CROP PRODUCTION STATISTICS 



TOTAI. TONNAGE PRODUCED IN 1926, 1925 AND 1924 



LL principal crops produced in Montana in 

 1926 show a gross tonnage of .4,845,058 

 compared with 4,698,797 tons for the same 

 crops in 1925 and 5,396,660 tons for these 

 crops in 1924. 



The estimates above will closely ap- 

 proach the total tonnage of all crops and 

 for comparative purposes may be so used. 

 In this comparison the year 1924 saw the 

 greatest tonnage yet produced in the 

 state, which would place the 1926 output 

 as the second largest. 



More acreage, however, was used in 

 1926 production than in either of the pre- 

 ceding years, the estimates of total acre- 

 age, including fruit crops, being 7,115,- 

 000 acres in 1926, 6,797,000 acres in 1925 

 and 6,595,000 acres in 1924. In per acre 

 out-turn for all crops, 1926 production was 

 only slightly higher than in 1925 and mod- 

 erately below that of 1924. 

 1926 production was more spotted as between crops and between different 

 sections of the state than any in recent years. In general yields on small grain 

 crops averaged higher than in 1925, with corn yields well below those of any 

 recent year and hay yields slightly below last year but better than average. 

 Geographically the east central and southeastern sections of the state experienced 

 the poorest crop yields since 1921. The rest of the state ranged from average to 

 well above average in some sections of central and south central Montana. 



The following table shows the production estimates of the past three years 

 expressed in tons to afford a better comparison of the total crop output of the 

 state 



TONNAGE PRODUCED IN 1926. 1925 AND 1924 



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