Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-02-03 | Page 12 | Utah and Idaho to Fore with Grain

UTAH AND IDAHO TO FORE WITH GRAIN Statistics Compiled for Territory of Union Pacific System Give Good Evidence. Utah and Idaho led all the states traversed tra-versed by the Union Pacific system in the yield per acre of grain and potatoos during dur-ing 1914, according to a report complied bv the company from government figures. "While Utah was lower in the amount produced pro-duced than any other state, the yield per acre was larger except on wheat and potatoes po-tatoes in Idaho. Both states show an increase in-crease in the yield per acre over 1913 except ex-cept in potatoes. During 1914 Utah produced 420.000 bushels bush-els of corn, averaging 35 bushels to the acre; 7 .2t.00 bushels of wheat, averaging averag-ing 25 bushels to the acre; J3. 000. 000 bushels bush-els of oats. avertiKimr 50 bushels to the acre: 20i,000 bushels of potatoes, averaging aver-aging 140 bushels an acre. Idaho produced r.SO.OOO bushels of com. averaging 31 bushels un acre: 14.362,000 bushels of wheat, averaging 26.2 bushels an acre; 14.fiOS.O00 bushels of oats, averaging aver-aging 41 bushels an acre; 5,270,000 bushels of potatoes, averaging 153 bushels an acre. In Utah the average yield on all the crops was larger in 1114 than In MH3 except ex-cept potatoes, while the averutro yield In Idaho was lower on very crop than in 1!)13. Idaho led the entire western country in the yield of wheat per acre, with Utah second.