20,149; total tax (inclusive municipal), per capita, $73.87. 



EDUCATIONAL — Number graded schools, 31; enrollment, 552. Number high schools, 

 1; enrollment. 115. 



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

 and sidetiacK's. 60.26. Number of manufactures. 5 ; av-erage number wage earners 16; value 

 of products, $771,103. Number of banks, 3. Number of general stores. 10; confectionery, 

 etc., 2; groceries and meats, 4; lumber yards, 4: total number merchants, 65. Total 

 assessed valuation 1922 merchandise, $195,466. Number grain elevators. 5; total ca- 

 pacity, 140.000 bushels. Number creameries. 1. Number flour mills, 1. Number saw 

 mills, 4. Number of lawyers, 6. Number of physicians. 3. 



AGRICULTURE (1920 census) — Number farms, 466; farm acreage, 299,428; im- 

 proved farm aircage, 107,744, inigated acreage, 25,733; average value all property per 

 farm. $23,794. livestock assessed 1922 — number cattle, 13,753; number sheep, 28,324; 

 numlier horses, 4.661; numlier swine (census), 2,853. 



CLIMATALOGICAL DATA — At Toston. Elevation, 3,905 feet. Average date last 

 killing frost in spring, .lune 1; average date first killing frost in fall, September 6. 



An- 

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



Norm. Prec. .24 .44 .38 .61 1.73 2.23 1.21 .68 1.13 .60 .47 .60 10.32 



Mean Temp. 24.4 25.7 32.8 43,2 52.0 57.6 64.9 64.4 54.7 44.9 32.2 23.3 43,3 



County seat. Townsend. Population county seat, 897. 



County Agricultural Agent — No. 



