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MONTANA FARM REVIEW 



CORN. 



The corn acreage in 1923 was 60 per cent greater than in 1922, the larger part of this 

 expansion taking place in the eastern half of the state. Corn has been planted almost 

 entirely for use as local feed, although not a little of the 1923 crop is finding its way 

 into state marketing channels. Growing conditions were quite favorable for corn, and, 

 although much of it was planted late, delayed frosts in the fall permitted most of it to 

 mature. It is worth noting that corn yields in the eastern counties were little affected 

 by the factors which cut down small grain yields so materially. In the counties which 

 had a considerable acreage of corn, the increase in numbers of hogs and milk cows is 

 most pronounced, and there more stock, including lambs and cattle, is being fattened for 

 market than ever before. About 53 per cent of the 1923 crop was harvested for grain, 

 2 per cent for silage, and 45 per cent cut for use as fodder, or grazed off in the 

 fields by stock. 



CORN BY COUNTIES — 1922 and 1923. 



1922 



1923 



District and County 



NtJRTHWESTERN 



Flathead 



NORTH CENTRAL 



Blaine 



Chouteau 



Hill 



Liberty 1 



Pondera 



Teton 



Toole 



NORTHEASTERN 



Daniels 



Phillips 



Roosevelt 



Sheridan 



Valley 



WEST CENTRAL 



Missoula 



Ravalli 



Sanders 



CENTRAL 



Cascade 



Fergus 



Golden Valley 



Judith Basin 



Lewis & Clark ... 



Musselshell 



Wheatland 



EAST CENTRAL 



Dawson 



Garfield 



McCone 



Prairie 



Richland 



Wibaux 



SOUTHWESTERN 



Madison 



SOUTH CENTRAL 



Carbon 



Gallatin 



Stillwater 



Sweet Grass 



Yellowstone 



SOUTHEASTERN 



Big: Horn 



Carter 



Custer 



Fallon 



Powder River 



Rosebud 



Treswure 



OTHER COUNTIES. 



Acreage 



3,400 



5,800 



4,400 



400 



800 



500 



1,900 

 9,000 

 9,600 

 8,000 

 5,300 



400 

 300 

 400 



1,200 

 13,300 



4,100 

 300 

 500 



6,800 



1,500 



12,400 



11.700 



9,500 



9,300 



17,500 



4.800 



3,800 



300 



3,500 



500 



16,000 



3,800 

 7.600 



13.000 

 8,400 

 9,000 



11,600 

 4,000 

 2,500 



STATE TOTAL 



228.000 



Acre 

 Yield 

 (bu.) 



900 I 22. 



22.1 

 20.0 

 20.9 

 20.0 

 20.0 

 20.0 



21.1 

 23.0 

 23.5 

 23.0 

 21.9 



22.5 

 26.7 

 22.5 



22.5 

 22.3 

 19.3 

 23.3 

 18.0 

 21.8 

 20.0 



27.9 

 22.2 

 27.1 

 27.3 

 27.0 

 27.1 



23.1 

 23.3 

 22.3 

 22.0 

 23.5 



24.2 

 25.5 

 26.3 

 27.3 

 26.0 

 25.0 

 24.0 

 20.0 



Produc- 

 tion 

 (bu.) 



24.3 



20,000 



75,000 

 116,000 

 92,000 

 8,000 

 16,000 

 10,000 



40,000 

 207,000 

 226.000 

 184.000 

 116.000 



9.000 

 8.000 

 9,000 



27,000 



297.000 



79,000 



7,000 



9,000 



148,000 



30,000 



346,000 

 260.000 

 258,000 

 254.000 

 472,000 

 130.000 



88,000 



7,000 



78,000 



11.000 



376.000 



92,000 

 194,000 

 342.000 

 229.000 

 234.000 

 290.000 

 96.000 

 50.000 



Acreage 



I 

 5,540,000 I 



I 



1,500 



8,000 



10,000 



6,400 



800 

 2,500 

 1,600 



400 



2,700 

 30,000 

 16,000 

 14,000 

 15,000 



1,000 

 400 

 500 



5.000 

 25,000 



6.000 

 900 

 800 



8,400 



2.000 



16,000 

 14,000 

 13.000 

 11,500 

 27,000 

 6.000 



6,000 

 500 



8,000 



800 



23,000 



6,400 

 10.000 

 18,000 

 11.000 

 10,000 

 18.000 

 5.500 

 1,000 



365,000 



Acre 

 Yield 



(bu.) 



26.6 



25.7 

 25.6 

 23.4 

 18.7 

 21.2 

 25.0 

 20.0 



24.8 

 25.7 

 25.3 

 24.6 

 25.7 



26.0 

 30.0 

 26.0 



26.6 

 27.2 

 23.0 

 22.2 

 23.7 

 22.6 

 23.0 



28.1 

 25.5 

 27.3 

 28.0 

 28.2 

 25.7 



400 I 20.0 



30.4 

 28.0 

 26.2 

 25.0 

 26.8 



23.8 

 27.0 

 25.0 

 25.0 

 27.3 

 23.6 

 25.0 

 20.0 



Produc- 

 tion 

 (bu.) 



38.000 



206.000 



254.000 



148,000 



15,000 



53.000 



40,000 



8,000 



67,000 

 770,000 

 420,000 

 345,000 

 385.000 



26,000 

 12,000 

 13,000 



133,000 



680.000 



138,000 



20,000 



19.000 



190.000 



46,000 



450,000 

 371,000 

 355,000 

 322,000 

 760,000 

 154.000 



8.000 



184,000 

 14.000 



210,000 

 20.000 



616.000 



152.000 

 270.000 

 450.000 

 275.000 

 273.000 

 422.000 

 138.000 

 20.000 



I 

 26.0 I 9.490,000 



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