BEET ET AND I WHEAT PRICES PRICES' ST A Y U UI Prosperous Farm Year Certain as as' as Result of i increase Increase in in I t. t B By V M. M Miner mer M M. J Justin Fjeld agent for the bureau of crop esti of agriculture cooperating with in gathering agri From present it seems likely that the farmers ot of Utah will be gyp JI prosperous this year as last The price of wheat and sugar beets will remain remain re- re main unchanged at the highest point ever reached These are Utah's most important crops The acreage of winter wheat sown last fa fall was acres greater than that harvested last year ear and the condition condition con con- at the begInning of winter was nineteen poInts higher than a year ago While the snow coyer cover has been light or lacking there have been no extremely low temperatures s In the themore themore more important sections With ordinary ordinary nary weather through the remainder of the growing season the crop should be considerably larger than In 1918 There Is every to believe that an effort will be made to Increase the spring wheat crop also The growers of sugar beets will Undoubtedly undoubtedly un- un greatly increase the area devoted de- de voted to this crop If weather conditions conditions condi- condi between now and spring are favorable favorable fa- fa for seed bed preparation and seeding The release of men from the army and war industries will banish the fear of labor shortage while the greater reater efficiency of the workers returnIng returning re- re turnIng to the farms will halt the rapidly rapidly rap rap- idly rising cost of production RETURNS ARE SURE Hay and other feed crops wIll continue continue con con- to be in great demand Anxiety to grow cash crops should not make producers forget the sure if more slow returns from these farm staples The mates of the United States department the state industrial commission cultural statistics growers of cattle hogs and sheep have within the past year yeal again enlarged their herds and flocks These will require re- re 1 e- e quIre more feed which the fati mer fa mer will willbe willbe be called on to furnish Livestock profits will perhaps not be as large as would have been the case had the war continued Nevertheless efficient and conservative stockmen expect rEasonable reasonable rEason reason- able returns and consider the difference differ differ- ence in prices largely balanced b by having having hav- hav ing sons and other members of their working forces on the ranches rather lather than in the trenches henches FRUIT SITUATION Nothing has ye developed to prevent another good good fruit crop Of course I the fruit man seldom feels sure of his crop until the money Is in his pocket The vicissitudes of weather and the hazard of the market probably cause luse his profit to show more rapid and violent vio- vio lent fluctuations than that of anyone else engaged In agriculture Some anxiety has been expressed because because be- be cause the snow in the mountains Is less than is desirable The results obtained obtained ob- ob in some localities last year by cooperation among water users suggests suggests sug- sug that this may be a blessing in disguise If the spur of necessity forces the degree of ef efficiency which prominent prominent nent irrigators assert is possible the way will be made clear to greatly increase inthe in- in crease the acreage of the irrigated crops of the state At any rate It seems likely that labor will be available available avail avail- able to properly cultivate the ground and make the best possible use of water