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Show UTAH WINTER WHEAT LESS 111 11! Other Crop and Farm Conditions Con-ditions in State Above Average. A reasonable Increase In wheat production produc-tion for Utah over last year, though not a.s yet an average production for fit ate; hevay product ion of h'iV ; p'owmg advanced j-tfi-r ti.an the average; and a favorable vear for live htock, are S'nie . of the fcatun-M of the Miiy n-port of the bur'-au of crop estimate, uh It refers to this state. The n'port was Issixd yesterday from the office of Minor M. Justin, field aKeiit for the bureau for t'tah and Nevada. In commenting on the fiuure.s Kiviui out Mr. Justin ways: "The percentage of winter wheat abandoned aban-doned im somewhat Jik'hcr than last year, but is less than avfrago. It is generally nttrihuteil to- the dry weather of tne early part of the winter. The acreage estimated as abandoned in imooitanti counties Is: Hnxolder. :iJ0O; fa'h, H'lO; Davta. M')U; Juab, .'100; Millard, $00; Tooele, looo, 'i'he acreage remaining for hnrvest is Kl.OcO. The acreage which came through the winter Knows n rondl-tlin rondl-tlin of fit) per rent. live condition Is r2 per c nt. Kains are generally needed as the growth of both rye ami wheat is . unusually rank, and the soil moisture Ik being depleted rapidly. "The acreage of tame hay this season is estimated -134.000. This has been maintained main-tained despite the increase In beet acre-axe acre-axe and use of land for wheat. Wild hay aorenge is estimated as 05.000. The decrease de-crease is practically all In Rich county. The condition of hay is 07 per cent, which Is above the average,. The production pro-duction forecast Is 1.4S1.000 tons. The amount harvested will be larger or smaller than this as the season is more , or less favorable than a normal year. The amount of old hnv on farms In Utah is estimated as lift. 000 tons, compared with litf.OOO last year. "Pasture condition is 94 per rent compared com-pared with &9 per cent last year and an average of DO. "Despite the backwardness of the season sea-son gene rally reported, farm work is further advanced than the average of ten years past. I'he percentage of pi o win? done May, is compared with 93 of last year and 78 average. Planting is estimated as SO per cent finished, compared com-pared with S4 last year and 7;i average. f The mortality of live stock for the year ending April 30. Is again very low. Stockmen had considerable periods of anxiety through the winter, but escaped with nominal losses. The condition of animals this spring Is lower than last year, due laMgely to the lower figures reported re-ported from the southeastern part of the state. Sheep are the most favored class of livestock. Sheep losses per thousand from disease are. practically average. Loss from exposure' are only 19 this year as against 33 last year and an average of 38. losses of lambs per 1000 from all causes are estimated as 35 the past year, and o0 the preceding year, against an average of 57." |