MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



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ALFALFA SEED — 1973 

 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated 



TOTAL 



COUNTY 



& 

 DISTRICT 



Acres 

 Harvested 



Blaine 100 



Chouteau 2.500 



Phillips 2J00 



N. CENTRAL 5,000 



Garfield 700 



McCone 200 



Richland 100 



Roosevelt 100 



Valley 400 



N. EAST 1,500 



Fergus 200 



Musselshell 400 



Petroleum 400 



CENTRAL 1,000 



Big Horn 2.500 



Sweet Grass 400 



Treasure 1,500 



Yellowstone 100 



S. CENTRAL 4,500 



Carter 6,500 



Custer 800 



Fallon 400 



Powder River 7.300 



Prairie 500 



Rosebud 2,500 



S. EAST 18,000 



STATE 30,000 



Yield 



per 



Harv. 



Acre 



Pro- 

 duction 



Pounds (Cleaned) 



75 

 94 

 99 



96 



116 

 95 

 105 

 110 

 105 



109 



100 



90 



105 



98 



95 



99 



102 



85 



98 



112 

 119 

 114 

 96 

 118 

 136 



109 



105 



7,500 

 235,600 

 237,600 



480,700 



81,200 

 19,000 

 10.500 

 11.000 

 42.000 



163,700 



20.000 

 36.000 

 42.000 



98,000 



2^8,500 



39.500 



153.100 



8,500 



439,600 



725,600 

 95.000 

 45.500 



703,500 

 59.000 



339.400 



1,968.000 

 3,150,000 



Value 

 Dollars 



7,000 

 220.100 

 221,900 



449,000 



96,700 

 22.600 

 12,500 

 13.100 

 50.100 



195,000 



20,800 

 37,500 

 43,700 



102,000 



222,400 



36,900 



142.800 



7,900 



410,000 



677,300 

 88.700 

 42.500 



656,600 

 55,100 



316,800 



1,837,000 

 2,993,000 



IRRIGATED 



Yield 

 Acres per 



Har- Harv. 



vested Acre 



NOT 

 IRRIGATED 



1,100 

 900 



2,000 



300 



300 



Lbs. 



106 

 104 



105 



124 



124 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



100 

 1.400 

 1.500 



3,000 



400 

 200 

 100 

 100 

 400 



1,200 



200 

 400 

 200 



800 



1,500 

 100 

 800 

 100 



2,500 



4,900 

 200 

 100 



5.300 

 300 

 700 



11,500 



19,000 



Yield 



per 



Harv. 



Acre 



Lbs. 



75 

 85 

 96 



90 



110 

 95 

 105 

 110 

 105 



105 



100 



90 



100 



95 



89 



95 



110 



85 



96 



104 

 85 

 80 

 95 



no 



112 



100 



98 



