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Show UTAH COUNTY IS OUTSTANDING AGRICULTURALLY Naturally fertile, Utah county, with It good water supply, is a center of agriculture. A large portion of its population popula-tion depends on farming for a living, and rightfully no, judging by a look at the county's record agriculturally. Producing 40 per cent of the state's annual apple crop, it is also fourth in cherry production in l'tah, producew more than half of the state's crop of plums and prunes (more than any other county), is first In peach and Htrawberry production in the male, and holds fifth place- in tomato to-mato production. It has the second largest number num-ber of hens and the second largest ngg production in the state. Only 17 counties in the nation surpass Utah county in chicken population and only 14 in egg production. It rates second in the state in the number of dairy cows and dairy products and is seventh In the number of sheep and lamhs but sixth in wool production. It has one sugar factory, four canning factories one located in Springville which pay annually an-nually to farmers nearly $500,000 for tomatoes, pears, beans and cherries, and whose payrolls av-vruge av-vruge $170,000 annually. |