MONTANA DAIRY REPORT FOR YEAR 



ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1929 



(By B. F. Thrailkill, Chief of Dairy Division) 



Following is the monthly production of butter, ice cream, and cheese in 

 Montana for 1929 as compared with the same period in 1928: 



BUTTER (Lbs.) ICE CREAM (Gals.) CHEESE (Lbs.) 



1929 1928 1929 1928 1929 1928 



January 1,000,962 986,613 28,579 30,974 168,161 101,624 



February 960,360 916,535 32,150 36,757 147,197 101,160 



March 1,034,389 938,557 50,751 51.066 162,428 126,342 



April 1,123,811 1,021,391 64,614 62,609 172,708 152.401 



May 1,534,011 1,610,558 98,900 125,195 230,645 244.877 



June 2,139,998 2,020,865 134,812 105,043 194,407 293.070 



July 2,195,030 2,067,809 190,690 156,010 160,329 283.306 



August 1,826,423 1,901,120 179,054 133,867 163,329 260,014 



September 1,468,122 1,490,737 78,975 79,284 136,761 236.544 



October 1,423,774 1,359,916 59,867 52,086 137,113 207,772 



November 1,023,555 1,040,776 38,383 41,115 110,818 176.424 



December 954,032 1.008,955 33.519 34.044 109.598 163.874 



Totals 16,684,437 16,363,832 990,294 908,050 1,893,494 2,347,408 



PRODUCTION BY ZONES 



BUTTER 

 Zone 1929 1928 



1 3,123,187 2,852,718 



2 2,989,924 3,090,490 



3 3,077,701 2,979,642 



4 1,494,341 1,610,147 



5 , 1,235,129 1,219.932 



6 2,323,551 2,090,463 



7 2,162,724 2.334.663 



8 277.880 185.777 



There were 116,391 pounds of butterfat shipped oat of the state from stations 

 in zone 1; 74,525 pounds from zone 2; 53,190 pounds from zone 6; 54,229 pounds 

 from zone 7 and 788,872 pounds from zone 8, making a total of 1,087,207 pounds. 



KEY TO ZONES 



Zone 1: Lincoln, Flathead, Sanders, Lake, Mineral, Missoula and Ravalli 

 counties. 



Zone 2: Granite, Powell, Lewis & Clark, Deer Lodge, Jefferson, Madison, 

 Silver Bow, and Beaverhead counties. 



Zone 3: Glacier, Toole, Liberty, Hill, Blaine, Phillips, Pondera, Teton, Cas- 

 cade and Chouteau counties. 



Zone 4: Fergus, Judith Basin, Musselshell, Golden Valley, Wheatland and 

 Petroleum counties. 



Zone 5: Meagher, Broadwater, Gallatin, Park, and Sweet Grass counties. 



Zone 6: Stillwater, Carbon, Yellowstone, Big Horn, and Treasure counties. 



Zone 7: Rosebud, Custer, Fallon, Carter, and Powder River counties. 



Zone 8: Valley, Daniels, Sheridan, Roosevelt, Garfield, McCone, Richland, 

 Dawson, Prairie and Wibaux counties. 



BUTTER EXPORTS 



Total butter shipped out of state 



California 2,767,091 



Washington 2,691,182 



Idaho 358,050 



Chicago 205,528 



Indiana 21,376 



Boston 75,953 



Oleomargarine sold in Montana during 1929 totaled 196,882 pound.s. 



