Page 6 Montana Governors records 1889-1962.

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Recarring to the matter of yield per acre in
Montana, it laay be of ralue to quote from Bulletin Sfo. 57,
Bureau of Soils, United States Department of Agriculture,
This 3hovf&  that in wheat the average per acre in the United
States was 12.7 bushels, while the Montana average ,'/as 26,7
bushels.  In oat a the United States average vvaa 28,0 bualielsj
the Montana average 46,0 bushels.  In barley the average per
acre in tho United States was 26,0 bushels, while tlie aver¬
age for Montana was 40,0 bvtshels.  In rye the figures were
15,0 and 24,0 bushels respectively; and in flax the averages
were cespectively 8.0 and 14.0 bushels.
It is believed that the following estl-nates of
the value of Montana products for the year 190.- are con-
serva- ive:
Parm and orchard.  $ 52,607,000
Livestock and wool .,  23,600,000
Hffiae coasuiaption«.»*,.........  36,000,000
Mineral   66,250,000
forest products,*,..,..«<....,   6,000,000
Total 1184,357,000
In 1909 the assessed valuation of all clasaea of
property in Montana was $280,401,064, an|f increase of about
^32,000,000 over the assessed valuation in tho preceding year.
Montana is a State of vast areas and niagnificent
distances. ¥e have within the confines of the State 95,000,
000 acres of land. Of this great domain 35,000,000 acres
are arable—25,000,000 acres being suitable for dry farming,
and 10,000,000 acres susceptible of irrigation,
Montana has been lavishly endowed with water power,
and these sites are being utilized for the generation of
current for lighting the cities and for driving machinery in
industrial plants and in tl-ie mines.
Partners are cooiing to Montana from the last in large
number 3.  Here they can sec.'re at a oorapar a lively small cost
land that will produco as arach as laxia  in the laiadle West that
sells for llOO to |150 per acre. The more favorably situated