STATE OF MONTANA 



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ALFALFA SEED 



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



ACRES 



PRODUCTION 



Year 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



IRRIGATED 



Yield 

 Per 

 Acre 



Pro- 

 duction 



Pounds (Cleaned) 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Yield 



Per 



Acre 



Pro- 

 duction 



Pounds (Cleaned) 



SWEET CLOVER SEED^ 



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



Year 



1954 

 1955 

 1956 

 1957 

 1958 



1959 

 1960 

 1961 

 1962 

 1963 



ACRES 

 Harvested 



3,300 

 5,000 

 3,000 

 4,600 

 2,400 



800 



PRODUCTION 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Total 



Pounds (Cleaned) 



240 

 215 

 200 

 170 

 160 



210 



792,000 

 1,075,000 

 600,000 

 782,000 

 384,000 



168,000 



Price 

 Per Cwt. 



11.70 

 9.00 

 9.20 

 7.80 

 8.80 



7.80 



Value of 

 Production 



Dollars 



93,000 

 97,000 

 55,000 

 61,000 

 34,000 



13,000 



Value 

 Per Acre 



28.18 

 19.40 

 18.33 

 13.26 

 14.17 



16.25 



Year 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



1954 . 1,500 



1955 1,400 



1956 1,200 



1957 1,950 



1958 _ 1,200 



1959 

 1960 

 1961 

 1962 

 1963 



540 



IRRIGATED 



Yield 

 Per 

 Acre 



Pro- 

 duction 



Pounds (Cleaned) 



281 



151,000 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



260 



Yield 

 Per 

 Acre 



Pro- 

 duction 



Pounds (Cleaned) 



50 



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



17,000 



