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MONTANA FARM REVIEW 



WILD HAY BY COUNTIES — 1922-^( Continued) 



NORTHEASTERN DISTRICT 



Daniels 



Phillips 



Roosevelt 



Sheridan 



Valley 



WESTCENTRAL. DISTRICT 



Deer Lodge 



Granite 



Mineral 



Missoula 



Powell 



Ravalli 



Sanders 



CENTRAL DISTRICT 



Broadwater 



Cascade 



Fergus 



Golden Valley 



Jefferson 



Judith Basin 



Lewis & Clark 



Meagher 



Musselshell 



Wheatland 



EASTCENTRAL DISTRICT 



Dawson 



• Garfield 



McCone 



Prairie 



Richland 



Wibaux 



SOimrWESTERN DISTRICT 



Beaverhead 



Madison 



Silver Bow 



SOUTHCENTRAL DISTRICT 



Carbon 



Gallatin 



Park 



Stillwater 



Sweet Grass 



Yellowstone 



SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT 



Big Horn 



Carter 



Custer 



Fallon 



Powder River 



Rosebud 



Treasure 



Acreage 



6,000 

 34,000 

 28,000 

 12,000 

 22,000 



5,000 

 4,500 

 300 

 2,500 

 28,000 

 1,500 

 3,400 



6,000 



5,600 



18,400 



2,800 



8,000 



13,000 



12,000 



17,000 



4,000 



9,000 



6,500 



4,000 

 12,000 



3,000 

 20,000 



4,000 



184,000 



22,000 



4,000 



2,800 

 16,000 

 4,000 

 4,100 

 3,400 

 4,800 



10,000 

 11,000 

 8,000 

 4,000 

 13,000 

 6,000 

 1,500 



Average 



Yield Per 



Acre 



(Tons) 



1.00 

 .73 

 .85 

 .92 

 .95 



1.10 



1.20 



1.00 



.88 



.94 



1.07 



.71 



1.33 



1.00 



.83 



.86 



1.00 



.85 



1.00 



1.18 



.85 



.90 



.92 

 .85 

 .92 



1.00 

 .85 



1.15 



.86 

 1.06 

 1.00 



1.12 

 .98 

 .85 

 .97 

 .90 



1.34 

 .82 

 .86 

 1.05 

 1.08 

 1.07 

 1.07 



Production 

 • (Tons) 



STATE TOTAL- 



692,000 



0.90 



6,000 

 25,000 

 24,000 

 11,000 

 21,000 



5,500 

 5.400 

 300 

 2,200 

 26,300 

 1,600 

 2,400 



8,000 



5,600 



15,400 



2,400 



8,000 



11,000 



12,000 



20,000 



3,400 



8,000 



6,000 



3.400 

 11,000 



3,000 

 17,000 



4,600 



158.000 



23.300 



4,000 



2,600 

 18,000 

 3,900 

 3.500 

 3,300 

 4.500 



13,400 

 9,000 

 6,800 

 4,200 



14.000 

 6.400 

 1.600 



623,000 



OATS 



Oats rank third in Montana with respect both to acreage and total value of the 

 crop, being exceeded by wheat and hay. The crop is grown principally for feed 

 within the state, but cereal mills and central markets normally take about one-fifth of 

 the total production. The oat acreage has shown a fairly constant increase up to 1919, 

 when a decrease took place for two successive years, followed again by an increase. In 

 1922, 600,000 acres were planted to oats in the state. 



Oats are grown generally over the entire state with good returns, but it is in the 

 irrigated districts and the northeast, east and central parts that the largest acreages 

 devoted to this crop are found. 



The average weight per measured bushel of oats grown in Montana for a ten-year 

 period is 36.5 pounds, compared to 32.0 pounds, the average for the United States over 

 the same time. No other state except Wyoming produces oats with such a high average 

 weight. The principal varieties grown in the state are Swedish Select, Victory and 

 Sixty Day. 



