Montana Agricultural Statistics 1989 



General 1 1 



NUMBER OF FARM%^^^^ 



Year 



1910 

 1911 

 1912 

 1913 

 1914 

 1915 

 1916 

 1917 

 1918 

 1919 



Year 



1920 

 1921 

 1922 

 1923 

 1924 

 1925 

 1926 

 1927 

 1928 

 1929 



Number 



of Farms 



Thous. 



57.7 

 57.0 

 55.0 

 52.5 

 51.0 

 50.0 

 51.0 

 52.5 

 53.5 

 54.0 



Year 



1930 

 1931 

 1932 

 1933 

 1934 

 1935 

 1936 

 1937 

 1938 

 1939 



Number 



of Farms 



Thous. 



55.0 

 54.5 

 54.0 

 53.5 

 53.0 

 52.0 

 50.0 

 48.0 

 46.0 

 45.0 



Year 



1940 

 1941 

 1942 

 1943 

 1944 

 1945 

 1946 

 1947 

 1948 

 1949 



NUMBER OF FARMS, ALL LAND IN FARMS, AND AVERAGE SIZE OF FARMS, 

 Montana, 1950-1989 



Year 



Number 



of Farms 



Thous. 



All Land 



in Farms 



Thous. Acres 



Average 



Size of Farms 



Acres 



1950 37.2 65,000 1,747 



1951 36.8 65,200 1,772 



1952 36.4 65,500 1,799 



1953 35.9 65,800 1,833 



1954 35.4 66,100 1,867 



1955 34.8 66,100 1,899 



1956 34.2 66,200 1,936 



1957 33.6 66,300 1,973 



1958 33.0 66,500 2,015 



1959 32.4 66,600 2,056 



1960 31.7 66,700 2,104 



1961 30.8 66,800 2,169 



1962 30.1 66,800 2,219 



1963 29.5 66,800 2,264 



1964 28.9 67,200 2,325 



1965 28.4 66,700 2,349 



1966 28.0 66,200 2,364 



1967 27.6 65,700 2,380 



1968 27.1 65,200 2,406 



1969 26.7 64,700 2,423 



1970 26.4 64,200 2,432 



1971 26.0 63,700 2,450 



1972 25.5 63,200 2,478 



1973 25.1 63,000 2,510 



1974 24.6 62,800 2,553 



1975 23.4 ' 62,200 2,693 



1976 23.4 62,200 2,658 



1977 23.5 62,100 2,643 



1978 23.6 62,100 2,631 



1979 23.7 62,100 2,620 



1980 23.8 61,900 2,601 



1981 23.9 61,700 2,582 



1982 24.0 61,500 2,563 



1983 24.1 61,300 2,544 



1984 24.2 61,100 2,525 



1985 24.3 61,000 2,510 



1986 24.4 60,900 2,496 



1987 24.5 60,800 2,482 



1988 24.6 60,700 2,467 



1989 24.7 60,600 2,453 



' Places which had annual sale of agricultural products of SI, 000 or more. 



Series inldated with 1975. 



NUMBER OF LW^ FARMS, Montana, 1982-1988 



