MONTANA LIVESTOCK 9 



Relative Farm Receipts from the Sale of Montana Livestock and Livestock Products for 1923> 



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Livestock Stockmen have asked the Department of Agriculture for a long time 



Reporting for current reports regarding the livestock situation, so that they 



might have definite information upon which to base necessarily fre- 

 quent decisions concerning time of marketing, whether to increase or decrease their 

 holdings, and related problems. Accordingly, late in 1922 this Division began issuing 

 monthly reports on livestock. In this work advance estimates are made of the supplies 

 of the different classes of stock that will be available for market at various times 

 from different sections of the country; monthly reports are issued on the condition of 

 stock and ranges in the seventeen western range states, and on feed supplies in various 

 sections; and other items of value and interest are covered briefly, in order that 

 stockmen may have a general view of the livestock situation over the entire country. 

 These reports are based mainly upon information received direct from thousands of 

 stockmen, from records of rail movements, and from several other sources. 



