8 AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



June as droughty conditions forced some liquidations, then recovered and peaked again in Sep- 

 tember, but then declined seasonally to the end of the year. Prices were lower at the end of the 

 year than at the beginning. Marketings of cattle and calves during 1961 totaled 1,116,000 head, 

 6,000 less than the 1,122,000 head marketed in 1960. Montana ranked 16th among the states in 

 number of total cattle and calves on farms on January 1, 1962. 



The January 1, 1962 sheep and lamb inventory, including lambs on feed, was 1,576,000 head, 

 a decline of 1 1 percent compared to a year earlier. Lamb prices which were discouragingly low 

 declined from February until September and recovered only a little by the end of the year. 

 Marketings totaled 1,173,000 head during 1961, 6 percent more than the 1,109,000 head in 1960. 

 Based on numbers of all sheep and lambs on farms and ranches January 1, 1962, Montana was 

 the 7th ranking sheep state in the nation. 



The hog population decreased 3,000 head during 1961 to 148,000 head. The number of chickens 

 at 1,163,000 head on January 1, 1962 represented a decrease of 7,000 for the year 1961. 



ALL CROPS. IRRIGATED AND NOT IRRIGATED— 1929-1961 



Acres Harvested and Value of Crop Production 



