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AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



PROTEIN CONTENT OF SPRING WHEAT. EXCLUDING DURUM 



1965 and 1966'/ 



1965 



1966 



August through October 



August through October 



PHOTEIN CONTENT 



Pi%OTElN CONTENT 



COUNTY 



& 

 DISTRICT 



No. of 



Samples 



Tested 



No. 



High 

 Pet. 



Low 



Pet. 



Average 

 Pet. 



No. of 



Samples 



Tested 



No. 



High 

 Pet. 



Low 



Pet. 



Average 

 Pet. 



Flathead 30 14.9 10.4 13.0 73 16.0 9.3 12.4 



Lake 16 16.2 11.8 14.1 21 15.7 10.6 12.8 



Missoula I 11.7 11.7 11.7 



Powell 12 15.2 11.1 12.4 13 15.4 9.8 13.2 



Ravalli 3 14.4 12.4 13.6 11 14.7 12.0 13.0 



Sanders 1 13.0 13.0 13.0 



N. WEST 62 16.2 10.4 13.2 119 16.0 9.3 12.6 



Blaine 313 19.2 10.6 14.9 385 18.3 10.1 15.1 



Chouteau 115 17.7 10.8 13.7 120 18.4 10.1 15.0 



Glacier 116 16.4 11.4 14.0 336 16.9 10.0 14.1 



HiU 208 18.0 11.3 14.4 309 17.8 11.2 14.6 



Liberty 99 17.2 11.0 14.4 143 17.7 10.8 14.3 



Phillips 80 17.3 11.5 14.1 134 18.2 12.2 15.7 



Pondera 217 17.9 9.4 13.8 336 17.8 10.8 14.2 



Teton 293 18.3 10.3 13.5 282 17.9 10.5 14.4 



Toole 174 17.5 10.0 13.9 816 17.6 9.8 13.6 



N. CENTRAL 1,615 19.2 9.4 14.1 2,861 18.4 9.8 14.3 



Daniels 48 16.7 12.0 14.0 56 16.1 13.5 14.9 



Dawson 343 17.3 10.4 14.0 208 19.0 13.1 16.4 



McCone 121 17.5 11.1 14.0 156 19.9 12.8 17.2 



Richland 10 14.6 13.1 13.8 5 16.9 13.3 15.0 



Roosevelt „ 306 17.7 11.3 13.8 121 17.6 9.2 14.8 



Sheridan 9 15.0 12.8 13.8 3 14.5 14.0 14.3 



Valley 484 18.0 11.2 14.0 209 17.8 12.0 14.9 



N. EAST 1,321 18.0 10.4 13.9 758 19.9 9.2 15.8 



Broadwater 39 18.1 11.1 13.8 50 17.4 11.6 14.5 



Cascade 135 17.8 9.5 14.1 71 17.9 10.0 14.7 



Fergus 95 17.6 9.6 12.7 83 19.1 11.3 14.6 



Judith Basin 41 15.5 11.1 13.2 13 17.0 12.1 14.5 



Lewis & Clark 35 16.5 11.0 13.0 25 18.0 12.9 15.0 



Meagher 3 14.3 10.9 13.1 7 17.5 12.6 15.1 



Musselshell 7 18.5 14.1 15.9 5 19.3 13.9 15.8 



WTieatland 27 18.2 11.0 13.6 26 18.6 10.6 14.9 



CENTTIAL 382 18.5 9.5 13.5 280 19.3 10.0 14.7 



Beaverhead 3 13.6 11.1 12.3 1 14.4 14.4 14.4 



Gallatin 118 17.2 9.4 13.3 116 18.8 10.4 14.2 



Madison 15 17.0 11.8 14.1 14 17.2 12.8 14.7 



S. WEST 136 17.2 9.4 13.4 131 18.8 10.4 14.3 



Big Horn 3 13.3 12.8 13.1 91 19.8 10.1 13.8 



Carbon 56 16.2 10.4 12.8 87 16.0 10.5 13.7 



Park 20 16.7 11.6 14.2 28 18.0 12.1 14.9 



Stillwater _ 2 14.4 11.3 12.8 6 19.5 10.5 14.7 



Sweetgrass 24 19.0 12.0 14.7 11 17.0 12.7 15.4 



Treasure 23 16.3 11.7 13.9 15 17.3 12.0 14.3 



Yellowstone 29 15.1 11.6 13.5 40 16.6 11.3 13.8 



S. CENTRAL 157 19.0 10.4 13.6 278 19.8 10.1 14.0 



Custer 51 19.0 10.3 14.0 66 19.0 12.1 16.0 



Fallon 324 18.7 9.8 14.2 217 20.0 11.8 16.3 



Prairie 7 15.5 13.9 14.5 11 19.1 11.7 15.5 



Rosebud 41 18.5 11.2 14.2 44 19.5 12.5 14.7 



Wibaux 390 18.3 10.6 13.7 180 18.9 12.5 15.7 



S. EAST 813 19.0 9.8 13.9 518 20.0 11.7 15.9 



STATE 4,486 19.2 9.4 13.9 4,945 20.0 9.2 14.7 



'/Based on all samples submitted by growers during August, September and October to the grain testing 



laboratories at Great Falls, Harlowton, and Bozeman. Some old crop wheat may have been included. 



