The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-04-15
MONTANA CENSUS
SHOWS Big GAINS
Over 100 Per Cent Increase in Ten
Years in Farms, Stock Popula-
ton, and Values.

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Montana, of interest to all.
The number of farms in Montana in
1920 was 57,677. These farms con-
tanned 3~5,O7O,656 acres, of which H.
OO7,27S acres were improved land.
From 1910 to 1920 the number of
farms increased 1900 per cent the
total acreage, 1889 per cent; and the
improved acreage, 2O2.4 per cent. In
1920, 37.5 per cent of the land acre
age was in farms, and 31.4 per cent
OF the farm land was improved.
The number of white farmers in
1920 was 56,614, of which al, O51 were
native and 1858 foreign born. Of
the native white farmers, 35,301 were
owners, 722 managers and 5.028 ten
ants. Of the foreign-born white far
mers, 1885 were owners, 167 mana
gers, and 1,411 tenants. The 1,,063
colored farmers comprised 985 own
ers, 10 managers, and 60 tenants.
These colored farmers included 81
Negroes, 987 Indians, 30 Japanese,
and 16 Chinese.
The value of all farm property in
1920 was $685. 1861 1903, as compared
with S347, 1928, ITO in 1910, an increase
of 1885 per cent. The value of land
and buildings in 1920 was S776,767,-
529; ofimplements and machinery,
S55,0O4,212; and of live stock, S154-,
189,567. AS compared with 1910, the
value of land and buildings in 1920
showed and increase of POST per cent;
Of implements and machinery, 421.9
per cent and of live stock, 800 per
cent. The average value of land and
buildings per farm was S13,46S in
1920, as compared with $500 in
1910; and that of land alone per acre
was S19.73 in 1920, as against S16.74
in 1910.
The value of the 81 1924 farms for
which complete mortgage reports
were secured in 1920 was S24O, 549,-
778 and the amount of the mortgage
debt was SIT ,949,679, or 32.4 per cent
of the value. The average rate Of
interest paid was 7.6 per cent. In
1920, 64.6 per cent of all farms oper-
ated by their owners were mortgaged,
as compared with 21.1 per cent in
1910.
Of the 57,677 farms in Montana in
1920, 54,017 reported domestic ami
mails. Horses were reported by 3d.
,019, mules by 3,453, cattle by 49,
ATS, sheep by 5,037, and hogs by 90
065.
The number of horses on these
farms in 1920 was 668, 1923, which in
Guided 504,141 horses 2 years and
over, 1871 colts from 1 to 2 years
old. The value reported for horses
was S~4S.277.S91, an average of $72,19
per head. The number of horses on
April IS, 1910 Excluding spring
colts, in order to make a fair COM
p~arison with the figures for January
/, 1920 was 304,239.
The number of mules in 1920 was
9,462, of which 1,416 were colts I'M
der 2 years old. The total value was
S~1,119,63O, an average of $11S,33. The
number of mules in 1910 Excluding
spring colts) Vas 4,044.
The total number of cattle in 1920
was 1,268,516, including 1,O57,418
beef cattle and 211 ,098 dairy cattle.
Beef cows numbered 3S4,14S and dairy
COWS 127,5S1. The value reported for
cattle was 73,93S,253. The number of
cattle in 1910 Excluding spring
calves was S60,521.
OF the 2,082,919 sheep on farms in
1920, 5O9,400 were lambs under / year
old, 1,46S, 1872 ewes, and 104,7S7 rams
and Wethers. The value reported for
sheep was $25,775 ,607, an average of
$l2.37. The number Of sheep in 1910
excluding spring lambs) was 1885,
S35.
The $1,000 swine reported in 1920
included G9,509 pigs under 6 months
old, 33,975 sows for breeding, 5000
boars for breeding, and 60,576 other
hogs. These swine were valued at
$2,SSS, 694.
The total production of milk in 1919
was 51,15l, O95 gallons. The produc-
ton of wool in 1919 was 10, 267, 200
pounds; of eggs, 11,S5S,O42 dozen; and
the number of chickens raised was
3.247,090. The value of all dairy pro-
ducts, excluding home use of milk
and cream, was $7,534,413; of wool,
$1O,229,632; and of eggs, S4,624,636.
oDmestic animals kept in village
barns, city stables, and elsewhere not
on farms We're reported as follows:
Horses, 15,l21 in 1920, as compared
with 24,366 in 1910; mules, Ais in
1920 and 491 in 1910; cattle, 20,266
in 1920 and 1920 in 1910; sheep,
2S,9l3, in 1920 and $3.50 in 1910;
hogs, 6,702 in 1920 and 2,53S in 1910.
The value of all crops harvested
in Montana in 1919 was 500, 5,lS5.
Wheat was valued at SIS, Gal 1856, oats
at S2,5S3 ,90S, and flaXseed at 81 ,449,-
$50. The value of hay and forage was
S36,ll5,771 of potatoes S3,S9S, 500; of
sugar beets, SS12,064; and of apples,
Sill. 632. AS compared with 1909,
the total value of crops for 1919 shows
an increase of 1922 per cent; wheat
,249.S per cent; flaXseed Hap per
cent, while the value of oats shows a
decrease of $50 per cent.
The acreage of wheat was 1888
in 1919, representing an increase of
1914 per cent, as compared with 1885,
317 acres in 1909. The acreage of oats
was 191 ,096 in 1919, as against $780,
1875 acres in 1909, a decrease of 42.6
per cent. That of flaxseed was 1885,
S5l acres in 1919 and 37,647 in 1909.
The average yield of wheat per acre
in 1919 was AS bushels; of oats. 1875
bushels; and of flaxseed. 2.5 bushels.
The corresponding figures for 1909
We're PAP bushels of wheat, Ala bush
els of oats, and 11.9 bushels of flax
seed.
In 1919, 1",675,472 acres We're in hay
and forage, including S0,76S acres in
timothy, HOSP acres in timothy and
clover mixed, 374,233 acres in alfalfa
451 POI acres in wild grasses, and
466.121 acres in small grains cut for
hay. The total production of hay and
forage was 1882 9l6 tons. of which