Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-07-26 | Page 7 | Utah Able to Meet Demands

UI UTAH AU ABLE TO MEET DEMANDS Federal Off Official cial Declares State Stale Will Till Make 8 Per PerCent PerCent PerCent Cent Increase Easily Utah will be be- able ahle to more mOle than titan meet the refu request st of oC the government for tor an Increased acreage of QC 8 S per cent of fall tall wheat according to the thc announcement made yesterday b by M M. M I. I H. H Greene local manager manag r l' of oC the tIme United States Grain corporation Mr II the time official cia cial 1 record of Utah wheat production for Cor a period of ten years a yearly early aera average c. c is G. G bushels hut but that year the state went below the average average aver aver- wera a age e. e the lie yield Iehl producing on only emily I Ii bushels U S h e Is The TIme outlook for 1918 however er is far better than tItan the average and nearly bushels over o that of last year said Mr Ir Greene From Front the re reports reports re- re ports of or crop crOll conditions received recel to dato time the wheat crop of ot the thc state CorI for Cor I 1018 ns will reach Tench In iii ro round n numbers 1000 bushels The a agricultural department has asked for or an increase In acreage c In every erv wheat raising state in Jn the tho union Th Time The request request to tIme tho farmers of ot Utah Is tom for an Increase of or about 8 S per cent This can be lie met without difficulty In fact I think that hat we In Utah can caim go o away beyond what tho time government has asked askell for Cor While lithe the tho report Issued by bythe bythe the a agricultural department at Washington Wash sh- sh ington Inston shows shio's that the approximate yield for fOL the tho United States for or 1918 willlie will willbe be lie about 12 per cent Utah will wilt go over o overtime the time average and arid may be depended on onto onto onto to do llo the same tame next year e e