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Show Sportsmen Bring Big Revenue to State, JC's Learn All crops produced by Utah farmers do not total the amount spent in the state by Utah and out-of-state sportsmen sports-men for various items such as food, gasoline, equipment and supplies and licenses, according accord-ing to a report made by Lee Kay, educational director of the State Fish and Game department, depart-ment, at the Jaycees meeting last week. Mr. Kay stressed the fact that the Utah State Fish and Game Department plan to do everything possible to keep this revenue in the state. Results of a survey conducted conduc-ted by the Bureau of Economic Econo-mic and Business Research of the U of U indicated that the total amount spent by sportsmen, sports-men, annually is approximately $44,054,000, while the cash value val-ue of Utah's major farm crops wheat and sugar beets, was near nine million dollars. The total cash receipts of all farm crops in the state is thirty-seven thirty-seven million dollars, Mr. Kay pointed out. After the discussion, Mr. Kay showed colored slides of Utah's big game. The meeting was in charge of Max Leetham and during the evening three new members, mem-bers, John Robertson, Mel Reed and Keith Waters were welcomed wel-comed into the club. |