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Success Has Definitely Crowned the 

 Efforts of Those Who Have Under- 

 taken the Development of a Great 

 Agricultural Empire — Montana 

 Leads in Yield Per Acre — Every 

 Man Gets an Even Break in This 

 Land of Abundant Opportunities. 



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Montana lies between the 104th and ii6th meridians of longitude west 

 of Greenwich and between the 45th and 49th parallels of north latitude. The 

 western boundary follows the Coner d'Alene and Bitter Root mountains and 

 is irregular; in the southw'est corner the line dips below the 45th parallel 

 3nd follows the main range of the Rocky Mountains; the northern boundary 

 is along- the 49th parallel and the eastern boundary the 105th degree of 

 longitude. It is boimdcd on the north by the Canadian provinces of 

 Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia ; on the cast b}^ North Dakota 

 and South Dakota; on the south by Wyoming and Idaho; on the west by 

 Idaho. Its average length from east to west is about 535 miles, and its 

 average width from north to south is about 275 miles. 



It should always be remembered that Montana is big. The vast area of 

 the State must be borne in mind in any consideration of its climiate, its 

 resources and its opportunities. It is the third state in size in the 

 American union, only California and Texas being larger; France and 

 Germany is each only about one-tliird larger. England, Scotland, \\ ales 

 and Ireland combined have fewer square miles of territory ; it end>races a 



— The schools of Montana are inferior to none. 



