MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



65 



ALFALFA HAY - 



Acreage, Yield, and Production by Counties 



1973 



Irrigated and Not Irrigated 



TOTAL 



IRRIGATED 



NOT 

 IRRIGATED 



COUNTY 



& 

 DISTRICT 



Deer Lodge 



Flathead 



Granite 



Lake 



Lincoln 



Mineral 



Missoula 



Powell 



Ravalli 



Sanders 



N.WEST 



Blaine 



Chouteau 



Glacier 



Hill 



Liberty 



Phillips 



Pondera 



Teton 



Toole 



N. CENTRAL 



Daniels 



Dawson 



Garfield 



McCone 



Richland 



Roosevelt 



Sheridan 



V'alley 



N. EAST 



Broadwater 



Cascade 



Fergus 



Golden Valley 



Judith Basin 



Lewis & Clark 



Meagher 



Musselshell 



Petroleum 



Wheatland 



CENTRAL 



Beaverhead 



Gallatin 



Jefferson 



Madison 



Silver Bow 



S. WEST , 



Big Horn 



Carbon 



Park 



Stillwater 



Sweet Grass 



Treasure 



Yellowstone 



S. CENTRAL 



Carter 



Custer 



Fallon 



Powder River 



Prairie 



Rosebud 



Wibaux 



S. EAST 173,000 



STATE L220,000 



Pro- 

 duction 



Tons 



1.78 

 2.10 



9.800 

 49,000 

 11.700 

 80.200 

 7.400 

 1.600 

 26.800 

 33.700 

 52.600 

 27.700 



300,500 



70.900 

 44.700 

 27.500 

 16.300 



5.000 



66,400 



41,500 



129.400 



4.300 



406,000 



7,800 

 13,700 

 14.100 



9,900 

 21,700 

 16.900 



6.000 

 94.200 



184,300 



62.400 

 109.900 

 113.700 

 16,100 

 36.200 

 55.800 

 30,000 

 21.600 

 35,100 

 34,100 



514,90() 



141.900 



146,400 



17,800 



142.700 



3.200 



432,000 



101,500 

 73,000 

 52.300 

 29.700 

 57,500 

 16,900 

 65,900 



396,800 



53.700 

 44.000 

 49,100 

 65,300 

 19,700 

 63.800 

 11,900 



307,500 



2,562,000 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



7,000 

 11,400 



6.100 

 27.100 



4.500 

 600 



9.500 

 18.200 

 14.400 

 13.100 



111,900 



24.600 



12.000 



11.100 



4,800 



2.200 



21.000 



15.500 



44.800 



1.500 



137,500 



900 



1.600 



3.100 



2,600 



3,300 



800 



600 



22.300 



35,200 



19.700 



23.100 



14.400 



4,500 



4,900 



21,500 



15,400 



7,500 



15.000 



18.800 



144,800 



51,800 

 39,900 



7,800 

 46.900 



1.300 



147,700 



21.500 

 21,300 

 19,500 

 10.600 

 24,100 

 3,500 

 16,900 



117,400 



9.500 

 7.200 

 6.500 



13,500 

 4,900 



21,800 

 2.100 



65,500 



760,000 



Yield 



per 



Harv. 



Acre 



Tons 



1.36 

 3.04 

 1.90 

 2.52 

 1.47 

 2.17 

 2.53 

 1.76 

 3.64 

 1.89 



2.37 



2.73 

 2.53 

 1.80 

 2.94 

 2.00 

 2.73 

 2.63 

 2.86 

 2.07 



2.66 



1.00 

 4.06 

 2.39 

 2.27 

 3.15 

 1.88 

 1.83 

 3.52 



3.19 



3.15 

 2.86 

 1.79 

 2.84 

 2.10 

 2.52 

 1.89 

 2.63 

 2.10 

 1.57 



2.36 



2.73 

 3.26 

 2.21 

 2.94 

 2.08 



2.91 



2.73 

 2.93 

 2.31 

 1.31 

 2.21 

 2.94 

 3.66 



2.60 



1.82 

 3.72 

 2.43 

 2.21 

 2.94 

 2.52 

 2.81 



2.52 



2.61 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



300 



11,000 



100 



13,200 



800 



400 



2,300 



1.400 



200 



5,800 



35,500 



3.700 



11,500 



8.900 



2,200 



900 



10,000 



700 



1.900 



1.200 



41,000 



7,700 

 5,500 

 5,600 

 3,300 

 8,700 

 9,600 

 5,400 

 12,000 



57,800 



300 



33,300 



62,800 



3,700 



25,900 



1,600 



600 



2,100 



4.000 



5,000 



139,300 



400 

 7.800 



400 

 2,400 



300 



11,300 



22,500 

 9,600 

 5,500 



15,800 

 4,300 

 6,600 

 3.300 



67,600 



28,000 

 8,600 

 23,800 

 30,800 

 3.500 

 9,800 

 3.000 



107,500 



460,000 



Yield 



p>er 



Harv. 



Acre 



Tons 



1.00 

 1.30 

 1.00 



.90 

 1.00 



.75 

 1.22 

 1.14 

 1.00 



.50 



.99 



1.00 

 1.25 



.84 

 1.00 



.67 



.90 

 1.00 



.68 

 1.00 



.99 



.90 

 1..31 

 1.20 

 1.21 

 1.30 

 1.60 



.91 

 1.30 



1.25 



1.00 



1.32 



1.40 



.89 



1.00 



1.00 



1.50 



.90 



.90 



.90 



1.25 



1.00 

 2.10 

 1.50 

 2.00 

 1.67 



2.01 



1.90 

 1.10 

 1.31 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.21 



1.35 



1.30 

 2.00 

 1.40 

 1.15 

 1.51 

 .90 

 2.00 



1.32 



1.26 



