Show AAA SETS UTAH WHEAT T ACREAGE I The AAA Wednesday set Utah's i 1938 1038 wheat acreage allotment at about less than the average planted from froni 1928 to 1932 inclusive Meanwhile Frank Andrews de dePartment department department de- de of agriculture statistician here forecast the states state's winter wheat crop at bushels an increase of more than over last years year's production The he national acreage allotment v Was va said an Associated Press dispatch from Washington AJ Ii C. C State allotments will be broken down among counties and individual farmers under a formula set up Inthe in inthe inthe the farm farn act Growers who plant within allotments will be paid benefits benefits bene bene- fits fils at atthe the rate o of oC 12 cents a bushel bushelon on the normal production of the allotment f Should they they will be subject to deductions front from payments payments pay pay- ments meats unless they make corresponding corresponding corresponding corre corre- reductions In acreage acreage- of other ther soil depleting crops Ward C. C Holbrook president of the Utah State Farm Bureau federation federation feder feder- said he believed the allotment would be- be satisfactory to farmers farmen S Mr Andrews said the average Utah acreage for the five years S 1938 through 1932 was in in- in eluding in winter wheat wheal and in spring wheat Acreage in 1937 1931 was in 19 1036 1936 6 and in 1935 J- J Mr JAndrews Andrews In his forecast said the average yearly production for forthe forthe forthe the 10 years 1927 through 1936 2936 was bushels bushe and the 1937 crop bushels Despite the large increase over last year the expected production this year marks little more than a return to good yields and does not even approach a record for the state it was explained The forecast is subject to change as the season advances according to Frank Andrews agricultural statistician according to whether conditions between now and harvest harvest harvest har har- vest prove to be bo better or worse than average The United States' States winter wheat production for this year is forecast forecast forecast fore fore- cast at bushels as compared compared com corn pared to in 1937 and a 10 Year Jear ear average of bushels Utah pastures were reported In per cent of normal condition as of f April 1 while pastures over the lUre nUre nation were listed as in only go 6 per cent of normal condition Rye in iii Utah is in 90 per cent of normal condition while elsewhere in m the nation its condition is only 81 8 per cent of normal Pastures everywhere are better than a year ago t the e report indi If |