FARM ANIMALS ON MONTANA FARMS AND RANCHES 

 JANUARY 1, 1930 



(In Thousands of Head) 

 1928 

 Species and Class Revised 



1. ALL HORSES 531 



Horses 2 years and over 454 



r-lt=! 2 years 77 



Colts 1 year and under 2 89 



Colts under 1 year 88 



2. ALL MULES 11 



Mules 2 years old and over .• 8 



Mule colts under two years old 8 



Mule colts 1 year and under 2 2 



Mule colts under 1 year old 1 



8. ALL CATTLE 1.114 



4. Cows and Heifers 2 years and over for milk cows.. 177 



6. Heifers 1 year and under 2 for milk cows 35 



Heifer Calves for milk cows 38 



Cows and Heifers 2 years and over not for milk.... 355 



Heifers 1 year and under 2. not for milk 100 



Calves, except Heifers, for milk 273 



Steers 1 year and over 115 



Bulls 1 year and over 21 



6. ALL SWINE 288 



Pigs under 6 months 180 



Sows and gilts 57 



Other hogs over 6 months 101 



7. TOTAL SHEEP AND LAMBS 3,358 



Sheep and lambs on feed 100 



Ewe lambs for breeding 700 



Wether and Ram lambs 1 year and under 14 



Ewes 1 year and over 2,475 



Rams and Wethers 1 year and over 69 



LIVESTOCK ESTIMATES FOR MONTANA AND THE 

 UNITED STATES AS OF JANUARY 1, 1930 



TOTAL NUMBERS JANUARY 1 TOTAL VALUE JANUARY 1 



Montana ' 1928 1929 1930 1928 1929 1930 



All Horses 531.000 515.000 500.000 $ 16.505.000 $ 15,996,000 $ 15,048,000 



All Mules 11.000 11.000 11,000 516.000 517,000 494,000 



All Cattle 1.114.000 1.152.000 1.152.000 51.267.000 66,940,000 62,335,000 



All Sheep 3,358.000 3,727.000 3.913.000 37.002.000 42,508,000 36.315.000 



All Swine 288.000 328.000 328.000 4.115,000 4,303,000 4,117,000 



STATE TOTAL 5.302.000 5,733.000 5.904.000 $109,405,000 $180,264,000 $118,309,000 



Milk Cows* 177.000 186.000 186,000 $ 11,151,000 $ 14,694,000 $ 14,332,000 



JANUARY 1 NUMBERS VALUE PER HEAD 



United States 1929 1930 1929 1930 



All Horses 13.905.000 13.440.000 $70.21 $70.71 



All Mules 5.390.000 5.322.000 82.34 83.00 



All Cattle 56.467.000 57.967.000 59.15 57.28 



All Sheep 47.509,000 48,913.000 10.61 8.90 



All Swine 56,880.000 , 52.600,000 13.00 13.64 



* Includes cows and heifers two years old and over kept for milk purposes. Item included above with 

 all cattle numbers and values. 



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