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MONTANA FAEM REVIEW 

 IRRrGATED ACREAGE BY COUNTIES — 1922* 



County 



Approxi- 

 mate 

 Acreage 

 Irrigated 

 —1922. 



Flathead 16,000 



Lincoln 6,000 



Blaine 63,000 



Chouteau 7,500 



Glacier 15,005 



Hill 3,000 



Liberty 800 



Pondera 96,000 



Teton 61,000 



Toole 900 



Daniels 1,200 



Phillips 32,000 



Roosevelt 1,600 



Sheridan 2,000 



Valley 23,000 



Deer Lodge 32,000 



Granite 36,000 



Mineral 1,000 



Missoula '. 92,000 



Powell 65,000 



Ravalli 111,000 



Sanders 8,500 



Broadwater 34,000 



Cascade 32,000 



Fergus 31,000 



Golden Valley 3,500 



Jefferson 27,000 



County 



Approxi- 

 mate 

 Acreage 

 Irrigated 

 —1922. 



Judith Basin 18,000 



Lewis & Clark 46,000 



Meagher 31,000 



Musselshell 3,300 



Wheatland 20,000 



Dawson 2,200 



Garfield 400 



McCone 500 



Prairie 500 



Richland 25,000 



Wibaux 200 



Beaverhead 340.000 



Madison 117,000 



Silver Bow 13,000 



Carbon 114,000 



Gallatin 135.000 



Park 86,000 



Stillwater 39,000 



Sweet Grass 48,000 



Yellowstone 119,000 



Big Horn 51,000 



Carter : 500 



Custer 14,000 



Fallon _ 400 



Powder River 1,800 



Rosebud 32,500 



Treasure 23,500 



•These are estimates based upon data from the Census of 1919, assessors' returns, Mon- 

 tana Irrigation Commission, and from other sources, and should not be taken as absolutely 

 accurate. They are presented here to show as nearly as possible the relative importance of 

 irrigation in the different counties in 1922. 



PER CENT OF CROPS GROWN IN MONTANA ON IRRIGATED LAND — 1919. 

 (U. S. Bureau of the Census.) 



Crop 



Per cent 

 of total 



acreage 

 on 



irrigated 

 land. 



Crop 



Per cent 

 of total 



acreage 

 on 



irrigated 

 land. 



Crop 



Per cent 

 of total 



acreage 

 on 



irrigated 

 land. 



TOTAL, ALL 



CROPS 25.7 



Corn 13.0 



Oats 23.6 



Winter wheat 7.3 



Spring Wheat .... 10.5 



Barley 35.1 



Rye 1.8 



Timothy 44.3 



Timothy and clover 65.3 



Clover 42.4 



Alfalfia 58.9 



Other tame grasses 52.0 



Annual legumes for hay 12.1 



Small grains for hay.... 5.4 

 Wild, salt, or prairie 



grasses 26.0 



Silage crop 32.3 



Potatoes 22.1 



Apples 71.9 



Cherries 72.5 



Sugar beets for sugar.... 89.4 



Clover and Alfalfa seed 34.6 



Dry beans 44.5 



Dry peas 81.2 



Flaxseed 2.9 



NOTE: Above percentages were based upon the harvested acreages In 1919. Extreme drouth 

 In that year caused much acreage on non-Irrigated lands to be abandoned for harvest, 

 hence the percentages shown as irrigated above are higher than usual for most crops, 

 especially the cereals. 



