MONTANA WHEAT GRADES HIGH. 



In quality Montana leads all of the important wheat producing states of the 

 nation. In the following table is shown the comparison for the three leading 

 states of the percentage of the wheat crop grading U. S. Number 1 as determined 

 by the Crop Estimate Division of the U. S. Department of Agriculture from 

 yearly surveys. 



PERCENTAGE OF SPRING WHEAT IN THE SEVERAL GRADES 



State Years No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 



Montana 1926 68.0 19.0 9.0 2.0 



1924 84.0 10.0 5.0 1.0 



Wyoming 1925 20.0 47.0 24.0 3.0 



1924 84.0 10.0 5.0 1.0 



North Dakota 1925 49.0 20.0 17.0 9.0 



1924 65.0 19.0 10.0 4.0 



South Dakota 1925 20.0 24.0 23.0 15.0 



1924 67.0 22.0 8.0 2.0 



Minnesota 1925 18.0 20.0 31.0 18.0 



1924 61.0 22.0 11.0 4.0 



U. S. Average 1925 S7.5 28.0 18.8 9.2 



1924 62.9 21.5 10.1 3.7 



PROTEIN CONTENT 



The average protein content in the various counties of Montana as deteriiiined 

 by the State Agricultural College during the period 1923-1925, is shown in the 

 following map. In this connection it will be noted most of the counties falling 

 below thirteen per cent are unimportant producers of spring wheat. (See spring 

 wheat acreage density map, page 27.) 



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