Farm Crops Total Value Sales 



1. Wheat $ 65,036,000 $58,396,000 



2. Hay 27,126,000 5,198,000 



3. Oats 8,291,000 492,000 



4. Barley 3,569,000 206,000 



5 Rye 1,488,000 299,000 



6. Flaxseed 2,988,000 788,000 



7. Corn 4,269,000 313,000 



8. Potatoes 2,340.000 975,000 



9. Apples 464,000 382,000 



10. Miscellaneous Fruits 121,000 101,000 



11. Dry Beans 2,233,000 1,952,000 



12. Sugar Beets 1,899,000 1,899,000 



13. Miscellaneous Truck 500,000 485,000 



14 Canning Peas 209,000 209,000 



15. Alfalfa Seed 667,000 617,000 



16. Clover Seed 135,000 70,000 



17. Seed Peas 664,000 626,000 



18. Farm Gardens 3,668,000 769,000 



TOTAL CROPS ". $125,667,000 $75,777,000 



All Agricultural Products (Value of Sales) $147,945,000 



$96,073,000 $51,031,000 

 $125,596,000 



CROP PRODUCTION IN 1929 



Nineteen-twenty-nine, although exceeding both 1928 and 1927 in area planted 

 to crops, fell considerably below these big crop years in final out-turns, by 

 reason of the severe summer drought that gripped the state from early July 

 to the first week of September. All crops on non-irrigated lands suffered loss of 

 acreage planted as well as considerable loss of yield per acre on the area har- 

 vested. Irrigated crops while faring better were also handicapped by reduced 

 water supplies and some burning under the high day temperatures in the latter 

 half of July. 



Yields largely by reason of the climatic damage were reduced 22.5 per cent 

 below the 10-year average, taking the yields of 17 principal crops combined in 

 relation to their combined 10-year average yields. This was in decided contrast 

 with 1928 when yields were 29.3 per cent higher than the 10-year average and 

 with the bumper crop of 1927 when they rose to 57.2 per cent above the 10-year 

 average. 



Similar seasons in the past, however, have found Montana yields lower than 

 in 1929, which indicates the extent to which Montana farmers have adapted their 

 methods to cope with climatic limitations. In case of the grain crops on which the 

 bulk of the damage occurred, the combine in 1929 saved many fields that would 

 never have been cut with the binder after new type machinery had put in these 

 crops with a relatively low labor cost. Summer fallow on which 39 per cent of 

 the 1929 spring wheat crop was sown was likewise an insurance against the heat 

 and drought damage. 



TOTAL TONNAGE IN 1929 



Total tonnage of all principal crops in Montana in 1929 was 4,616,007, com- 

 pared with the revised estimate for 1928 of 6,618,691 tons. The 1929 crop was 

 30.3 per cent below the crop of 1928. 



TONNAGE PRODUCTION OF MONTANA CROPS 



Crops 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 



Corn 226,000 197,520 118,470 215,040 156,180 108,360 



All Wheat 1,553,970 1,050,630 1,387,064 2,406,240 2,339,940 1,202,940 



Oats 259,600 217,792 266,656 381,440 323,536 150,688 



Barley 62.400 78,624 186,400 154,440 152,976 96,384 



Rye 33,600 30,000 35,952 72,360 64,680 36,630 



Flax 59,920 30,744 19,404 48,552 46,680 28,140 



All Hay 2,708,000 2,631.000 2,263,000 3,701,000 3,103,000 2,527,000 



Potatoes 89,760 113,400 89,250 136,080 127,650 59,400 



Beans 16,800 12,936 12,900 19.200 17,400 15,750 



Seed Peas 11,760 15,630 16,200 8,820 9,960 11,880 



Canning Peas 2,100 3,984 3,792 3,100 3,800 3,900 



Alfalfa Seed 1,410 2,340 1,860 594 1,440 2,190 



Sugar Beets 365,000 315,000 352,000 364,000 258,000 362,000 



Cherries • 200 260 325 300 120 260 



Clover Seed 270 660 900 900 945 405 



Apples 6,960 1,920 8.304 7,080 12,384 10.080 



TOTAL TONNAGE 5,398,550 4,702,440 4.662.477 7,519,146 6,618.691 4,616.007 



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