Show UTAH'S WHEAT OUTPUT GAINS Years Year's Yield Valued at More Than Pre- Pre Crop The Importance of the wheat crop to Utah Is shown by the fact that last years year's crop was valued at compared with the value of the previous years year's yield or an increase in crease of Almost every county in the state is now raising wheat However the government has asked for a 15 per percent percent percent cent reduction under the year five-year average According to Frank Andrews Andrews An An- drews chews federal crop statistician about four fifths of ol the wheat producers of the state have signed the government contracts Those who have not signed Mr Andrew said are mostly the small growers 7 About acres acres of winter wheat has been sown this as compared with sown year or 15 15 acres less l g Production Control I 1 The national wh wheat at program provides provides provides pro pro- vides for the org organization of county wheat production control associations associations the signing of applications for membership of wheat growers and the signing of at individual contracts with the United States government t to 10 reduce wheat acreage for 1934 and 1935 Under this agreement the government government govern govern- ment meat is to make an allotment payment payment pay pay- ment meat of 28 cents per bushel this year and allotment payments as announced announced an by the secretary of ot agrIculture agriculture agriculture ture in 1934 and 1935 on 54 per cent of the Ule wheat crop A total of ot wheat growers farmIng farmIng farming farm farm- ing an art avera average e of acres were signed up This acreage represents an en annual average production of bushels The allotment payment to farmers of Salt Lake county on bushels bushels bush bush- bushels els which is 54 per cent of or the average average average aver aver- age annual production amounts to Eight Acres Per Farm According to Vere L. L Martineau Salt Lake county agricultural agent wheat growing averages about eight acres per farm in this county He s says s 's that we have had a rather er dry season and the outlook for tor a good crop is somewhat problematical The raising of turkeys has helped combat grasshopper plagues according according accord accord- ing lag to E. E L. L Barrett entomologist of the state agricultural department In Sanpete county t turkeys were raised this year he said Smut has taken a huge toll of the wheat crop in some parts of the state In la the northern end of Utah smut has at times claimed as tU much as 50 10 per cent of the yield Certified Seed W W. J. J Thayne inspector in the same department stresses the importance in using wine certified seed and declared that this is always the biggest lem The history of wheat growing in Utah dates back to 1849 when acres of land was planted Most of the seed had b been en hauled across the plains by ox team The amount of ot wheat raised did not show sudden lacrosse increase from year to year until 1889 to 1910 when dry farming was developed Most of Utah's winter wheat Is grown on dry farms The spring wheat is raised on irrigated land |