Davis County Clipper | 1938-11-18 | Page 5 | Utah Onion Crop Decline for Year

Utah Onion nion Crop op Decline For Year Y YearS ea S Cold damp growing weather early in the season brought reduced yields and anda a 58 sack decrease ase in 10 Utah's late onion crop this year A report released by Frank An An- Andrews Andrews drews federal statistician places the states state 1938 late onion nion production production tion at sacks compared with in in 1937 despite a SO 50 acre increase in in the plantings Cur Cur- Current Current Current rent production will exceed the t e 19 10 year ear average by b sacks how- how ex ever er Late onion onon production in the United States Mates tates as a whole jumped to hundred pound sacks s this year from from in in 1937 but shrinkage and ind wastage of pro production pr after harvest is reported as extremely heavy hea in eastern stern and cen ce cental ual tal states The TIle loss ea in New Ne York alone is estimated ed at sacks I