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MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



ALFALFA SEED 



Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre 



Year 



ACRES 



Harvested 



1964 48,000 



1965 27,000 



1966 40.000 



1967 36,000 



1968 31,000 



1969 21,000 



1970 50,000 



1971 25,000 



1972 12,000 



1973 30.000 



PRODUCTION 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Total 



Pounds (Cleaned) 



Price 

 Per Cwt. 



VALUE 



Value of 

 Production 



Value 

 Per Acre 



Dollars 



IRRIGATED 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Year 



Acres 

 Harvested 



1964 10.600 



1965 7.600 



1966 12.000 



1967 13,200 



1968 9,000 



1969 9,500 



1970 13,000 



1971 6,000 



1972 2,000 



1973 11,000 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Production 



Pounds (Cleaned) 



137 



98 



142 



122 



90 



133 

 131 

 116 

 98 

 117 



1,448,500 



748,000 



1,704,000 



1,610,000 



810,000 



1,260,000 



1,699,000 



693.000 



196,000 



1,288,000 



Acres 

 Har\'ested 



37.400 

 19,400 

 28.000 

 22.800 

 22,000 



11.500 

 37.000 

 19,000 

 10.000 

 19.000 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Production 



Pounds (Cleaned) 



102 

 80 

 82 

 64 

 55 



55 

 103 



89 

 76 

 98 



3.831.500 

 1.547.000 

 2.296.000 

 1.450.000 

 1.205.000 



630.000 

 3.801.000 

 1.682.000 



760.000 

 1.862.000 



SWEET CHERRIES 



Production, Farm Disposition, Price and Value 



Year 



1964 



1965 



1966 



1967 2.780 



1968 



1969 



1970 



1971 



1972 



1973 



' Not available after 1969. 



