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MONTANA FARM REVIEW 



This graph is presented to illustrate the trends in the average size of fields of the main 

 crops, but is not an absolute measure of them. Bureau of the Census figures were used for 1899. 

 1909. and with some modifications for 1919. As no data are available for the periods between 

 census years, it is assumed that changes were more or less gradual. For the past three years, 

 the annual farm census returns through county assessors and surveys of individual farms 

 covering representative portions of all farms, furnish the bases for state averages. The 

 averages for tame hay for the past three years were partly estimated, since our form of returns 

 do not permit of accurate computation of average per farm for this crop. 



AVERAGE VALUE OF PLOW LANDS PER ACRE. 

 Poor Plow Land Good Plow I^and All Plow Land 



FLOUR MILLING IN MONTANA— This is one of the most important state in- 

 dustries from the standpoint of agriculture. The Montana Trade Commission reports 

 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, that there were 66 flour mills in operation in 

 the state, having an aggregate rated capacity of 12,053 barrels of flour per day. These 

 mills ground 8,692,825 bushels of wheat in that year, or about 16.5 per cent of the 1922 

 wheat crop of the state. 



