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MONTANA FARM REVIEW 



SEED AND CANNING PEAS. 



Several companies contract with farmers to grow seed peas each year, and this 

 is one of the important crops in some counties. Most of the seed peas are grown in the 

 irrigated valleys of the south central, southwestern, and western districts. Growing 

 conditions were not the best in 1923, and hail damaged peas in several localities, so the 

 average yield per acre was much lower than usual. There are several advantages to 

 farmers in growing this crop, and the excellent quality of seed produced seems to insure 

 a moderate increase in acreage. 



Peas for canning were grown in Gallatin and Ravalli counties, and good profits 

 were generally reported from this crop, besides the obvious value resulting from growing 

 it in rotation with other crops. There are also indications of expansion in the canning 

 pea acreage. i#i 



MISCELLANEOUS CROPS. 



Among the miscellaneous crops of importance that are grown should be mentioned 

 sweet clover seed, timothy seed, sunflowers for silage, melons, cucumber seed, vegetables 

 and truck crops. Not a few farmers secure the main part of their cash income from 

 the seed crops. 



ESTIMATED AVERAGE YIELDS PER ACRE ON IRRIGATED, NON-IRRIGATED LANDS, 



AND FOR ENTIRE STATE — 1923. 



MONTANA. 



UNITED 

 STATES 



AVERAGE WAGES OF MALE FARM LABOR IN MONTANA 



Per Month 



With 

 Board 



Without 

 Board 



Per Day at Harvest 



\\ Per Dav Other Than 

 1 Harvest 



With 

 Board 



1910 II $38.00 I $50.00 



1922 II 42.20 I 63.00 



1923 II 48.00 I 65.50 



United States 1923 M 33.18 I 46.91 



$ 2.05 

 3.60 

 3.60 

 2.45 



Without 

 Board 



With 

 Board 



$ 2.80 

 4.40 

 4.52 

 3.03 



$ 1.77 

 2.40 

 2.70 

 1 93 



Without 

 Board 



$ 2.66 

 3.20 

 3.55 

 2.47 



MONTANA'S AREA — Montana ranks third in area of all the states. It averages 

 275 miles in width from north to south, and 535 miles in length. It contains 94,078.080 

 acres, of which 589,440 acres are water surface. The land of the state has been roughly 

 classified into: Farming land, 80,000,000 acres: mountain and forest lands, 26,000.000 

 acres; and grazing land, 37,000,000 acres. 



