DISTRICT CROP AND LIVESTOCK 

 BASIC STATISTICS 



Prepared by Mildred R. Cossey, 



Assistant to Agricultural Statistician. 



CKOP DISTRICT I 



In the northwestern corner of the state 

 we find four counties, Flathead, Lincoln, 

 Lake and Sanders grouped together to form 

 Crop District No. One, which in 1924 had 

 2 per cent of the state total land in farms. 

 All of this state's principal field crops 

 are found in this district, but only in Bar- 

 ley and Potatoes does it assume import- 

 ance, having 12 and 16 per cent respect- 

 ively of the state's total production of 

 these crops and 18 per cent of the commer- 

 cial potato production of the state. In 

 other cropse its percentages of the total 

 state production are as follows : Spring 

 wheat, 2 per cent ; Winter wheat, 6 per 

 cent; Rye, 1 per cent; Oats, 4 per cent; 

 Corn, 1 per cent; All Tame Hay, 5 per 

 cent; "Wild Hay, 2 per cent; Timothy Hay, 

 8 per cent ; Alfalfa Hay, 5 per cent ; and 

 Clover Hay, 19 per cent. During the past 

 three years Seed Pea^ have come to be an 

 important enterprise in thi< area and now 

 approximately 9 per cent of the state pro- 

 duction originates here. About 2 per cent 

 of the total state production of Alfalfa 

 Seed is found in District Onp, and 10 per 

 cent of the truck crops raised in the state 

 come from this section. 

 In fruit production the Flathead Valley stands second to the Bitter Root Valley in District Pour. 

 District One has about 12 per cent of the state's total number of bearing apple trees and about 10 

 per cent of the commercial apple trees in the state. Small production of plums, early apples, ber- 

 ries and sweet cherries is also found in this valley. 



In livestock production this district has the following percentages of the state';; total livestock: 

 Horses, 3 per cent; Dairy Cows, 11 per cent; Beef Cows, 2 per cent; All Cattle, 3 per cent; Sheep, 

 1 per cent; Swine, 4 per cent; and Poultry, 7 per cent. 



VALUATION STATISTICS FOR DISTRICE ONE 



VALUE OF VALUE OF 



CROPS PRODUCED CROPS SOLD 



1925 $4,771,500 $2,508,000 



1926 4,057,360 2,193.000 



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