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Show LARGE INCREASE IN UTAH WHEAT YIELD Estimated That This Year s Crop Will Exceed Last by Nearly 760 000 Bushels An increase of nearly three fourths of a m 11 on bushels in the wheat crop of 1915 over that of 1911 in Utah s ?red cted in the August crop report of he bureau of crop est mates in co operat on with the weather bureau The crop of winter wheat is estimated at 6 120 000 bushels, as compared with a product on of 5 573 000 bnshels last year showing an ncrease of 545,000 bushels Spr ng wheat b est mated at 1 890 000 bushels as compared to 1 700 000 bushels last year shQwing a pre dieted ncrease of 190 000, or a total pred cted increase of 735 000 bushels of wheat in the state s production The only marked changes predicted n other crops are in potatoes and hay an increase of 260 000 bushels over the product on of 800 000 of last year be ng pred cted for potatoes wh le a decrease of 128 000 tons from the 1 116 000 tons of last year is ant ci pated in the hay crop |