STATE OF MONTANA 



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ALFALFA SEED 



Acreage, Produclion, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre 



Year 



1952 

 1953 

 1954 

 1955 

 1956 



1957 

 1958 

 1959 

 1960 

 1961 



ACRES 



Har- 

 vested 



93,000 

 78,000 

 72,000 

 88,000 

 60,000 



71,000 

 49,000 

 43,000 

 53,000 

 40,000 



PRODUCTION 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Total 



Pounds (Cleaned) 



84 



74 



115 



110 



95 



100 

 85 

 86 



100 

 80 



7,800,000 

 5,772,000 

 8,28Q,000 

 9,680,000 

 5,700,000 



7,100,000 

 4,165,000 

 3,698,000 

 5,300,000 

 3,200,000 



Price 

 Per Cwt. 



32.40 

 21.30 

 37.20 

 17.90 

 33.10 



24.30 

 23.80 

 27.20 

 22.70 

 37.50 



Value of 

 Production 



Dollars 



2,527,000 

 1,229,000 

 3,080,000 

 1,733,000 

 1,887,000 



1,725,000 

 991,000 

 1,006,000 

 1,203,000 

 1,200,000 



Value 

 Per Acre 



27.17 

 15.76 

 42.78 

 19.69 

 31.45 



24.30 

 20.22 

 23.40 

 22.70 

 30.00 



IRRIGATED 



Year 



1952 

 1953 

 1954 

 1955 

 1956 



1957 

 1958 

 1959 

 1960 

 1961 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



Yield 



Per 



Acre 



Pro- 

 duction 



Pounds (Cleaned) 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Yield 



Per 



Acre 



Pro- 

 duction. 



Pounds (Cleaned) 



SV^^EET CLOVER SEED^ 



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



Year 



1952 

 1953 

 1954 

 1955 

 1956 



1957 

 1958 

 1959 

 1960 

 1961 



ACRES 



Har- 

 vested 



5,000 

 2,000 

 3,300 

 5,000 

 3,000 



4,600 



2,400 



800 



PRODUCTION 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



260 

 190 

 240 

 215 

 200 



170 

 160 

 210 



Year 



1952 



1953 



1954 



1955 



1956 



1957 _.. 



1958 



1959 



1960 



1961 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



IRRIGATED 



Yield 

 Per 

 Acre 



Pro- 

 duction 



Pounds (Cleaned) 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Yield 

 Per 

 Acre 



Pro- 

 duction 



Pounds (Cleaned) 



1 Estimates of sweet clover seed production discontinued beginning with 1960 crop. 



