STATE OF MONTANA 



67 



MILK COWS AND PRODUCTION OF MILK, MILKFAT 

 AND BUTTER ON FARMS AND RANCHES 



Milk Cows 

 on Farms 1/ 



Year Number 



1958 88,000 



1959 84,000 



I960 77,000 



1961 72,000 



1962 67,000 



1963 63,000 



1964 60,000 



1965 57,000 



1966 54,000 



1967 49,000 



Production Per Cow^/ 



Milk 

 Pounds 



5,510 

 5,600 

 5,990 

 6.210 

 6.330 



6.440 

 6,600 

 6,630 

 6.960 

 7,310 



MUkfat 

 Pounds 



204 

 207 

 222 

 230 

 234 



235 

 241 

 242 

 2S4 

 263 



Year 



1958. 

 1959. 

 1960. 

 1961. 

 1962. 



1963. 

 1964. 

 1965. 

 1966. 

 1967. 



Milk Used and Marketed 



Milk Used on Farms Where Produced 



Milk Marketed by Farmers 



i/Average number on farms during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh. 

 ^/E.xcludes milk sucked by calves. 

 ^'Includes milk produced by dealers own herds. 



''/Sales directly to consumers by producers who sell only milk from their own herds. Also includes milk produced by institution 

 herds. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX-PRODUCTION, PRICE AND VALUE 



Colonies 



of 



Bees 

 Year 



Number 



1958 78,000 



1959 82,000 



1960 83,000 



1961 79,000 



1962 77,000 



1963 77,000 



1964 78,000 



1965 80.000 



1966 80,000 



1967 80,000 



