Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-03-09 | Page 31 | Utah's Grain Yield Leads United States

UTAH'S lT AH'S GRAIN YIELD LEADS UNIT UNITED D STATES Total ot Production Exceeds That Thai of Any v Year in inv v History of Beehive Commonwealth Says r f Annual Report of II H. T. T Haines Ii ORE grain ain W was waa grown rown in Utah in MORE M MORE 1912 than In Jn an shy any other year In Inthe Inthe Intile the tile history of the state Better Betler average yields per pcr acio aclO were secured and end the largest est crops of ot orchard and mall small fruits were raised but unfavorable unfavorable unta or able weather weRther at harvesting haf time caused d much loss Not ot ol the least interesting feature of ot the annual report of or H. H T. T Haines commissioner com corn missioner of ot statistics immigration and labor Abor Is that m In which he deals deal with the great progress rees which Utah Ulah has made as an agricultural state The Tho mother of ot Irrl Irrigation atlon In th the United Statu tl figures ures seem seeni to show how that In Inthe inthe tb the twelvemonth which his statistics cover cOer Utah Ulah made mado Its greatest strides Inthis in iii inthis this line Reports of or the government o statistician statis statis- as os quoted b by Mr r hales Haines give the average spring wheat yield per POl acre for 1912 at nl 1 but give e Utah elah credit for bushels bushel per acre nere Utah llah produced bushels ls of or spring wheat heat Winter or dr dry farm wheat gave ga gaca a a. yield of or 24 4 1 bushels to tho the aero acre in Utah while th time tho average for forthe forthe forthe the country countr was 1 Il Utah Il led all aU states In the yield per acre acro of or barlay barley bar- bar lay icy producing producing- an average of 45 bushels bushel to the acre Tho The average yield for tor the tho coun country tr was wall bushels Utah ranked fourth in the production of or both oats and hay in 1912 The following table gives an estimate estimate esti esti- mate mole of the production of f farm products products products prod prod- and farm tarm values alues for 1912 Production Product s Value Wb Wb-ut Wb Q l o 90 0 HOI Corn Cora a Y OC t O JO Rye nyC 1 W O J foo nta Hoot tOD S U. o S. S fruit Hone Honey pounds i r. r Co Wool pounds b ts ix ts tons ton 4 I OO fold fatal l' l lIsa Farms Farm Farms in itt Utah in 1912 numbered representing acres of or which acres Is Improved land