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Show Utah Farm Lands Show Big Increase According to a bulletin recently issued is-sued by the bureau of census, showing show-ing both state and county statistics, there was an increase in the number of farms in Utah from 25,662 in 1920 and 25,992 in 1925, to 27,159 in 1930. The total number of farms in Utah includes 6;268 having from 20 to 49 acres, 5,235 from 50 to 99 acres, and 3,805 of from 100 to 174 acres. There were 1,823 farms having 500 acres and over. Of the 27,159 farms in the state in 1930, as reported in the census, 23,608 were operated by owners, 230 by managers, man-agers, and 3,321 by tenants. T,he land in farms decreased from 5,050,410 .acres in 1920 to 5,000,724 acres in 1925, but increased to 5,613,101 acres in 1930.1 The value of farm land and buildings decreased from $243,751,-758 $243,751,-758 in 1920 to $192,201,366 in 1925, but increased to $221,223,172 im 1930. The value of farm implements and machinery in 1930 was $13,636,571 as compared' with $10,097,318 in 1925 and $13,514,787 in 1920. The total numbers of horses and colts on farms on April 1, 1930, was 91,218. The total, exclusive of colts born after January .1, 1930, was 89,-883. 89,-883. Horses and colts on farms numbered num-bered 110,172 on January 1, 1925, and 125,471 on January 1, 1920. The total number of cattle on farms on April 1, 1930, was 441,650. The total, exclusive of calves born after January 1, 1930, was 393,848. Cattle on farms numbered 504,368 on January 1, 1925 and 505,578 on January Jan-uary 1, 1920, The total number of swine on farms Anril 1. 1930. total, exclusive of pigs born after January 1, 1930, was 40,657. Swine on farms numbered 63,921 on January Janu-ary 1, 1925, and 99,361 on January 1, 1920. The total number of chickens over 3 months old on farms April 1, 1930, was 2,095,723. Chickens of all ages numbered 1,366,873 on January 1, 1925, and 954,695, on January 1, 1920. Crops were harvested in Utah from 1,159,890 acres in 1929, as compared with 1,024,566 acres; in 1924. The total to-tal for 1929 includes 672,667 acres of hay cut with a production of 1,372,-709 1,372,-709 tons; 265,699. acres of wheat tnresnea with a production of 5,309,-953 5,309,-953 bushels; 45,480 acres of oats threshed with a production of 1,741,-902 1,741,-902 bushels; 40,104 acres of sugar beets) harvested for sugar with a production pro-duction of 545,291 tons; 38,069 acres of barley harvested with a production produc-tion of 1,453,021 bushels. In 1929 the vegetables grown in the open for sale, with a value of $2,487,159, were harvested har-vested from 22,480 acres. The four most important vegetables were tomatoes, to-matoes, valued at $769,221, harvested harvest-ed from 5,799 acres; green peas, valued val-ued at $593,779, harvested from 8,-909 8,-909 acres; dry onions, valued at $228,627, harvested from 1,163 acres; snap or string beans, valued at $151,-570, $151,-570, harvested from 1,463 acres. |