MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



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ALFALFA HAY — 1975 



Acreage, Yield, and Production by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated 



TOTAL 



IRRIGATED 



COUNTY 



& 

 DISTRICT 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



Deer Lodge 7,100 



Flathead 20,900 



Granite 10,700 



Lake 43,500 



Lincoln 4,200 



Mineral 900 



Missoula 8,600 



Powell 26,900 



Ravalli 14,100 



Sanders 16,200 



N. WEST 153,100 



Blaine 23,100 



Chouteau 31.100 



Glacier 25,900 



Hill 8,400 



Liberty 2,300 



Phillips 29,500 



Pondera 13,300 



Teton 41,200 



Toole 2,600 



N. CENTRAL 177,400 



Daniels 10,700 



Dawson 8,200 



Garfield 10,800 



McCone 9,600 



Richland 8,000 



Roosevelt 15,800 



Sheridan 7,900 



Valley 31,100 



N. EAST 102,100 



Broadwater 16,100 



Cascade 56,400 



Fergus 75,800 



Golden Valley 10,800 



Judith Basin 34,700 



Lewis & Clark 24,000 



Meagher 19,900 



Musselshell 8,600 



Petroleum 21,000 



Wheatland 26,400 



CENTRAL 293,700 



Beaverhead 36,600 



Gallatin 48,700 



Jefferson 10,000 



Madison 49,000 



Silver Bow 1,200 



S. WEST 145,500 



Big Horn 49,100 



Carlxjn 27,700 



Park 22,700 



Stillwater 38,800 



Sweet Grass 36,800 



Treasure 7,500 



Yellowstone 13,200 



S. CENTRAL 195,800 



Carter 25,900 



Custer 11,600 



Fallon 34,400 



Powder River 47,700 



Prairie 6,600 



Rosebud 33,000 



Wibaux 3,200 



S. EAST 162,400 



STATE 1,230,000 



Yield 



per 



Harv. 



Acre 



Tons 



2.61 

 3.10 

 2.03 

 2.08 

 1.69 

 2.56 

 2.56 

 2.34 

 3.56 

 2.03 



2.44 



2.43 

 2.68 

 2.29 

 2.50 

 2.30 

 2.47 

 3.03 

 3.14 

 2.62 



2.68 



1.29 

 2.50 

 1.53 

 1.66 

 1.56 

 1.78 

 1.24 

 2.12 



1.79 



3.06 

 2.23 

 1.96 

 1.58 

 2.07 

 2.38 

 2.17 

 2.24 

 2.16 

 1.87 



2.13 



3.05 

 3.26 

 2.27 

 2.83 

 2.17 



2.99 



2.44 

 2.14 

 2.11 

 1.92 

 1.80 

 2.08 

 3.33 



2.18 



1.85 

 1.98 

 1.56 

 1.79 

 2.73 

 2.23 

 2.63 



1.91 



2.30 



Pro- 

 duction 



18,500 

 64,800 

 21,700 

 90,600 

 7,100 

 2,300 

 22,000 

 62,900 

 50,200 

 32,900 



373,000 



56,200 

 83,300 

 59,300 

 21,000 



5,300 



72,900 



40,300 



129,500 



6,800 



474,600 



13,800 

 20,500 

 16,500 

 15,900 

 12,500 

 28,100 

 9,800 

 66,000 



183,100 



49,300 

 125,800 

 148,300 

 17,100 

 71,700 

 57,200 

 43,100 

 19,300 

 45,400 

 49,300 



626,500 



111,700 



158,700 



22,700 



138,700 



2,600 



434,400 



119,800 

 59,400 

 48,000 

 74,500 

 66,100 

 15,600 

 43,900 



427,300 



47,800 

 23,000 

 53,700 

 85,600 

 18,000 

 73,600 

 8,400 



310,100 



2,829,000 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



6,700 

 13,500 

 10,500 

 26,700 



3,200 

 500 



7,500 

 21,000 

 12,800 



9,400 



111,800 



19,400 



7,800 



13,500 



4,000 



1,300 



16,900 



10,200 



38,700 



1,300 



113,100 



1,900 

 3,000 

 3,500 

 3,500 

 2,600 

 2,700 

 1,400 

 20,700 



39,300 



15,900 



24,300 



9,100 



4,800 



6,900 



21,400 



15,900 



3,000 



15,300 



15,800 



132,400 



35,900 

 42,400 



9,600 

 47,500 



1,100 



136,500 



21,600 

 16,300 

 16,100 

 11,600 

 27,600 

 2,800 

 11,900 



107,900 



4,400 

 5,300 

 3,400 



10,000 

 2,400 



16,200 

 1,000 



42,700 



683,700 



Yield 



per 



Harv. 



Acre 



Tons 

 2.70 

 3.59 

 2.05 

 2.55 

 1.84 

 3.40 

 2.73 

 2.50 

 3.75 

 2.61 



2.77 



2.44 

 3.44 

 2.96 

 3.15 

 3.00 

 3.04 

 3.18 

 3.14 

 3.46 



3.01 



1.37 

 3.23 

 2.11 

 1.83 

 2.12 

 2.70 

 1.64 

 2.42 



2.32 



3.08 

 2.57 

 2.92 

 2.31 

 2.39 

 2.39 

 2.23 

 3.03 

 2.55 

 2.32 



2.55 



3.08 

 3.41 

 2.30 

 2.84 

 2.27 



3.04 



2.84 

 2.69 

 2.22 

 2.20 

 1.94 

 3.25 

 3.45 



2.51 



2.95 

 3.13 

 3.12 

 2.54 

 3.58 

 3.27 

 3.00 



3.05 



2.77 



NOT 

 IRRIGATED 



Yield 

 Acres per 



Har- Harv. 



vested Acre 



119,700 

 546,300 



L50 

 1.71 



