Show Davis Farms Are More Valuable Special to the Clipper NEW YORK Feb 17 Acre 17 Acre I for acre farms in Davis County command higher than do those in mo most t other parts of the na na- na- na tion This is one of several en en- aspects of the local farm fann problem revealed in the Census Bureaus Bureau's new Census of Agriculture The results of the survey are being issued in hi preliminary form for or each of the counties counties counties coun coun- ties in the United States It is the first thorough study of the kind since 1950 v It Shows dhows that the average r value of l farms dorms arms land plus build buildings buildings ings only in Davis County is an acre an increase se over the 1950 figure an acre This is more th than n farmers can get for their property in most parts of the country The average average average aver aver- age price is an acre The local figure is better also than I that for th the State of Utah as a r whole an acre In terms of total dollars per farm values also rose locally since the last census The aver aver- average average age value in the county excluding excluding excluding ing machinery and equipment but in including luding land and buildings has climbed to per farm according to the current census It had been per per- farm in 1950 The downward drift of agriculture agriculture agri agri- ct culture ture prices which has become become become be be- come a matter of major concern to the entire nation has meant an overall decline in net farm income Its effect according to to the Agriculture Department has nas been somewhat cushioned by Eby the fact that there has been a large drop in farm population The farm income therefore on ona a per Pcr capita basis has declined to a smaller degree I Some measure of relief is ex ex- expected petted through enactment by Congress of the Presidents President's soil bank plan which contemplates the retirement of or roughly ten per cent of or farm fann land v no now plant plant- ed to crops This wot would d mean according to the census data the o of up to acres in Davis County where there were acres normally planted to crops |