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Show 6-D SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2%, 1959 Utah County, Utah SUNDAY HERALD- Farmers’ Challenge for '59: Efficiency, Quality Production UtahCounty FarmIncome County Crop Roundup Tops $19 Million for Better Production Seen 1958--Less Than in 1957 Barring Water Shortage By CLAIR R. ACORD, Chairman of performance testing’ and ‘‘ferUtah County Extension Service tility testing’? with our beef and sheep breeds. There will be other Our challenge for ’59 in agriculaids in selecting animals for breedture is to produce adequately, with a quality superior to any other ing purposes. In the sheep industry we can excounty in the state or nation, learning the new technilogical.methods pect to find use of more open faced and procedures so as to utilize our Rambouillets, with more pound of By JOEL C. BARLOW,Agent 12% from 1957, according to Joel C. Barlow, Utah County Agent. This was due to slightly lower practical) artificial insemination. Dairymen; by the use of artificis $228,000 less thar in 1957. Yet ial insemination, have greatly improved their herds and now the use costs of machinery, equipment supplies, services, labor, building materials, fertilizers, and repairs have steadily raised again this past year. As we move “Forwardin ’59” prices and 10% lower production. cept pears_and raspberries. This again The income from fruit crops will improve certain lines of dairy breeding. Another forward look in seléction of dairy cows will be the fertilizing of eggs from a_ highproducing cow and then transplant- for 1958, was $3,083,000; canning crops, $1,066,000; and all other crops, $2,130,000. All three are down from 1957 in- Of our total gross income, beef, ing of the fertilized eggs in another dairy, sheep, swine and poultry cow for gestation. This is not yet come by 25%, 10% and 10% \respectively. 1959 Outlook in a world of sputniks and missiles, how will we move forward with Utah County live- stock? eomprises $13,392,232. Over the years, we have seen a general trend in livestock, ond advisable, but the future has great possibilities. Meat type hogs, strain-cross methods of hybridization’ in turkeys and chickens have been made to meet requirements of the Utah County consuming public and outside competition. For an example, just how efficient must a commer- feeding, manMr. Acord agement, and breeding. The “desire to do better” and a “spirit of inquiry’ have made Utah County farmers and ranchers the agricultural leaders of the state., .. As. we move forward, we can expect to have a greater use made EFFICIENT FARM METHODS PAY OFF—A “desire to do better” and a “spirit of inquiry” have made Utah County farmers the agricultural leaders of the state, says Clair R. Acord, county agent. This includes use of modern methods and good diseases and insects will be of apples, sweet and sour cherries. Nearly all ap- pemressest ples being plant- Dairying One of State’s Stable Industries creased dairy farm efficiency and | they will be more intelligently | the herd size; yet over half of the | informed on the necessity and de- herds have less than 10 cows. ern Yellow Blight to about of normal yields. How, early indications look more favorable for 1959.Gevere damage was experienced hy sweet corn growers from corn ear worm and spider mites, which for the first time ¢aused general damage to our area. average, Vegetable crops in Utah County Some of the losses in production are anticipated to rduce drastically plantings of apples, sweet and sour cherries, have been made the last three years in the West Mountain, Payson, Santaquin, Salem and Spanish Fork areas. All signs point in 1959. Production of celery and fresh carrots responsible for a large percentage of the tonnage in recent years, probably will be reduced to a very low figure. The principle celery : growers have reported that they will only grow for local markets this year to continued expansion of orchards as compared to a shipment of 500 in these and some other areas in carloads out of state 10 years ago. the county, Planting pasture mixes on our The principle growers of fresh carrots also report that the acreage The trend in planting and pro- good irrigated land will be greatly will be greatly reduced from the duction in the fruit industry indi- increased in 1959. It has been dem- 250 to 300 acres grown yearly since cates as follows: onstrated by the plat of Utah State 1954. Substantial increased plantings University at Pleasant Grove that The overall production in Utah ei machinery for quality production and efficient harvest, as indicated in photo above. cial egg producer be in Utah CounDairying eanaues as one of ty? For one 12<month period he must get feed for 14-cent per dozen Utah’s stable industries with these as the chief foals: Profit for or less, keep death losses at below 9 per cent of hens started, get 80 about 10,000 dairy farmers and 100 dairy manufacturing plants per cent production per hen, keep investments and labor at a mini- and an adequate diet for Utah residents. mum of 4.10 per hen. Milk production to feed about The never-ending livestock with us in ’59, however, researchers have found chemicals, antibiotics, and drugs that (Continued on Page 7-D) the last 10 years, while Pleasant Grove, American Fork, and Lehi areas have also lost Dry land wheat, canning tomatoes and sugar beets were largely re- in these areas will be replaced in sponsible while production from all the south part of the county, Spanfruit crops were down in 1958, ex- ish Fork and south. Several large of frozen semen will help top dairymen mate outstanding cows ‘to sires of their choice almost any- where in the world. have increased the last three grown in Utah for 1958, was $61,- years. 948,000. Utah counties share of this Fruit production in the Orem was $6,280,000, which was down area has reduced materially in land and-livestock in a useful way clean wool produced through careto serve a growing population in ful selection, and the beef man will gradually start to use (where Utah and the nation. In 1958, agricultural income was $19,273,000 in Utah County. This duction has remained, while nasp- Utah Extension Service berry plantings Income from 32 major crops considerably in ed now are of = the new red bud sport Strains. 7 The production ; good. pastures averaged over $400 County from crops for 1959 should per acre when pastured with beef be better than 1958, unless we have cattle in 1958. a short water supply or serious Corn silage average which has frosts to the fruit ¢rops. Prices increased tremendously in recent should be a little higher for the if present imyears, will remain at present aver- average of ail c: age or increase slightly, alfalfa dications materialize, Mr. Barlow production may reduce somewhat lightful pleasure of using more of peaches, apri- % Sales of milk, dairy cattle and cots and prunes because. of low prices and the subcalves contribute about 20 per milk and milk foods.” has been reducstitution of other feeds as silage Emphasis is being placed on ing for several cent of the agricultural income of and pasture in the feeding of livemodern, scientific methods and years, and probthe state. stock. Fd = Welby W. Young of Heber, top production. Utah cows average ably will not Canning crops may reduce 850,000 Utahns comes from about president, American Dairy Asso- 7000 pounds of milk to 6200 for change much in. Mr. Barlow slightly in 1959, because of the 100,000 cows which produce some ciation of Utah, forecasts a con- national average. 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