FLAX 



The Montana flax crop of 2,438,000 

 bushels in 1927 was the largest since 

 1916, when over 3,000,000 bushels were 

 produced, in direct contrast with the crop 

 of last year which was the third smallest 

 in the past ten years. Flax production, 

 being confined almost entirely to un- 

 irrigated areas of the state, fluctuates 

 widely from year to year depending 

 largely on moisture supply, weeds and 

 frost danr'age. 



The 1927 yield per acre of 10.2 bushels 

 was the largest in this state since 1915 

 and was more than double the yield of 

 either of the previous two years. Wis- 

 consin and Iowa were the only flax 

 growing states to exceed Montana's acre 

 yield in 1927 and neither of these states 

 is of major importance in national flax 

 production. 



CORN IN MONTANA 



f^OJ^TAAsf^ COflN acreage: 



Corn acreage in Montana continued to 

 decline from the high point that was 

 reached in 1924. Acreage devoted to com 

 in 1927 was estimated at 305,000 acres, 

 compared with 359,000 acres in 1926 and 

 the record acreage of 420,000 acres in 

 1924. In spite of the decrease in acreage, 

 the production was greater than in either 

 1925 or 1926 and was only a little smaller 

 than in 1924. The yield per acre was 

 over double that of the previous year 

 and was the highest since 1923. 

 The bulk of the corn crop in Montana is cut for fodder or hogged off, sixty- 

 two per cent of the 1927 crop being consumed in that manner. A little over a 

 third of the crop was husked for grain last year and the percentage of husked 

 grain was the greatest since 1924. 



METHODS OF HARVESTING CORN IN MONTANA 



(Based on averages supplied by Crop Reporters for their various localities) 



£Mr/i DOT K£Pfl£5SA^T3 M}OACR£S 



Montana's potato crop in 1927 was the third largest in the state's history 

 and was also the third crop in the state exceeding five million bushels. The price 

 received by Montana growers was the lowest since 1923. However, the price was 

 higher than was received for either of the other two crops that exceeded five 

 million bushels. Montana ranked twenty-second among the United States in 

 potato production in 1927 and twenty-ninth in 1926. 



Montana's yield per acre of potatoes of 135 bushels in, 1927 was the largest 

 since 1918 and was exceeded by only ten other states. Of the 21 states which 

 surpassed Montana in total production in 1927 only 7 had a higher yield per acre. 



Montana certified potatoes have found a market among growers in southern 

 states and many Montana growers have specialized in supplying seed potatoes 

 for the demand in those states. 



—27— 



