PERCENTAGE OF CROPS MARKETED 



Crops 1927 



All Wheat 92 



All Hay 17 



Oats 6 



Barley 6 



Rye 15 



Flaxseed 94 



Corn 5 



Potatoes 33 



Apples 76 



ACREAGE SHIFTS IN 1929 



Nineteen-twenty-nine found Montana farmers ready to again increase their 

 total crop acreage, especially in spring sown crops, but earlier plans were modified 

 at spring seeding time and drought intervened to still further reduce the acreage 

 that was finally harvested. The acreage finally harvested in 1929 of all crops was 

 estimated at 7,994,000, an increase of about 3 per cent over the 7,708,000 acres 

 harvested in 1928. 



Abandonment of planted acreage in case of the grain crops was sufficient 

 to bring the 1929 harvested total somewhat under that harvested in 1928, the 

 totals being 5,383,000 acres for 1929 compared with 5,466,000 acres in 1928. 



There were offsetting increases however in the groups, other seed crops and 

 all hay and forage acreages. 



Acreage of crop failure from all causes in 1929 was 666,000 acres compared 

 with 383,000 acres in 1928 and 228.000 acres in 1927. The acreage lying out in sum- 

 mer fallow in 1929 as indicated by the Rural Carrier Survey in September was 

 2,072,000 acres, compared with 2,205,000 acres in 1928 and 2,782,000 acres in 1927. 



ACREAGE CHANGES 1929 



1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 



TOTAL LAND AREA .... 93,532,840 



Land in Farms 32,735,723 



Pasture Land 22,714,811 



Improved Pasture Land 4,144,050 



Wild 17,249,146 



Woodland 1,311,615 



Other Land 1,546,688 



Total Crop Land 8,650,000 



Total Acres in Crops 6,595,000 



Grain Crops Total 4,526,000 



Corn 420,000 



All Whieat 3,163,000 



Winter Wheat 620,000 



Spring Wheat 2,543,000 



Durum Wheat* 39,000 



Oats 550,000 



Barley 104,000 



Rye 80,000 



Other Seed Crops Total.... 320,000 



Beans 25,000 



Seed Peas 24,000 



Flaxseed 246,000 



Clover Seed (sweet) 3,000 



Alfalfa Seed 19,000 



All Hay and Forage 1,879,000 



Timothy 100,000 



Clover 51,000 



Timothy. Clover Mixed 157,000 



Alfalfa Hay 598.000 



Grain Cut for Hay 190,000 



Other Tame Hay (all).. 110,000 



Wild Hay (cut) 673.000 



Potatoes 34,000 



Other Vegetables 5.000 



Sugar Beets 31,000 



Canning Peas 1,900 



Crop Failure 308,000 



Idle and Fallow Land 1,750,000 



Fruit Crops (acres) 8,000 



Apple Trees (number) 712,000 



Plum Trees (number) 19,000 



Durum Wheat included in Spring Wheat totals. 



