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Show UTAH CROPS SHOW SUGHTJEKE Bulletin Shows Yield to Be 97.2 Per Cent of Average. Tiie general crop condition in Utah is given as 97.2 per cent of the average, and during the month a gain was actually shown of 4.3 per cent, notwithstanding the unusually dry weather that prevailed and Is still prevailing in most sections of the state, according to the weekly crop bulletin bul-letin received yesterday by M. M. Justin, field agent for the bureau of crop estimates. esti-mates. The bulletin covers the week ending July 5. The bulletin gives the general condition of crops in Montana as 46.7 per cent of the average. In Wyoming the condition of crops is reported as 70. G per cent. No other state in the nation makes a showing show-ing of less than SO. The nation as a whole ranges from the Montana minimum mini-mum to 113 in Vermont, with a showing for the whole nation as 102.4 per cent of the average, which was a decline of 2.Z per cent in June. Crop conditions in the western states are given as follows: Colorado, 93.6; New Mexico, 111.5; Arizona, s 103.4;' Nevada, 96.5; Idaho, SO. 8; Washington, 93.5; Oregon, Ore-gon, 9S.7 ; California, 101.8; the average being 100 In each case. Conditions throughout the nation of some of the standard crops are given as follows: Apricots, 125.7; peaches, 123; timothy hay, 114. S; clover hay, 111.7; pasture 111.2; winter wheat, 110.6; all hay, 110.6; barlev. 103.3; corn, 103.2; oats, 103; potatoes. pota-toes. 100.6; alfalfa, 100.3; field peas, 100.1; tomatoes, 100 ; pears, 99.2; spring wheat. 96.9; apples, 92.91; sugar beets, S7.8; cotton, cot-ton, 87. 2. Total production of Important products this year, compared with last year, is estimated es-timated as follows: cvrn, 109 per ccn 1 ; wheat, 12t!.6 per cent; oats, 91.2 per cent; barley, 90.1. per cent; rye, 113.9 per cent; potatoes, 97.7 per cent; all hay, 127.9 per cent; sugar beets, 122. S Tier cent; apples, 91.6 per cent; peaches, 146. 5 per cent. Tins year total acreage in cultivated crops is about .6 of 1 per cent more than last year. The crop reports show that Wisconsin winter wheat is filling out well for the harvest. In Nebraska the yield was disappointing, dis-appointing, owing to some fungus diseases. dis-eases. Nor tli Dakota spring wheat is slightly ybove the average. In Montana this crop's condition was dropping rapidly, rapid-ly, the early sown crop being already a complete failure. "The level of prices paid producers of the United States,'" according to the bulletin, bul-letin, "for principal crops increased about 1 per cent during June; in the past ten years the price level decreased about .4 per cent during Juno. On July 1 the index figure of prices was about 13.7 per cant higher than a year ago, 7 per cent higher than two years aio, and M per rent higher than the average of the past ten yoars on July 1. "The prices of meat animals, to producers, pro-ducers, decreased 2.4 per cent from May 15 to Juno 15: in the p.it nine years prices dcoreas"d in the like period .7 per cpnt. On June 15 the index figure of prices fur rhee meat animals was about 10 per rent higher than a year airo, 27. S per cent higher than two years ago. arid S3. 1 per cent higher t ban the average of the p;ist nine ye;ns on June 15.'' |