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MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



MILK AND CREAM MARKETED 



Quantity, Price and Cash Receipts 



Year 



1964., 

 1%5., 

 1966.. 

 1%7., 

 1968.. 



1969., 

 1970.. 

 1971.. 

 1972.. 

 1973. 



Income and Value of Dairy Products Marketed 



Combined Marketings of Milk and Cream 



Year 



Milk 

 Utilized 



Mil. Lbs. 



1964 341 



1965 328 



1966 330 



1967 327 



1968 321 



1969 303 



1970 296 



1971 305 



1972 309 



1973 289 



Average Returns' 



Per 100 Per 



Pounds Pound 

 Milk Milkfat 



Dollars 



4.01 

 4.17 

 4.36 

 4.63 

 4.90 



5.12 

 5.39 

 5.45 

 5.77 

 6.47 



1.10 

 1.14 

 1.19 

 1.28 

 1.35 



1.41 

 1.49 

 1.50 

 1.58 

 1.78 



Cash 

 Receipts 



from 

 Market- 

 ings^ 



Used for Milk, 

 Cream and Butter 



on Farms 

 Where Produced 



Milk 

 Utilized Value^ 



1.000 Dols. Mil. Lbs. 1.000 Dols. 



13.679 

 13.683 

 14,400 

 15,152 

 15,746 



15.509 

 15,940 

 16.627 

 17.827 

 18.706 



43 

 39 

 36 

 34 

 28 



25 

 22 

 22 

 19 

 15 



1.724 

 1,626 

 1,570 

 1,.574 

 1.372 



1.280 

 1,186 

 1.199 

 1.096 

 970 



Gross 

 Farm 

 Income 

 from 

 Dairy 

 Products^ 



Farm 

 Value 



of 



Milk 



Pro- 



duced* 



1.000 Dols. 



15.403 

 15.309 

 15,970 

 16,726 

 17,118 



16,789 

 17.126 

 17.826 

 18.923 

 19.696 



15,880 

 15,763 

 16..394 

 17.131 

 17,542 



17,203 

 17.571 

 18,203 

 19.269 

 20,194 



'Cash receipts divided by milk or milkfat represented in combined marketings. 

 ^Valued at average returns per 100 pounds of milk in combined marketings of milk and cream. 

 Cash receipts from marketings of milk and cream plus value of milk used for home consumption and farm- 

 churned butter. 

 'Includes value of milk fed to calves. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX 



Production, Price and Value 



Colonies 

 of 

 Year Bees 



Number 



1964 78,000 



1965 80,000 



1966 79,000 



1%7 78.000 



1968 78.000 



1%9 75,000 



1970 74,000 



1971 74,000 



1972 74.000 



1973 78,000 



Honey 



Yield 



Per 



Colony 



Pounds 



63 

 72 

 80 

 98 

 85 



125 

 105 

 55 

 110 

 101 



Production 



Price Per Pound 



Value of 

 Production 



Honey Beeswax Honey Beeswax Honey Beeswax 



1,000 Pounds 



4.914 

 5.760 

 6.320 

 7.644 

 6.630 



9,375 

 7,770 

 4,070 

 8,140 

 7.878 



93 

 121 

 126 

 153 

 133 



178 

 155 

 81 

 163 

 158 



Cents 



16.3 

 15.1 

 15.4 

 14.2 

 13.2 



14.2 

 15.6 

 21.4 

 30.4 

 41.4 



44.0 

 46.0 

 49.0 

 62.0 

 66.0 



61.0 

 61.0 

 61.0 

 67.0 

 73.0 



