Montana State Library 



^^, 1985 



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FOREWORD 



Vrcccdhuj issues of the Farm Revieio have presented county 

 estimates of Montana's crop and lircstocJ: production and value 

 This volume will show only state estimates of such production, 

 hut in all other respects will he found comparahle with precediny 

 Reviews as a text hook show iny the yearly ayricultural progress of 

 Montana and as a reference for those scekiny the statistics of the 

 state's ayricultural resources. 



The omission of the county estimates from the volume was due 

 to two considerations. First the necessity of holding the expense 

 of the puhlication within the amount that is availahlc for such 

 work. Second the fact that the federal decennial census is now col- 

 lecting for the year li)2d complete county statistics on agriculture 

 that will he availahle for our next issue of the Farm Review, 



The annual farm reviews are puhlished hy the Puhlicity 

 Division of the Montana Department of Agriculture^ Lahor and 

 Industry. Ko direct appropriation is made for this puhlication^ 

 the expense for the past eight years heing allocated each year from 

 the funds of the Puhlicity Division. The material presented in the 

 Revieio is collected and tahulated hy the Montana State-Federal 

 Crop Reporting Service ichich work is performed and financed 

 very largely by the federal government. Upwards of 3,000 Mon- 

 tana fanners and stockmen constitute the crop and livestock re- 

 porters in this service and to them this puhlication is primarily 

 indchted. Last year 12,000 copied of the Farm Review were dis- 

 tributed to farmers, stockmen, agricultural workers, scJwols, 

 hankers and business men as well as to many people outside of 

 Montana, who were seeking reliable information concerning the 

 state's agricultural resources and opportunities. 



The State Puhlicity Division and the State-Federal Crop Re- 

 porting Service will welcome suggestions on the improvement of 

 the Farm Review which will increase its usefulness and value to 

 those whom it is designed to serve. 



A. H. STAFFORD 

 Commissioner of Agriculture 



WARREN W. MOSES 

 Chief, Publicity Division. 



