Show r Agricultural Conditions n o n in In 1923 B By A A. A A. Hinckley i Commissioner of Agriculture I the year A AGRICULTURALLY 1923 a as compared with 1922 I is encouraging In yield we have Wheat bushels or BOO BOO- more than previous year Oats Oats bushels or r more moro than the previous year Barley Barley bushels or more than the previous year year- Ryo bushels or moro than tho the previous year Corn Corn bushels bushels or more moro than the previous year Alfalfa seed Estimated seed Estimated bushels in 1922 and bushels in 1923 or bushels more Oats barley ryo rye and corn bring bringa a good price and alfa seed aeed brings an an excellent price With our usual tons o ot of hay In good demand and with I. I u potato crop of or near bushels bush bush- bushels els an estimated tonnage of 1000 tons of ot b beet eta and bushels ft apples bushels of ot peaches bushels of pears and with a wool clip cUp of ot pounds with a splendid lamb crop with a dairy Industry moving much more rapidly and prosperously than the tho previous year with Utah head l lettuce being being- shipped at at two or three times in amount over the previous year Utah's famous celery celer finding the worlds world's market and the onion growers growers receiving a a. price for lor lora tora fora a splendid crop averaging 2 a a. hundredweight as against 80 cents the previous year there is much to encourage tho the Utah armer have Pears peaches peaches' and potatoes all brought a a much better price than last year ear Perhaps after omitting wheat apples and range cattle as not bringing a n. profitable price we ve can with safety say that in other lines It has been a splendid year Is wool grower and lamb producer back on good footing The Tho dairyman dairYman dairyman dairy dairY- man has taken taleen advantage o of or tho the his hla grades rades that wo offered on ream cream and we have this remarkable story to tell toll No 1 sour cream used a. a aa as the basis oi of oi this statement sold t d 1 the tho year year 1922 at an average average 1 cents a n. pound The same Bame c cream for the tho year 1923 sold eold at average price the year 41 cents a q pound and nd sweet c Crt highest grade provided for Ut Utah standards brings at st cents a 0 pound above this 41 c. c quoted above Any cream tl tha t wholesome that will not mee meet requirements of No 1 sour c cis i ila cr crIs Is la 3 cents below the 41 cent p This emphasizes the gaining real profit by proper bf ot cream the difference be bet bet poor quality and the best q being 7 cents a a. pound or a d dence dif ence of 18 per cent on c q t alone Added to this price Is the further an ready ever-ready market for forand forand ex exand and the sale of ot Utah extras extra suits in a splendid Utah products j Since the grading of ot cream crear been adopted through the fir fin In operation of the centralizes producers with the helpfulness has been given along the 11 line the agricultural Inspectors w wo cover that 70 per cent of ot all Cl grades as extra even Burin two hottest months of Jul July August and during the rem remi 90 00 per cent of all c ci of ot the year grades extra an and ani produced most of ot Utah's export b butte 1 brings nl to top Price Thrice in markets J |