DISTRICT CROP AND LIVESTOCK STATISTICS IN BRIEF 



CROP DISTRICT SIX— EAST CENTRAL MONTANA 



Six counties in east central Montana 

 make up Crop District Six. and include 

 Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Prairie, Rich- 

 land, and Wibaux, In 1924 this section 

 was credited with 11 per cent of the state'ti 

 total land in farms. 



Most of the principal field crops grown 

 in the state are found in this district, al- 

 though flax with 43 per cent of the state 

 total production leads all other crops. Corn 

 falls into second rank with 28 per cent of 

 the total production. Percentages of other 

 crops are as follows : Spring wheat, 14 

 per cent ; Winter wheat, 5 per cent : Rye, 

 9 per cent ; Barley, 8 per cent ; Oats, 16 

 per cent : Potatoes, 8 per cent ; Tame Hay, 

 7 per cent; Wild Hay, 7 per cent; Alfalfa, 

 Seed, 17 per cent; Beans, 11 per cent; 

 Seed Peas, 1 per cent; Sugar Beets, 15 per 

 cent; Clover Hay, 14 per cent; Alfalfa 

 Hay, 4 per cent ; Grain Hay, 19 per cent. 



About 9 per cent of the truck ci'ops produced in Montana originate in this district. 



In livestock production this district has the following percentages : Horses, 18 ; Dairy Cows, 6 ; 



Beef Cows, 11; All Cattle, 11; Sheep. 6; Swine, 14; and Poultry, 12 per cent. 



VALUATION STATISTICS FOR DISTRICT SIX 



VALUE OF 

 CROPS PRODUCED 



1926 $17,440,775 



1926 20,487,360 



VALUE OF 



CROPS SOLD 



$ 9.149,000 



11,071,000 



Horses, 5 : 

 per cent. 



DISTRICT CROP AND LIVESTOCK STATISTICS IN BRIEF 



DISTRICT SEVEN— SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA 



Crop District Seven, in southwestern 

 Montana, is composed of three counties, 

 Beaverhead, Madison and Silver Bow, and 

 has the smallest land area of the nine dis- 

 tricts found in the state. In 1924 this dis- 

 trict had 5 per cent of the state's total land 

 in farms. 



Of the principal field crops found in 

 Montana the only one of importance in 

 this district is in the Hay group. Wild Hay 

 leads the entire state with 31 per cent of 

 the total production. The other crops show 

 the following percentages of the total pro- 

 duction : Spring wheat and Winter wheat 

 have 1 per cent each of the state total pro- 

 duction ; Rye, 2 per cent ; Barley, 3 per 

 cent ; Oats, 2 per cent ; Corn, 1 per cent ; 

 Potatoes, 5 per cent ; Tame Hay, 8 per 

 cent ; Timothy Hay, 8 per cent ; Clover and 

 Timothy Hay mixed, 11 per cent; Alfalfa 

 Hay, 10 per cent; Grain Hay, 2 per cent. 

 We find about 4 per cent of the total truck 

 crop production of the state originating in 

 District Seven ; and here also we find 5 

 per cent of the total Seed Pea production. 



We find 1 per cent of the total number 

 of bearing apple trees in this district. 



Livestock production in this district has 

 the following percentages of the state total : 

 10 ; Sheep, 12 ; Swine, 5 ; and Poultry, 18 



Dairy Cows, 4; Beef Cows, 11; All Cattle, 



1926 

 1926 



VALUATION STATISTICS FOR DISTRICT SEVEN 



VALUE OF 

 CROPS PRODUCED 



$5,679,100 



4,746,400 



VALUE OF 



CROPS SOLD 



$2,978,000 



2.666.000 



