GENERAL REVIEW 



Montana farmers broke all their pre- 

 vious records for crop production in 1927 

 when, with numbers equal to less than 

 one per cent of the nation's farm popula- 

 tion, they cultivated a little over two per 

 cent of the nation's total crop acreage to 

 produce 1.8 per cent of the total crop val- 

 ue of the UnitedStates, Over nine per 

 cent of the nation's wheat, the most im- 

 portant single item of cash income for 

 the Montana farmer, was produced in this 

 state. Increased gross production of 

 crops was noted in all counties in the 

 state, but total value of crops in a few 

 sections was slightly less than in 1926, 

 due to lower prices. 



In contrast with 1926, there was no 

 section of the state which experienced 

 crop failure. The apple crop was consid- 

 erably lighter than usual and certain 

 other minor crops as alfalfa seed and clover seed suffered decreases in production, 

 but the state as a whole record the best agricultural year in its history to date. 



AGGREGATE PRODUCTION LARGER IN 1927 



The estimated aggregate crop production of all crops for 1927 season was the 

 greatest the state has ever known, exceeding the tonnage of the previous record 

 crop of 1924 by nearly forty per cent. The total crop production for 1927 was 

 over sixty per cent greater than that of the 1926 crop and a little over sixty per 

 cent greater than that of the 1925 crop. 



Conditions favorable for major crop yields were very uniform over the state, 

 as contrasted with 1926 when the east central and southeastern counties suffered 



TOTAL. TONNAGE 



OF ALL IMPORTANT CROPS OF MONTANA 



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