FAEMS AND CROPS 



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BARLEY 



Barley is now grown mainly for feed purposes. Increases in the acreage sown 

 took place each year up to 1916, when there were 95,000 acres in this crop. Decreases 

 were registered for each of the following four years, after which gains were made in 

 1921 and in 1922. The acreage devoted to barley is well distributed over the state, but 

 the crop is more generally grown in the central and south-central districts. In weight 

 per measured bushel Montana barley ranks high, the ten-year average being 48.6 pounds 

 for the state, compared to 46.1 pounds for the entire United States. 



BARLEY BY COUNTIES — 1922. 



