14 General 



Montana Agricultural Statistics 1992 



NUMBER OF FARMS, Montana, 1 91 0-1 949 



Year 



1910 

 1911 

 1912 

 1913 

 1914 

 1915 

 1916 

 1917 

 1918 

 1919 



Number 



of Farms 



Thous. 



28.8 

 31.5 

 34.0 

 37.0 

 40.0 

 45.0 

 50.0 

 54.0 

 56.0 

 S7.0 



Year 



1920 

 1921 

 1922 

 1923 

 1924 

 1925 

 1926 

 1927 

 1928 

 1929 



Number 



of Farms 



Thous. 



57.7 

 57.0 

 55.0 

 52.5 

 51.0 

 50.0 

 51.0 

 52.5 

 53.5 

 54.0 



Year 



1930 

 1931 

 1932 

 1933 

 1934 

 1935 

 1936 

 1937 

 1938 

 1939 



Number 



of Farms 



Thous. 



55.0 

 54.5 

 54.0 

 53.5 

 53.0 

 52.0 

 50.0 

 48.0 

 46.0 

 45.0 



Year 



1940 

 1941 

 1942 

 1943 

 1944 

 1945 

 1946 

 1947 

 1948 

 1949 



Number 



of Farms 



Thous. 



44.5 

 42.0 

 41.0 

 40.8 

 40.6 

 40.4 

 39.8 

 39.2 

 38.5 

 37.8 



NUMBER OF FARMS, ALL LAND IN FARMS, AND AVERAGE SIZE OF FARMS, 

 Montana, 1950-1992 



Year 



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1991 . 



1992 . 



Number 



of Farms 



Thous. 



37 

 36 

 36 

 35 

 35 

 34 

 34 

 33 

 33 

 32 

 31 

 30 

 30 

 29 

 28 

 28 

 28 

 27 

 27, 

 26 

 26, 

 26, 

 25 

 25 

 24 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24, 

 24, 

 24 

 24 



31.2 



27.5 



25.2 



22.7 



21.4 



21.4 



20.7 



21.1 



14,508 



15,078 



15,388 



16,109 



15,446 



16,233 



16,452 



17,830 



Census '■' 



Cropland 



Avg. Size 



Acres 



465 



549 



611 



710 



722 



759 



795 



845 



'^ United States Census of Agriculture. ^ Places which had annual sale of agricultural products of $1,000 or more. Series initiated 

 with 1975. 



NUMBER OF JJVESTO^^^ 



ITEM 



All Cattle 

 Milk Cows 

 Hogs 

 All Sheep 



1985 



16.2 

 2.7 

 1.6 

 2.8 



1986 



16.0 

 2.5 

 1.4 

 2.8 



1987 



1S.7 

 2.3 

 1.5 

 2.S 



1988 

 -Thousands- 



15.4 

 2.2 

 1.8 

 2.8 



1989 



14.7 

 2.0 

 1.6 

 2.8 



1990 



14.0 

 1.9 



1.5 

 2.8 



1991 



13.4 

 1.8 

 1.3 

 2.8 



