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distinction which, despite tlie asiTicnltural develo]:)nicnt now in progress and 

 the consequent curtaihnent of the public rar.g'e, this State still holds. In 

 1912 our wool product was $6,870,970, almost a million dollars more than 

 that of A\'yoming, which today holds second place in importanre in the 

 wool and sheep industry. 



Montana has thus, at \'arious times, held first place in the production 

 of various forms of substantial wealth. The State has been first in gold ; 

 it has been first in silver; it has been first in copper; it has been first in 

 beef; it has been first in sheep, and wool; and it is not without reason that 

 we, its citizens, confidently look forward to the time, in a day not far dis- 

 tant, when our Treasure State will hold first rank in the production of 

 cereals, when ^Montana will become, in fact, the breadbasket of the world. 



In the contention that ^Montana is entitled to become the greatest acfri- 

 cultural state in the l.^nion, we are sup])orted by the best authorities of 

 the day. Figures furnished by th.c Tnited States Department of Agriculture 

 conclusively show the fertility of ^lontana's soil, and this 

 Looking State can vv-ell bear comparison with any other. North" Dakota 



the Facts is the banner Avheat producing state of America, yet an acre 

 in the Face. of wheat in ^.Tontana is wortli more to the farmef than an acre 

 of wheat in North Dakoita. And this, despite the fact that 

 owing to higher freight rates, the farm value of a bushel of wheat in 

 Montana is slightly less than that of a bushel of wheat in our neighboring 

 state. Figures contained in the December supplement of the 1912 Crop 

 Reporter show that Avith an average production of 18 bushels per acre and 

 an average price of 69 cents a bushel an acre of wheat in North Dakota wias 

 worth $12.42 on the farm. On the other hand, Avith an average production 

 of 24.1 bushels per acre and an average price of 65 cents per bushel, an acre 

 of wheat in Alontana was wortli $15.42 on the farm. Illinois is the greatest 

 corn growing state. Yet, according to figures taken from the December 

 Crop Reporter, an average acre of corn in IHnois was worth $16.40 to the 

 farmer, while an average acre of corn in Montana was worth $17.85 to the 

 farmer. Minnesota is the greatest producer of barley, yet an acre of barley 

 in ]\Iinnesota is worth but $11.56 to the farmer, while an acre of barlev in 

 IMontana is worth $19.34, the average yield of Minnesota being 28.2 bushels 

 to the acre and of Montana 36.5 bushels. Wisconsin leads all the states in 

 the production of rye, yet the A\'isconsin grower receives an average of 

 $11.16 per acre for his r}e, while tlie Montana grower receives $14.10, the 

 average yield per acre of rye in. Wisconsin being 18.3 bushels and of 

 Montana, 23.5. New York produces more potatoes than any other state in 

 the Union ; yet these Crop Reporter figures show that the average yield of 

 a New York potato patch is but 106 bushels to the acre as compared \vith an 

 average yield of 165 bushels in ]\Iontana. Iowa leads all the states in 

 the Union in the production of oats, yet the average yield of an Iowa 

 oat field is but 42.2 bushels per acre, as compared \\ ith 48 bushels per acre 



— Get a homestead in Montana before they are all gone. 



