Resources of Montana . bushels, according tothe Yearbook of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The following table shows the acreage, production and value of the wheat cropfor the past 20 years: Year Acre Bu. Per Acre Production Value 1900 72,555 1,929,963 $ 1,177,277 1901 88,807 2,353,386 1,576,769 1902 90,583 2,355,158 1,460,198 1903 98,735 2,784,327 1,837,656 1904 108,608 2,596,731 2,311,091 1905 119,469 2,843,326 2,018,787 1906 137,389 3,297,336 2,110,295 1907 139,000 4,003,000 3,243,000 1908 153,000 3,703,000 3,185,000 1909 350,000 30-8 10,76
Resources of Montana . bushels, according tothe Yearbook of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The following table shows the acreage, production and value of the wheat cropfor the past 20 years: Year Acre Bu. Per Acre Production Value 1900 72,555 1,929,963 $ 1,177,277 1901 88,807 2,353,386 1,576,769 1902 90,583 2,355,158 1,460,198 1903 98,735 2,784,327 1,837,656 1904 108,608 2,596,731 2,311,091 1905 119,469 2,843,326 2,018,787 1906 137,389 3,297,336 2,110,295 1907 139,000 4,003,000 3,243,000 1908 153,000 3,703,000 3,185,000 1909 350,000 30-8 10,764,000 9,364,000 1910 480,000 10,560,000 9,081,000 1911 429,000 12,299,000 9,470,000 1912 803,000 19,346,000 12,381,000 1913 870,000 20,673,000 13,644,000 1914 910,000 18,356,000 16,704,000 1915 1,590,000 42,180,000 32,900,000 1916 1,485,000 28,655,000 46,134,000 1917 1,727,000 17,963,000 34,489,000 1918 2,386,000 29,961,000 58,124,000 1919 2,221,000 10,729,000 25,214,000. 2S MONTANA—1920 Winter Wheat. While not all portions of Montana are adapted to the growing of winter wheat,the yields per acre average a little higher than does spring wheat. The followingtable shows the acreage, production and value of winter wheat for the past threeyears, all of which were drouth years: Year Acre Bu- Per Acre Production Value 1917 605,000 7,865,000 $15,101,000 1918 682,000 8,661,000 16,802,000 1919 580,000 3,016,000 7,088,000 Spring Wheat. During the past three years Montana farmers, responding to the request of thefederal government, patriotically expanded their acreage of wheat, chiefly of thespring variety. In many cases farmers tried to handle more land than their resourceswarranted, and this, coupled with the fact that the same years were the driest thestate ever experienced, markedly reduced the yields. The following table shows theacreage, production and value of spring wheat for the past three years, all of which weredr
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