The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-03-04

compared with $19,O 900, 600 in 1925, dairy
products increased to S10,OO0,OO0, or a little
more than a million dollars over 1925. With
livestock items taking three places out Of
the first four, the fifth income source re-
turns to crops, with hay income placed at
$5,6OO,OO0, while poultry claims sixth place
in 1926 with $4,200,00O; hogs, seventh place,
with 81, 100000; eighth place returning to
crops, where sugar beets claimed $2,5OO,OOO.
Seed and canning peas, with an income Of
$1,6OO,OOO, take ninth place and top oats,
faXseed, potatoes, beans, barley, alfalfa
seed, corn, apples and rye in order named.
Among the Counties
In total value of agricultural production,
Fergus county leads all others with a total
Of $S,S6S,T2O closely followed by Yellow
stone, with $8,195, 500. Third is Cascade
county, with a production valued at &c.
1O9,92O, to be closely followed by Beaver
head, $6,212,40O; Gallatin, $6,2OS,92O; Chou
teau, $6,O8S,OOO.
Silver Bow county, as is to be expected,
is among the lowest of the counties in agri-
cultural production, but is not the last.
Farm and livestock products in Silver Bow
last year aggregated $7S2, 200. Counties
lower in production than Silver Bow were
Deer Lodge, $547, 740; Petroleum, S750,O00;
Lincoln. $G37, 100 and Mineral, $276, 100.
! Powell cOunty'S gross production was
81, 145,020. B~eaverhead, MOntana's leading
county in livestock products, showed a
total for last year Of $6,212,40O, of which
$3,656,40O was for livestock products. Mad
isOn county came through with a total mar
keted production of S3,2S7, 900 and Jeffer-
son showed S1,432.5 500.
The following estimates made by the CO.
operative crop reporting service show the
totals of Montana leading crops for 1928
and 1926 together with the acreage planted
and the average yield per acre:
Spring wheat: 1926, 3S.393,0O 0 bushels
from 3,147, COO acres with an average yield
of 12.2 bushels; 1925. 31,773,OOO bushels
from 3,026.000 acres with an average yield
Of 10.5 bushels. Leading county in 1926,
Sheridan with 100000 bushels.
Fs.Ha -~IAnA. nOG q = M huunhnNn
from AS,000 acres with average yield IA
bushels 1925, 3,24S,000 from 224,000 acres,
average yield 14.5 bushels. Leading cOun-
ty in 1926. Cascade with $4,000 bushels.
Oats: 1926, 16,510,OO0 bushels from 635,
600 acres, average yield, 26 bushels; 1925,
13,612,000 bushels from COS, 900 acres, aver
age yield, 22.5 bushels. Leading county in
1926, Roosevelt with 1,1O7, 900 bushels.
Barley 1926, 1926 900 bushels from 179,
600 acres, average yield. % bushels; 1925,
3,276,OO0 bushels from $4,000 acres, average
yield 81 bushels. Leading county in 1926,
Gallatin with 100000 bushels.
Rye: 1926, 1924, 900 bushels from 107,
600 acres, average yield u bushels; 1928,
100000 bushels from $4,000 acres; average
yield, 12.5 bushels. Leading county in
1926, Blaine, with Q 1000 bushels.
Potatoes 1926, 2,975,0 600 bushels from 49,
900 acres; average yield, 50 bu. 1925, g.
10000 blu. from $4,000 acres; average yield
los bushels. The leading county in 1926
Flathead, with 269. 200 bushels.
COfns lJzO, O,JtJ,OOO bushels from OOJ,UUN
acres; average yield, II bushels. 1925, g.,
5S4 900 bushels from $4,000 acres; averag,
yeild, 1865 bushels. Leading county in 1926
Roosevelt, with 2SS,OOO bushels.
Tame hay 1926, 1,96S,000 tons from 1,
239,O00 acres; average yield, 1.59 tons. 1925
2,C46,OOO tons from 1,232.OOO acres; averagl
yield, 1.6G tons. Leading county in 1926
Madison, with $4,000 tons.
Wild hay: 1926, $4,000 tons from 645 ,60
acres; average yield 80 tons. 1885, 90
tons from $4,000 acres; average yield, 9
tons. Leading county in 1926, Beaverhead
with 142,00O tons.
Flax: 1926, SO4,O 900 bushels from 171,OO
acres; average yield, Al bushels. 1925
} 1,OSS,OOO bushels from 24,OO0 acres; aver
age yield, 4.5 bushels. Leading county Il
1926, Sheridan, with 1863, 900 bushels.
Seed peas 1925, $4,000 bushels from 26,
600 acres; average yield, 20 bushels. 1925
100000 bushels from $4,000 acres; averag
. yield, % bushels. Leading county in 1921
Gallatin, with $4,000 bushels.
Beans: 1926, 100000 bushels from 400
acres; average yield, 10 bushels. 1925, 462,
600 bushels from $1,000 acres average yield
1913 bushels. Leading county in 1926, Vel
\ lOwstOne, with 1S6, 1000 bushels.