Show FLOUR WILL STAY UP No Prospect of Lower Prices for Cereals WHEAT ACREAGE IS SMALL Owing to the Increased Area Planted in Sugar Beets Dealers in Grain Predict That Utah Will Not Raise Enough Wheat to Supply the Local DemandCrop Prospects Good In Irrigated Region Harvesting Begun Be-gun in Sections DiilJ Market in Local Securities + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Woek ending + + July 11 July 19 I + + Bank clearings J353Cn2 jnSS7Sll + + Pejiity transfers ll3ott I 00dl 4 + nulldlng penults 33lf W5J6W + + t + + + fp + + + + + + + + si Although wheat harvesting Is already at hand and Indications point to a Rood crop In Utah there IH I very little prospect pros-pect of a reduction in the prevailing high prices of flour The reason given for this IH that the iureage of wheat hits materially decreased owing to the Increased production of sugar beets and Alfalfa and the local supply of wheat will not he nearly suiUeleiu to meet the local l I dcmnml The natural result I will i be the shipment of grain from other States at high freight rates and the price of cereal products will remain about 1 wheie they arc Local grain merchants predict that new wheat l will open at about 70 cents a bushel as compared with GC to 60 rents last year Harvesting In dry farms In Tooele and Salt Lake counties coun-ties lust week showed rather poor crop although in the Irrigated portions ot the Slate the wheat looks good and there is I every promise of a good yield The lust big rain early In the month helped the winter wheat a great deal and the farmers arc feeling very good over the crop prospects The alluring 11m fits In sugar beet raising have been the cause of changing the agricultural aspect of the State to an Important degree The farmer who raises wheat considers himself fortunate I fortu-nate to get SHO an acre gross for his product VIth sugar beets however rewards of JoO to CO an acre are not uncommon Alfalfa also pays better than wheat and the result Is a rapidly decreasing area of wheat planted This is bound to have Its effect on the prices of cereal products |