Table. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 978 and 974 with sales of $2,500 or more 978 974 978 974 Farms Farms Farms 39 652 327 28 684 386 27 62825 2 683 597 Average size of form (X) 5 347 (X) 4946 (X) 5 650 (X) 4 693 752 640 752 640 (X) (X) 752 640 (X) (X) 752 640 I (X) AP~~g;~~~~~ li~nta~~eso == ========== == == == = = == = ===p;~cent= 86.7 (X) (X) 83.5 (X) 90.8 90.9 Value of land and buildings: Average per form dollors_ 688 902 (X) 30 96 (X) 732 342 (X) 327 744 (X) I Average per acre dollars_ (X) 58 (X) 45 (X) 58 (X) 45 land in farms according to use: Total cropland Harvested cropland 20 4 454 03 37 558 4 4 67 99 37 507 By acres harvested: to 9 acres 2 0 to 9 ocres 3 46 2 2 20 to 29 acres 2 I (D) 2 30 to 49 acres 3 60 8 8 2 435 50 to 99 acres 2 92 0 (D) 0 00 to 99 ocres 22 3 293 9 2 (D) 9 I 200 to 499 ocres 500 to 999 ocres 39 2 58 40 39 2 58 40 24 5 39 6 24 IS 39 6 LOOO acres or more.. 5 8 862 4 5 8 862 4 Cropland used only for posturl... 34 5 939 24 5 598 32 (D) 22 Other cropland, ", 78 33 236 66 37 53 74 66 Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soilimprovement grasses, not han/ested or postured,. ". 0 I 42 8 2 Cropland on which all crops foiled _,.'.. 8 4 490 6 0 749 Cropland in cultivated summer tallow.. 67 24 B40 64 24 408 6 2 336 Croplnnd idle. 6 2 494 6 2 494 4 (D) Totolwoadlond.'.'... ' ' Woodlondpostured._..... Woodlandnolpostured, '.".. Of her land _....'.'. P\lsturelond ond rangeland, other than cropland and woodlondpostured. land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc 2 80 629 08 80 309 5 I 04 I 8 9 32 5 5 3 7 4 I (0 IS 8 937 4 (D) (D) 3 95 3 95 4 2 306 2 552 566 4 588 766 3 534 842 09 588 370 I 04 509 89 98 49 965 93 582 027 80 43 377 72 42 877 73 6 343 Pasfllrefand, all types.'_ 8 534 065 0 5 I 652 600 288 Irrigated land,..' 59 8 643 49 0 384 56 8 532 47 Harvested crop/and irrigated._..,. 56 6464 53 45 8 747 Pastureland irrigated. 6 353 Other land irrigated. 3 980 3 980 I 552 3 99 3 99 3 (D) lllnd set aside in the federal tarm programs in 978 56 3054 (X) (X) 53 2947i (X) (X) J 978 doto ore based on a sample of forms; see text, Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 978 and 974 with sales of $2,500 or more 978 974 978 974 Value Value Value Value ($,000) Farms ($,000) ($,000) ($.000) Market value of agricultural products sold l 39 095 28 8 85 27 078 2 8 805 Average per farm douars. (X) 79 88 (X) 68 867 (X) 87 23 (X) 72 769 by value of agricultural products sold: $00,000 or more 3 7584 9 3 7 584 9 $40,000 to $99,999 33 2 37 29 33 2 37 29 $20,000 to $39,999 27 88 34 27 88 34 $0.000 to $9,999 $5,000 to $9,999 _ 23 340 8 23 340 I 8 I $2,500 to $4.999 22 65 4 22 65 4 9 34 4 9 34 4 less than $2,500 (see text) I $2,000 to $2,499 2 6 0 (X) (X) 3 $,500 to $,999 (D) (X) (X) (X) (X) 5 8 (X) (X) (X) (X) $,000 to $,499 less than $,000 4 5 (X) (X) (X) (X)I Abnormal farms (see text) 2 (D) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Crops 90 58 79 865 85 Grains._. _' 85 39 8 390 Commodity Credit Corporation loans I 66 Cotton and cottonseed 5 lsi 742 Commodity Credit Corporation.loons Tobacco Field seeds, hav, loroge, and silage 22 90 9 87 20 Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons Fruits, nuts, and berries (O~ I Nursery and greenhouse products Other craps (D) = I 22 9 53 20 6 949 3 4 (DII livestock, poultry, and their products Poultry and poultry products Dairy products _. 6 5 5 5 Cattle and calves 3 3 9 2 Hogs and pigs 902 08 9 007 07 6 666 Sheep, lambs, and wool 2 24 2 24 (D) 08 25 360 23 22 56 Other livestock and liveslock products (see text) 3 6 0 2 7 '974 data include sales ollorest products. 978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURECOUNTY DATA GOLDEN VALlEY COUNTY, MONT. 263
