Show Davis is eighth in farm sales A third of Utah's counties including ng six of the most populous accounted for 70 per cent of the cash tash in income income income in- in come from sale of or agricultural agricultural tural ural products in in last year for which complete data is s available a Utah agricultural agricultural agricultural tural experiment station economist economist economist econ econ- has found Dr Douglas C C. C Strong assistant assistant assistant as as- professor of agricultural agricultural tural ural economics e at Utah State University has completed a n I county b by r county tabulation of cash farm receipts for 57 1956 which shows total agricultural receipts amounted amount amount- ed to in in 1957 an un increase of 3 33 3 per cent over the previous year ear and highest since 1953 The statistical study stud v was published as part of r Ie e experimental experimental ex- ex stations station's mimeographed mimeographed mimeographed mimeo mimeo- graphed series said Dr D. D W. W Thorne director Utah County ranked at the top with agricultural receipts receipts receipts re re- re- re o ot and Box Elder County was second second second sec sec- ond with income of o o. o Dairying outranked all individual in in individual agricultural enterprises enterprises enterprises enter enter- in the state with cash receipts during the year of oi Other livestock products including poultry added Davis County in eighth pa place e in n the state agriculturally ally lly was enriched by 6 G- G in cash receipts from sale of fin ail products during the I year Dairying provided the largest amount of any single enterprise with wilh receipts receipts re le re- re estimated d at 1417 Sheep added beef cattle and calves poultry 7 field crops of which sugar beets provided pro provided pro pro- vided more than half and fruits and berries brought an nn estimated to D Davis vis County farmers 9 The Davis County cherry crop alone acco accounted for of the total received from fruits but apricots apricots' and peaches each provided Tomatoes and oth other r can canning can can- ning Cop r brought Drought 5 1 D D Dr Strong emphasized that h his s estimates of ca h i farm income do not include value of crops used for feed or seed and household use and income from off farm work woric or investments A total of 0 in government payments under the conservation su sugar ar and ana wool acts and the sou so sou bank also alsi arc are excluded from irom the county totals The estimates of cash receipts receipts receipts re re- re- re should in now way be confused with net farm income income in in- 1 come Dr Dr Strong asserted |