Agricultural Montana : "the land of opportunity" : where brains and brawn pay big dividends . , potatoes and oatsin Montana, to an acre in any of the twelve leading agricultural states, is as follows: Hay WJieat Potatoes Oats Ohio $ $ $ $ Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Missouri . North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska
Agricultural Montana : "the land of opportunity" : where brains and brawn pay big dividends . , potatoes and oatsin Montana, to an acre in any of the twelve leading agricultural states, is as follows: Hay WJieat Potatoes Oats Ohio $ $ $ $ Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Missouri . North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas United States MONTANA It will be seen from the above table that Montana is first in hay and potatoes whencompared with these twelve states and that it ranks well with the others in the pro-duction of oats. The year 1918 was somewhat of an abnormal year for wheat in cer-tain parts of the state. Lack of precipitation during the growing season in severalwheat sections cut down the yield for the state as a fii^^^^irft^^: A NORTHERN MONTANA WHEAT FIELD. It might be argued from this remarkable showing that an acre of land in Montanawould cost more than an acre elsewhere. However, it will be found that the priceplaced upon Montana land is far less than in any of these twelve states; in fact, itcompares to the rent on land in some of the middle states, which do not excel Mon-tana for returns per acre when acre for acre of improved cultivable land is considered. AGRICULTURAL MONTANA Montana Lands Sources of Wealth
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