Table 3. Farms, Land in Farms, Land Use, and Irrigation, by Size of Farm: 978 and 974 with harvested cropland 978 Farms with irrigated land Harvested 978 974 in forms in farms cropland 39 28 652 327 20 635 65 4 454 Farms with to 9 ocres 0 2 32 0 to 49 ocres 4 5 0 I 50 to 69 ocres 70 to 99 ocres 3 250 3 250 70 00 to 39 ocro'. 2 5 2 40 to 79 ocres 2 2 2 80 to 29 acres 220 to 259 ocre5 4 I 958 4 958 260 to 499 ocres 94 0 5 3 5 9 2 795 500 to 999 ocres 853 3 3 9 367 2 8 407 2085,000 to,999 ocro' 6 9 22 827 6 22 827 4 785 2,000 acres or more 75 66 65 4 7 599 347 33 262 Harvested in forms cropland 59 432 64 4 38 I I 2 7 2 47 560 7 4923 653 4 6 39 454 37 48 97 2 356 Irrigated land 8643 405 386 593 7 0 Table 4. OperatorsTenure, Type of Organization, and Characteristics: 978 and 974 with sales of $2.500 or more 978 974 978 974 Farms Farms land in forms 39 Harvested cropland 20 Tenure of operator: Full owners 6 Harvested cropland 47 Part owners 68 Harvested cropland 65 Tenants 0 Harvested cropland 8 Type of organization: Individual or family 05 Partnership 7 Corporation 5 Other cooperative, estate or trust. institutional. etc._ 2 652 327 4 454 38 207 5 959 474 664 23 905 39 456 I 590 344 34 226 230 28 03 55 65 8 684 386\ 37 558 85 339/ 5 833 545 647 29 995 53 400 I 730 27 4 55 45 67 64 5 5 93 7 5 2 628 25 4 67 3762 446 39 932 226 230 2 99 48 65 8 98 4 9 683 597 37507 84 550 5 782 545 647 29 995 53400 730 398 668 59308 225 62 r~~~~~~~r_~ Farms with sofes of $2,500 or moro Farms with sales of $2,500 or more 978 '974 978 '974 978 >974 978 >974 09 97 05 93 02 89 30 22 7 2 3 7 4 2 2 4 2 )6 7 80 65 77 62 9 5 2 6 2 6 40 36 4 5 3 5 33 33 2 2 27 6 5 3 5.3 5.7 23 3 7 I Applies only to individual or family operations (sale proprietorships) and partnerships; see text. Table 5. Selected Farm Production Expenses: 978 and 974 [978 doto ore based on a sample of forms; see textl AU forms with sales of $2.500 or more 978 974 978 974 Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses ($,000) ($,000) ($,000) ($,000) livestock and poultry purchased 62 4 730 69 2 862 62 4 730 66 286 Feed for livestock and poultry 0 852 09 74 0 85 02 729 Commercially mixed formula feeds 4 76 93 35 4 76 88 342 Animal health costs 96 6 87 60 92 35 Seeds, bulbs. plants, and trees 46 44 43 29 46 44 4 Commerciol fertilizer 86 22 7 2 86 22 69 Other agricultural chemicals including lime 66 98 5 24 66 98 5 24 Hired form labor 54 38 50 305 53 48 Contract lobar _ 4 6 3 0 6 3 Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment 64 235 75 89 60 226 74 Energy and petroleum products 37 46 24 450 Petroleum products _ 37 389 27 297 24 379 20 295 Gasoline 37 237 24 230 20 78 Diesel fuel 05 03 98 02 82 82 lp gas, butane. and propane 36 32 40 5 Fuel oil. 22 II 2 Natural gas 3 3 20 2 } Kerosene, motor oil, and grease 37 26 24 25 flectricity 09 68 96 66 Other cool, wood. coke. etc. 27 4 27 4 264 GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY, MONT. 978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURECOUNTY DATA
