MONTANA IN BRIEF 237 



Montana in Brief. 



Area — 146,997 square miles. 



Mountain and forest lands — 30,000,000 acres. 



Grazing lands — 30,000,000 acres. 



Farming lands — 30,000,000 acres. 



Farming lands susceptible of irrigation — 6,000,000 acres. 



Arable lands not susceptible of irrigation — 24,000,000. 



Unappropriated and unreserved public lands, July 1, 1913 — 21,542,853 acres. 



State lands available for lease or purchase, November 31, 1913 — 3,967,869 acres. 



Lands embraced in national forests — 18,977,580 acres. 



Assessed valuation, 1913— $382,807,277; increase over 1912— $36,256,692. 



Population, December 1, 1913—542,407; 1910—376,053. 



Number of children of school age in 1913 — 113,671. 



Bank deposits Dctober 21, : 913— $82,562,684. 



Value of agricultural products, 1912— $61,000,000, including $12,381,000 in wheat; 



$10,093,000 in hay; $7,997,000 in oats; $6,182,000 in flax; $2,442,000 in potatoes; 



$755,000 in barley; $428,000 in corn; $141,000 in rye; $2,500,000 in fruits, and 



$2,000,000 in vegetables. 

 Value of mineral products, 1912 — $64,754,613, including $51,106,914 in copper; 



$7,829^57 in silver; $2,818,816 in gold; $1,857,403 in zinc, and $335,104 in lead. 



Coal production. 1912— $5,600,970. 

 Cattle shipments, 1912—13,875,000. 

 Wool shipments, 1912— $6,870,970. 



Ten year average per acre yields of principal farm crops — Wheat, 25.85 bushels; 



oats, 4-1,63 bushels; barley, 34.61 bushels; rye, 22.25 bushels; potatoes, 149.40 



bushels; hay, 1.82 tons; sugar beets, 15 tons. 

 Number of counties, December 1, 1913 — 35. 

 United States Land Offices — Billings, Bozeman, Glasgow, Great Falls, Havre, Helena, 



Kalispell, Lewistown, Miles City, Missoula. 

 Number of public land filings, fiscal year ending June 30, 1913 — 29,246. 

 Acres of public land entered, fiscal year ending June 30, 1913 — 4,675,840. 

 Number of importations of livestock, fiscal year ending November 30, 1913 — Horses, 



20,150; cattle, 32,885; swine, 2,451; fiscal year ending November 30, 1912— Horses, 



7,816; cattle, 4,482; swine, 393. 

 Water power capable of development — 1,000,000 horse-power. 



-Montana has won a basketful of gold medals competing tvitk the world. 



