STATE OF MONTANA 



79 



LAND USE: IRRIGATION, PASTURE-RANGELAND, AND CONSERVATION 



1969 Census of Agriculture 



All Farms 



Class 1-5 Fanns' 



COUNTY 

 NORTH\VEST 



Deer Lodge 



Flathead 



(Granite 



Lake 



Lincoln 



Mineral 



Missoula 



Powell 



Ravalli 



Sanders 



NORTHCENTRAL 



Blaine 



Chouteau 



C;lacier 



Hill 



Lihertv 



Phillips 



Pondera 



Teton 



Toole 



NORTHEAST 



Daniels 



Dawson 



Garfield 



McCone 



Richland 



Roosevelt 



Sheridan 



Vallev 



CENTRAL.. 



Broadwater 



Cascade 



Fergus 



Golden Valley... 



Judith Basin 



Lewis & Clark.. 



Meagher 



Musselshell 



Petroleum 



Wheatland 



SOUTHWEST 



Beaverhead 



Gallatin 



Jefferson 



Madison 



Silver Bow 



SOUTHCENTRAL 



Big Horn 



Carbon 



Park 



Stillwater 



Sweet Grass 



Treasure 



Yellowstone 



SOUTHEAST 



Carter 



Custer 



Fallon 



Powder River.. 



Prairie 



Rosebud 



Wibaux 



Irrigated 

 Land in 

 Farms 



Land use practices 



STATE.. 



Famis 



37 

 197 

 116 

 670 

 60 

 18 

 20.3 

 132 

 681 

 161 



241 



54 



56 



62 



19 



220 



231 



344 



37 



17 

 90 

 34 

 41 



238 

 40 

 20 



177 



137 



237 



118 



53 



41 



201 



85 



62 



49 



77 



256 



459 



99 



332 

 51 



256 

 517 

 284 

 207 

 187 

 67 

 689 



65 



169 



35 



64 



61 



137 



6 



9,197 



.\cres 



23,547 

 23,223 

 40,467 

 80,962 

 4,693 

 1,068 

 22,013 

 50,.358 

 77,6.35 

 20,496 



46,569 



8,484 



12,402 



7,523 



2,274 



47,954 



29,809 



89,7.50 



4,260 



1,269 



12,152 



3,234 



5,242 



32,316 



6,832 



1,328 



35,398 



43,955 



31,460 



14,522 



7,465 



9,181 



40,871 



41,089 



8,124 



13,361 



28,977 



243,696 

 84,032 



22,488 



100,612 



6,644 



48,400 

 78,177 

 52,073 

 26,229 

 49,1.32 

 16,209 

 80,772 



13,919 



28,658 



2,532 



13,215 



8,919 



.34,993 



458 



1,841,421 



Pasture 



and 



Range Land 



105,493 

 140,162 

 266,802 

 1.52,169 



16,975 

 6,.376 



94.101 

 456,878 

 121,807 

 177,513 



1,19.3,016 

 1,091,498 

 417,402 

 614,.327 

 319,001 

 1,247,877 

 252,219 

 601,002 

 515,189 



262,747 

 878,769 

 ;,1 11,277 

 880,375 

 642,177 

 ,351,2,39 

 319,,362 

 707,780 



374,808 

 912,496 

 1,283,831 

 6.37,718 

 553,301 

 803,295 

 817,241 

 931,288 

 473,356 

 740,361 



1,324,781 



547,658 



292,1.35 



773,705 



67,930 



1,898,220 

 422,925 

 6.30,219 

 638,063 

 704,863 

 507,.561 



1,197,.343 



1,356,886 

 2,091,389 



653,269 

 1,480,733 



505,864 

 2,505,722 



,354,759 



39,398,253 



Land in 



Strip 



Cropping 



Acres 



1,299 

 7.30 



11 

 129 



1.33,195 

 484,109 

 168,298 

 396,634 

 269,854 

 69,021 

 212,211 

 191,765 

 278,540 



277,759 

 1.34,543 



24,613 

 115,482 



98,523 

 269,618 

 302,464 

 277,.564 



2,132 



149,401 



1 16,5.56 



37,010 



75,280 



3,545 



65 



15,296 



3,936 



8,510 



8,785 

 1,069 

 1,160 



15,876 

 7,603 

 1,783 



88,140 

 9,479 

 1,037 



66,512 



11,166 

 6,108 

 52,775 

 6,386 

 42,232 

 20!463 

 30,593 



4,489,260 



Land in 

 Summer 

 Fallow 



221 



16,946 



1,269 



9,703 



348 



.397 



4,0.30 



1,979 



3,808 



3,914 



141,193 

 565,711 

 154,967 

 514,864 

 275,.398 

 135,211 

 255,742 

 2.35,298 

 310,603 



24.3,711 

 185,672 

 57,315 

 211,472 

 200,971 

 316,662 

 .323,601 

 324,797 



22,617 

 195,412 

 241,775 



27,140 

 110,7.32 



22,821 

 7,900 



17,346 

 7,129 



11,918 



8,339 

 83,247 

 15,448 



8,.352 

 850 



89,312 



.35,206 



19,719 



68,411 



9,805 



3,768 



106,842 



27.,368 

 33,628 

 92,593 

 31, ,392 

 51,746 

 37,919 

 59,415 



5,943,953 



' Class 1-5 farms are those for which the sale of fanu products in 1969 amounted to or noiinalK would amount to at least 



$2,500. 

 Source: Bureau ol the Census, Department of Connnerce. 