Table 6. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 978 and 974 (978 dato are based on a sample of forms see textj Farms with sales of $2,500 or more 978 978 974 on which used on which used on which used Commercial fertilizer _ 78 23 287 78 23 287 Cropland fertilized, except pasture 78 78 (D) Posture and rangeland fertilized (D) (D) Lime Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc. to control Insects on hay and other crops 6 842 6 842 Nematodes in crops Diseases in crops and orchards Weeds, gross, or brush in crops and pasture 63 2 73 63 2 73 Chemicals for Defoliation or for growth control of crops or thinning of fruit Insect control on livestock and poultry 47 (x 47 (x Sanitatian and rodent and bird control 8 (X) 8 (X) 69 7 57 6 245 92 44 674 I 4 (X) (X~ I Table 7. Machinery and Equipment on Place: 978 and 974 978 data are based on a sample of forms see textj Farms with soles of $2.500 or more forms with sales of $2,500 or more 978 974 978 974 978 974 978 974 ALL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT ALL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT Can. Estimated market value of all machinery and equipmenl farml $,000_ Average per form dollars_ by value group: $ fa $4,999 $5,000 fa $9,999._. $0,000 fa $9,999 37 23 6 697 44 48 88 35 862 4 5 22 0 2 30i Estimated market value of all 24 8 machinery and equipmentcon. 6 50 4 362 $20,000 fa $29,999 52 429 36 966 $30,000 fa $49,999 $50,000 fa $69,999 $70,000 fa $99,999 6 $00,000 fa $99,999 2 2: $200,000 or more 2 24 26 4 "" 0 4 ~ r 2 33 20 I 20 33 2 5 26 5 r 4 "" 0 0 0 r I 4 L ~ 978 974 Manufactured 974 to 978 Manufactured prior to 974 Number Number Farms Number Manufactured Number 970 fa 974 SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT Automobiles Motortrucks including pickups Wheel troctors Grain and bean combines, selfpropelled only Corn heads for combines Other cornpickers and pickershellers Cottonpickers Mower conditioners Pickup balers Field forage harvesters, shear bar or flywheel fype _. 98 48 5 58 37 37 69 08 35 380 37 42 75 3 8~ 47 49 2 22 8 89 24 24 6 6 ~ 65 90 2 263 26 338 64 74 = 26 27 6 65 6 6 09 8 5 46 3 8 72 6 66 3 350 40 32 60 52 9 3 = 9 4 77 25 6 Table 8. Hired Farm Workers: 978 and 974 (978 data are based on a sample of forms; see text} Hired workers. 978 Working 50 days or more Working less tho n 50 days Any hired workers with sales of $2,500 or more Any Farms Workers Farms Workers 978 974 Farms Workers 54 3 (X) 48 (X) 53 94 (X) 59 (X) 35 203 48\ with 3 ~ :~~~:~s or 4 workers =~ = = == = = = = = == = = == = = = == = = == = === = == = = _ ~J~:rk~~ske:rs ~o;e == == == ====== ==== == == == == ============== 5 9 9 8 8 5 20 3 5 0 6 32 3 7 3 5 (D) 4 3 3 8 2 (a) 9 (D) 0 2 (D) 2 2 978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURECOUNTY DATA GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY, MONT. 265
Table 9. Livestock and PoultryInventory and Sales: 978 and 974 with sales of $2.500 or more 978 974 978 974 Farms Number Fc.rms Number Farms Number Number UVESTOCK AND POULTRY Inventory, Any livestock or poultry Any cottle, hogs, or sheep 24 (X) 9 (X) 4 (X) 2 (X) 8 (X) 6 (X) 2 (X) 09 (X) Any livestock or poultry and their products $,000_ Any cottle, hogs, or sheep $,000_ 22 9 53 20 6 949 3 9 502 4 8 9 496 20 3 4 6930 CATTlE AND CALVES Cattle and calves 0 2 27 08 27 695 07 2 249 0 27480 Cows and heifers that had colved Beef cows 05 266 99 5 734 02 247 94 Milk cows 05 239 98 5 696 02 220 93 8 27 8 38 8 27 7 Heifers and heifer calves 92 496 9 87 6229 Steers, steer calves, bulls and bull calves 00 5 044 99 87 5647 Cottle and calves 27 368 3 30 SOO 08 27353 07 30458 $,000_ (X) 902 ()() (X) 9007 (X) 6666 (alves 70 4377 70 4377 64 6854 $,000_ (X) I 234 ()() (X) 234 (X) Cottie 26 96 2299 93 22976 94 23604 $.000_ (X) 7 778 (X) (X) 7 773 (X) 5450 Fattened cottle 6 55 $.000_ Dairy products $,000_ (X) (X) (X) (X) 4 3 3 I 9 2 HOGS, SHEEP, GOATS, AND HORSES Hogs and pigs 5 63 2 630 3 Used or to be used for breeding 0 85, 9 6 Other hogs and pigl 4 978 3 52 lifters of pigs farrowed