The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-02-01
IRRIGATED LAND
VALUE is HIGHER

q L1DQldIAOio NOi1pllOQ ny Llc Sldt
), board of equalization for the infol
Y nation of county assessors who wi
1 convene in Helena for their annus
! meeting January 20.
Non-irrigated land assessments dc
creased $79,445, 203; grazing land
assessments increased s27, 936,083
state lands under contract of sal
were assessed for S3,654,138 an
were not segregated last year; assess
ment of city and town lots was in
creased S136,602, while improve
ments on city and town lots decreas
ed $263,437
Livestock Values
The total values of all livestock il
! the state according to the combined
figures of the SIS county assessors
after equalization, was S63,640,23(
lin 1922 and $58,488,858 in 1923, the
latter figure representing decrease
of $5,151,372.
The livestock assessments are sub
divided as follows: Purebred stall
lions numbered 2,791 and were worth
$363,734 in 1922; they numbered
1880 and were worth $236,079 in
1923, a decrease of $127,655. Range
and unbroken horses totaled 266,182
and we're assessed at $5,192,829 in
1922; there were 256,520 of these
horses in 1928 and they were ASSESS
ed for total of $3,681,068, a de-
crease of $1,511,761.
Ranch and work horses numbered
238,810 and had an assessment value
of SIP, ,027 in 1922. In 1923 this
class of horseflesh numbered 238, 903
with combined assessment of $780,
| S03,289, decrease of $2,165,738.
The total value of all classes of
horses decreased -$3,8O5,154.
Cattle Increase
Cattle increased in number from
1,O84,220 in 1922 to 1,114,086 in
1928 while horses decreased from
5O7,783 to 497,243.
There were 1916 purebred cattle
in Montana in 1922, worth S1,237,-
637. In 1923 there were, according
to the listings of the assessors, 12,-
051 purebred cattle worth $1,02S,803
a decrease in total value for the state
of $20,834. Coming yearlings num-
bered 263,547 and were assessed for
a total of $4,139,814 in 1922. The
next year the number had increased
to 28O,439 and the value had risen
143,207.
Coming two year olds numbered
18S,848 in 1922 with an assessment
value of $4,749,641 while in 1923
their numbers had risen to 231,866
and the total value was s4,941,77O,
an increase of $192,129. There were,
according to assessment lists, 1885,
779 steers three years old and over
with a total value of $4,616,630. In
1928 the number had dropped to 49,
067 which were listed as having a
total value of $3,528,645. Stock cows
numbered 438,115 in 1922 with a
value of $15,125,33 and the next
year the number had decreased to |
433,675 and the value to $780,
655. Dairy cows were numbered as
56.632 in 1922 with value of 49,
45b,731 while last year the number
was $500 and the total value was
$3l603,136. Beef cattle were 16,163 |
in humber, worth $800,285 in 1922 |
and were 1926 strong the year 1923
with a valuation of $671,822.
Sheep Decrease
Sheep subdivided into the classifi-
cations of bucks, coming yearlings
and two year olds and over, totaled
], 1857, 094 in 1922 with a decrease to
/, 7b8,827 shown for 1923, but the
value increased from $10,280,653
the former year to $12,052,389 last
year.
Swine were 54,551 in 1922, 60,380
last year and the comparative value
waI as $586,912 to $735,697.
Miscellaneous livestock had value
Of l122,007 in 1922 and s140,490 in
1873. Under this heading it is ex-
planed come bees, poultry of all
kinds including guinea hens, pigeons,
Thge is said to be $4,000 worth of
Deei in the state. They are listed at
4 qiarter of cent each.
Railroads located entirely within
we're assessed by the state
Doa,d last year at 158,940-
Mining claims were assessed for
81, 191, 085 in 1922 and at $1,195,626
n 1928. This is merely the surface
assessment and taxes are levied on
Mining property IN several other
vay. Mineral reservations paid on
/ tidal of $7,449,681 in 1922 and on
/ tidal of $3.684,886 last year, de-
,rese OF $3,764,795. Railroad lands
,aid on valuation of s12,360,757
n 1923 not being classified under a
separate division in 1922
Isndon-MacDona labor leader