14 Genrrai. 



Montana Agricultural Statistics 1993 



NUMBER OF F/yRMS, Montana, 1910-1949 



Year 



1910 

 1911 

 1912 

 1913 

 1914 

 1915 

 1916 

 1917 

 1918 

 1919 



Number 



of Farms 



Thous. 



28.8 

 3I.S 

 34.0 

 37.0 

 40.0 

 45.0 

 SO.O 

 54.0 

 56.0 

 57.0 



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 



Year 



1940 

 1941 

 1942 

 1943 

 1944 

 1945 

 1946 

 1947 

 1948 

 1949 



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

 Montana, 1950-1993 



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Number 



of Farms 



Thous. 



37.2 



36.8 



36.4 



35.9 



35.4 



34.8 



34.2 



33.6 



33.0 



32.4 



31.7 



30.8 



30.1 



29.5 



28.9 



28.4 



28.0 



27.6 



27.1 



26.7 



26.4 



26.0 



25.5 



25.1 



24.6 



23.4^ 



23.4 



23.5 



23.6 



23.7 



23.8 



23.9 



24.0 



24.1 



24.2 



24.3 



24.4 



24.5 



24.6 



24.7 



24.7 



24.7 



24.6 



24.5 



All Land 



in Farms 



Thous. Acres 



65,000 

 65,200 

 65,500 

 65,800 

 66,100 

 66,100 

 66,200 

 66,300 

 66,500 

 66,600 

 66,700 

 66,800 

 66,800 

 66,800 

 67,200 

 66,700 

 66,200 

 65,700 

 65,200 

 64,700 

 64,200 

 63,700 

 63,200 

 63,000 

 62,800 

 62,200 

 62,200 

 62,100 

 62,100 

 62,100 

 61,900 

 61,700 

 61,500 

 61,300 

 61,100 

 61,000 

 60,900 

 60,800 

 60,700 

 60,600 

 60,500 

 60,300 

 60,000 

 59,900 



Average Siie 



of All Farms 



Acres 



1,747 

 1,772 

 1,799 

 1,833 

 1,867 

 1,899 

 1,936 

 1,973 

 2,015 

 2,056 

 2,104 

 2,169 

 2,219 

 2,264 

 2,325 

 2,349 

 2,364 

 2,380 

 2,406 

 2,423 

 2,432 

 2,450 

 2,478 

 2,510 

 2,553 

 2,658 

 2,658 

 2,643 

 2,631 

 2,620 

 2,601 

 2,582 

 2,563 

 2,544 

 2,525 

 2,510 

 2,496 

 2,482 

 2,467 

 2,453 

 2,449 

 2,441 

 2,439 

 2,445 



Census ''' 



Farms Reporting 



Cropland 



Thous. 



31.2 



Census '^ 



Acres of 



Cropland 



Thous. Acres 



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. 

 1975. 



^ Places that had annual sales of agricultural products of $1,000 or more. Series initiated with 



NUMBER OF LIVESTOCK FARMS, 



ITEM 



All Cattle 

 Milk Cows 

 Hogs 

 All Sheep 



1986 



16.0 

 2.5 

 1.4 

 2.8 



1987 



15.7 

 2.3 



1.5 

 2.8 



1990 



14.0 

 1.9 

 1.5 



2.8 



1991 



13.4 

 1.8 

 1.3 

 2.8 



1992 



12.8 

 1.6 

 1.1 

 2.5 