between Dec. of preceding year and Nov. 30 0 284 6 5 9 6 5 Dec. of preceding year and May 3 9 39 5 97 8 5 97 June and Nov. 30 9 45 6 54 9 45 6 54 Sheep and lomb, 25 7 569 24 6649 23 22 Ewes year old or older 22 5 06 22 506 2 3809 Goats Horses and ponies 7 357 49 283 67 300 47 Hogs and pigs 2 676 2 542 2 676 $,000_ (X) 24 ()() (X) 24 (X) 08 Feeder pigs 5 429 5 22 5 429 5 22 $,000_ (X) 2 ()() (X) 2 (Xl 2 Sheep and lomb, 25 3 77 24 4 08 23 22 Sheep and lambs shorn 22 6665 22 6665 9 4673 Pounds of wool (X) 64 527 (X) (X) 64 527 (X) 5 967 Sheep, lambs, and wool $.000_ 25 360 23 22 56 Goots $.000_ (X) (X) (X) (X) Horses and ponies 3 25 7 32 0 2 7 32 $.000_ (X) 5 (X) (X) (X) POULTRY Any poultry Chickens 3 months old or older 23 (X) 8 (X) 22 (X) 8 (X) 23 54 8 586 22 8 586 Hens and pullets of laying age 23 54 8 549 22 8 549 Pullets 3 months old or older Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old Broilers and other meattype chickens Turkeys 4 375 2 3 2 Turkeys for slaughter 2 2 Turkey hens kept for breeding Other poultry 8 (X) (X) 8 (X) 5 (X) Any poultry 4 (X) 2 (X) 3 (X) 2 (X) Chickens 3 months old or older (D) 2 2 Hens and pullets of loying age 2 2 Pullets 3 months old or older Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old Broilers and other meattype chickens Turkeys _ 2 I (D) Turkeys for slaughter. Turkey hens kept for breeding Other poultry _ I (X) (X) (X) (X) Poultry and poultry products $,000_ 6 5 I 5 5 266 GOLDEN VALID COUNTY, MONT. 978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURECOUNTY DATA
Table 0. Crops: 978 and 974 Harvested Irrigoted Harvested with soles of $2,500 or more Irrig~ Quantity Quantity (X) I (X) I Corn for all purposes 978_ For groin or seed (bushels) 978_ 2 (X~I (NA~I 2 (X) I I For silage or green chop (tons, greenl 978_ (O~I 2 For fodder, hogged or grazed 978_ (X) (X) (X) (X) =\ Sorghums for all purposes 978_ (X)I (X) I = (X) (X) For grain or seed (bushels) 978_ = I = For silage or green chop (tons, green) 978_ I CuI for dry forage or hay (Ions, dry) 978_ Hogged or grazed 978_ ''''I DO (X) ~I (X) I I (X) I Wheal for grain (bushelsl 978_ 79 22 938 7 775 77 6 579 43 66 8 944 450 474 65 I Oals for grain (bushels) 978_ 45 I 37 56 699 8 7 44 8 7 26 979 6 26 Barley for grain (bushels) 97B_ 46 2 777 36 ~t~ 90 067 8 54 44 8 54 Rye for grain (bushels) 978_ 30 3 83 94 69~ 3 20 I (NA~I Other small grains for groin 978_ (X) (Xli = (X) (X) Soybeans for beans (bushels) 978_ ; Peanuts for nuts (pounds) 978_ Cotton (boles) 978_ Tobacco (pounds) 978_ Irish pololoes (hundredweight) 978_ I I Sweelpolaloes (bushels) 978_ Hoy crops (Ions, dry) (see lexl) 978_ 05 5 255 25 B66 5 5 563 00 5 087 49 85 3 SOl 20 69 82 3468 20 64B 44 8 89 Alfalfa hay (Ions, dry) 978_ 9 0 249 20 53 47 4 627 88 0 20 20 443 45 77 890 5 723 43 4 902 Olher lome dry hoy (Ions, dry) (see lexl) 978_ 5 I 400 I 65 3 5 I 400 3 I 65 Field seed crop' 978_ I (X) (X) Alfalfa seed (pounds) 97B_ (X) 5 84 (X) I I. Red clover seed (pounds) 978_ 5 84 8 700 I I I I I All vegetables horvesled for sale (see lexi) 978_ I (X) Sweet corn 978_ (X) (X) (X) (X) Tomaloes 978_ (X) (X) ~I I (X) (X) (X) Green peas excluding cowpeas 978_ (X) (X) (X) I = (N~I (X)I I land in orchards 978_ (X) (X) Apples (pounds) 97B_ (X) (X)I Peaches (poundsl 97B_ Grapes (pounds) (see texl) 978_ (N~I Berries 978_ 974 (X) (x). Slrawberries (pounds) 978_ ()() (NNI (X)I Nursery and greenhouse products 978_ Other crops 978_ (X) (X) (X~I (X) 25 7; I ((iii! J I = 978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURECOUNTY DATA GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY, MONT. 267