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Show JUSTIN REPORTS HO CHME IfJ UTAH CROPS"' I . i Same Favorable Prospect During September Now in Evidence "Thera has been no change In the' condition of sugar beets, fruits, hey nd truck cropa from the rleptember condition, everything being fairly favorable fa-vorable In Uteh." eaye M. M. Justin, i state etatlstlolaa, division of crop and 1 livestock eetlmalea for the I'nlted J States department of agriculture. In his monthly crops estimate report. Con- I tinning Mr. Justin eaye: I The estimated average yield of Utah I spring wheat thla year Is twenty. sli I bushels per acre. Thla la practically the eame as last year. The total crop I of both winter and spring wheats ' amounts to e.ass.ooo buaheia thla eea- ! son. compared with f .11.000 bu.h.i. laat year. "Oata are yielding somewhat more heavily thle year than laet and the acreage le also larger. Thle yesf s outturn out-turn promises to be 1.111,000 bushels or Is per cent larger than laat year. "barley la making the same yield as laet year, but a larger acreage means about 100,004 bushels more grain. "All grain ylelde are close to the forecasts fore-casts from growing condition, though aa few thresher reports have been made, checking haa not been completed to date. "Hugar beets, fruits, hay and truck crops show no change from laat month, everything having been fairly favorable. favora-ble. "Alfalfa seed wag harvested from ll.Ooa acres this year, compared with ll.ooa last year. The yield le fifty-five bushels per acre thle year and five and aeven-tentha buehele laet year. Production Pro-duction will approximate 71. 00 buehele bueh-ele compared with tt.000 laat year. Ylelde are below ueual throughout tbe atate. except In Uinta county, though they cleeely approach the ueual yields In .Millard county. Kvery district In , the stste reports material damage from graeahoppere. Thla damage wae a great factor In reducing the acreage 1n Box-elder Box-elder and Emery countlea. The principal princi-pal Increase occurred In IHichesne end Uinta eountlea, where the acreage nearly double. XI I Hard also showed a good gain. "Pasture and ranges showed material decllnee In condition the paet month, the greatest cbangea eerurrlng In Box-aider Box-aider and Han Juan eountlea, where conditio la only ft and SO per cent of normal, reepectlvely. Juab, Millard. Salt Lake and Utah counties are also several points below the elate average of II per cent. In general prospects for winter range are good. Rain would stilt be helpful In many placee." |