The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-10-09
Valleys PER ACRE PRODUCTION
OF GRAIN Shows bis INCREASE
FEDERAL FARM CENSUS
DATA REVEAL EXTENT
GAIN IN FIVE YEARS

The remarkable fact that Gallatin
county farmers, although tilling only
298 additional acres, produced in 1924
nearly 722,500 more bushels. cf grain.
than they did in 1919 is revealed by
the results of the 1925 farm census
for Gallatin county as announced
Wednesday by the department. of
at Washington, D. c.
This is taken as unmistakable evil
dence that the farmers of this sec
ton, by the employment of better
farming methods, are increasing their
per acre production of wheat, cats,
rye, and barley. Of course, a cen
siderable portion of the larger pro
ductiOn may be accounted for by the
difference in climatic conditions IN
1919 and in 1924, and some more by
the fact that a considerable area OF
the poorer farm lands has been
abandoned. A sufficient gain yet re-
mains, however, to justify the as
sumption made.
The actual figures for the two years
are as follows:
Wheat, 1919, acreage 62,197; pro
duction 64O,466; 1924, acreage, ST.
392; production 1,034,15O.
Oats, 1919, acreage 9,598; produc-
ton 259,2O4; 1924, acreage 1887,
production 453,198.
Rye, 1919, acreage 500; production
2,453; 1924, acreage S16, production
1888.
! Barley, 1919, acreage 1885; pro
duction 63,273; 1924, acreage 5,938;
production 188,525
All grain, 1919, acreage 1880;
production 965,398; 1924, acreage TO-
t128; production 1,687,846.
The 1925 farm census disclOses a
slight decrease in the number of
farms being operated, and nearly
so per cent slump in the estimated
: value Of farm lands and the buildings
thereon, which may be accounted for
in very great measure by the general
deflation in values that has occurred
since 1920. The figures show that
in 1920, a tCtal of 1,349 farms, valued
with their buildings at S37,111, ,748,
were being operated, while in 1925
the number of farms being titled had
decreased to 1925, which, with build
ings, are valued at only S18,274,934.
= Land values showed the greatest
decline, from S33,531, ,513 in 1920 TO
p $15, ,432,8O9 in 1925. The loss in valu-
alton of farm buildings was S783,-
110-from $3,58O,235 in 1920 to S2,-
? 842,124 this year.
Of the 1,349 Gallatin county farms
!, operated in 1920, 964 were handled by
S their owners, % by managers, and
e 357 by tenants. The comparative
2 figures for 1925 show that there were
> 1925 farms being titled, $50 of which
were cultivated by their owners, only
e six by managers, and $50 by tenants
Crop land acreage figures, in de-
. tail, are not given for 1920, but II
s 1925 the crop land Of all kinds EN-
Z braced 2O3,941 acres, of which 138,
: O99 were harvested, 6,203 registered
! failure, and 59,639 were fallOw O.
idle. Pasture lands in 1925 totale,
- 224,228 acres, Of which 22,670 wer
4 plowable, 24,OsO listed as woodland
and 17T,478 as "other lands" Wood
land not pastured amounted to 3,41
?, acres, and call other land" to 11,55
n acres.
= The production Of hay on 5O,s9
j acres in 1918 was 69,691 tons; i
n 1924, on 1906 acres it was 1888
q tons.
3. Farm. acreage figures show that a
IS land in farms in 1920 totaled 1888
ii acres, but in 1925 this classifieatio
T. had suffered a decrease to 44S,14
be acres.
All figures for 1925, the depart
ment Of commerce's announcemeI
points out, are preliminary and sui
49, ject to correction but are believed
= be sufficiently close to the truth
furnish a reliable Indication Of far
is conditions ia the county.