THOMAS L. JUDGE 



GOVERNOR 





GEORGE LACKMAN 

 COMMISSPONER 



1300 BLOCK CEDAR STREET 

 AIRPORT WAY BUILDING WEST 



HELENA, MONTANA 59601 



TELEPHONE 406-449. 3144 



MESSAGE FROM THE COMMISSIONER 



As we celebrate our nation's 200th birthday, I would like to take 

 this opportunity to give special recognition to the agricultural 

 industry. 



As we look back at the development of Montana and the nation, we 

 find that agriculture has been a major factor in making our state 

 and nation a land of plenty. Continuing new developments in farm- 

 ing and ranching techniques, production, and marketing systems 

 are further enhancing agriculture's contribution to the economy. 



Twenty years ago, cash receipts from the marketing of Montana's 

 agricultural products was $415 million, compared to $1.2 billion 

 today. These figures further illustrate the success and develop- 

 ment achieved in the agricultural industry over the last twenty 

 years, not to mention the last two hundred years' improvements. 



The information contained in this bulletin has been made avail- 

 able through a cooperative arrangement between the Montana De- 

 partment of Agriculture and the U.S.D.A. Statistical Reporting 

 Service. I sincerely hope you will find the data contained in 

 this publication valuable in your agricultural planning. 



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