STATE OF MONTANA 



ALFALFA SEED, 1919-1945 

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



59 



YEAR 



1919 



1920 



1921 



1922 



1933 



1924 



1925 



1926 



1927 



1928 

 1929 

 1930 

 1931 



1932 



1933 



1934 



1935 



1936 



1937 



1938 



1939 



1940 



1941 



1942 



1943 



1944 



1945 



Price Per 

 Production Bu.shel 

 Bushels (Dollars) 



22,000 

 20,000 

 26,000 

 28,000 

 26,000 

 47,500 

 81,400 



102,900 

 73,800 

 110,000 

 144,400 

 179,400 



50,400 



28,600 



150,000 



76,000 



44,200 



10,000 



19,200 



48,000 



120,000 



198,000 



117,000 



95,000 



104,000 



100,000 



120,000 



19. 90 



12.00 



9.80 



11.70 



12.10 



12.90 



12.90 



13.50 



13.50 



14.50 



13.30 



12.00 



8.40 



6.70 



6.70 



12.10 



10.00 



13.40 



15.60 



11.90 



11.10 



9.10 



13 00 



19.50 



21.30 



21.70 



22.00 



Total 



Value 



(Dollars) 



438,000 

 240,000 



255,000 



328,000 



315,000 



613,000 



1.050,000 



1,389,000 



996,000 



1,595,000 



1,921,000 



2,153,000 



423,000 



192,000 



1,005,000 



920,000 



442,000 



134,000 



300,000 



571,000 



1,332,000 



1,802,000 



1,521,000 



1,853,000 



2,215,000 



2,170,000 



2,640,000 



Value 



Per 



Acre 



43.80 

 24.00 

 25.50 

 32.80 

 24.23 

 32.26 

 28.38 

 28.35 

 24.29 

 29.00 

 25.28 

 31.20 



11.75 

 8.73 

 16.75 

 24.21 

 17.00 

 33.50 

 25.0C 

 23.79 

 26.12 

 23.71 



22.04 

 25.38 

 30.76 

 21.70 

 33.00 



ALFALFA SEED, Irrigated and Non-Irrigated, 1929-1945 



YEAR 



1929 



1930 



1931 



1932 



1933 



1934 



1935 



1936 



1937 



1938 



1939 



1940 



1941 



1942 



1943 



1944 



1945 



Acres 

 Harvested 



6,000 

 21,000 



9,000 



4,000 



18,000 



11,000 



6,000 



3,000 



5,000 



10,000 



22,000 



34,000 



28,000 

 28,000 

 34,000 

 45,000 

 39.600 



Average 

 Yield 



70 

 55 

 02 

 96 

 44 

 45 

 23 



2.91 

 2.14 

 2.42 

 2.90 

 3.21 



2.18 

 1.72 

 1.81 

 1.25 

 1.87 



IRRIGATED 



Production 

 Bushels 



16,200 

 74,600 

 18,200 



7,800 

 61,900 

 27,000 

 13,400 



8,700 

 10,700 

 24,200 

 63,800 

 109,100 

 61,000 

 48,200 

 61,500 

 56,110 

 74,000 



Total 

 Value 



215,500 

 895,200 



152,900 



52,300 



414,700 



324,000 



134,000 



116,600 



166,900 



288,000 



708,200 



992,800 



793,000 



939,900 



1,310,0.00 



1,217,590 



1,628,000 



Value 



Per 



Acre 



35.92 

 42.63 

 16.99 

 13.07 

 23.04 

 29.45 

 22.33 

 38.87 

 33.38 

 28.80 

 32.19 

 29.20 

 28.32 

 33.57 

 38.53 

 27.05 

 41.11 



YEAR 



1929 



1930 



1931 



1932 



1933 



1934 



1935 



1936 



1937 



193S 



1939 



1940 



1941 

 1942 

 1943 



1944 



1945 



Acres 

 Harvested 



70,000 

 48,000 

 27,000 

 18,000 

 42,000 

 27,000 

 20,000 

 1,000 

 7,000 

 14,000 

 29,000 

 42,000 



41,000 

 45,000 ■ 

 38,000 

 55,000 

 40,400 



NON-IRRIGATED 



Averag-e Production Total 



Yield Bushels Value 



9-?9 128,200 1,705,100 



2.18 104,800 1,257:600 



1-1^ 32,200 270,500 



iin ^2'?2S 139400 



2-10 88.100 590,300 



1-81 49,000 592,900 



1-54 30,800 308,000 



1.30 1,300 17 400 



1-21 8,500 132:600 



1-70 23,800 283200 



l-?4 56,200 623.800 



2.12 88,900 809,000 



1.37 56,000 728,000 



1.04 46,800 912,600 



1-12 42,500 905,300 



.80 43,890 952,410 



1-14 46,000 1,012,000 



Value 



Per 



Acre 



24.36 

 26.20 

 10.02 

 7.74 

 14.05 

 21.96 

 15.40 

 17.40 

 18.94 

 20.23 

 21.51 

 19.26 

 17.76 

 20.28 

 23.82 

 17.32 

 25.04 



