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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Most of the material of this bulletin was prepared from 

 the crop and livestock estimates made by the U. S. division of 

 crop and livestock estimates in cooperation with the State 

 department of agriculture, labor and industry of Montana. 

 Considerable material, however, was furnished by various 

 state departments from their records of inspections, ship- 

 ments or other records of agricultural commodities. 



Dr. W. J. Butler, state veterinarian; E. A. Phillips, secre- 

 tary of the livestock board ; officials of the state railroad com- 

 mission and state board of equalization as well as officials of 

 the state department of agriculture have generously made 

 available records of their offices, pertaining to Montana's 

 agriculture, which have been extremely helpful in setting 

 forth various phases of Montana's agricultural industry. 



Further acknowledgment is made of material adapted from 

 the splendid feature articles in the U. S. Agricultural year- 

 books from 1920 to 1925 inclusive, especially those articles 

 dealing with wheat, beef cattle, sheep, the dairy industry. 

 Weather and Agriculture and others which are valuable in 

 connecting up Montana's agricultural enterprises with those 

 of the nation and the world at large. 



