MONTANA CROPS 



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Acre Valuos of Crops in 1924. 



Acre values which are acre yields times average farm prices received for crops 

 were in all cases higher in 1924 than in 1923 due to a generally higher level of farm 

 prices than prevailed in the latter season. The 1924 values also ran well above 

 average values for the preceding five years. 



ACRE VALUES. 

 (Average Acre Yield Times Farm Price per Bushel or Ton.) 



CROP 



1924. 



1923. 



Average. 

 1920-1924. 



Spring Wheat 

 Winter Wheat 



Corn 



Oats 



Barley 



Rye 



Flaxseed 



Potatoes 



Tame Hay 



Wild Hay 



Beans 



Total Farm Value 1924. 



Total farm values of eleven principal crops produced in 1924 aggregate $124,- 

 239,000 compared with $86,862,000 value of these crops in 1923 and $84,449,000 the 

 1918-1922 average. The hypothetical values of all crops based on the ratio of the 

 crops named to all crops in the census year 1919 are $144,463,000 for 1924, $100,536,- 

 000 for 1923, and $98,197,000 the average for 1918-1922. 



Flg^ure YIII. 



Dl^TRlliUTIOti OF SPRltiG V^HEflT /fCERflO-E / 92^ 

 ^TATF ^.5/7.000 /HCRB^ 



• EACH DOT=1,000 ACRES 

 " LESS THAN 1,000 ACRES 



