Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-12-18 | Page 24 | Utah Acreage for Winter Wheat Increased

UTAH ACREAGE FOR WINTER WHEAT -INCREASED j Farm Waget Average $64 Monthly, Including Board, Say Report. I Vt;ih, with 172,000 aor sown In wlntrr wheat, shows a 4 pr cent In- i pwiw cvrr tlift ncrraK sown In 1917, acenrdi ns; to the report of Minor M-Justin, M-Justin, fifhl AKnt for tTtah anrl Nevada Ne-vada .f th hurmu of rrop entimatfs of the !?n!tul 8tJite flMpnrtment of aerlcultiire. Arreafre of winter wtiat sown In J 91 7 waa I6.,000. Thla comparatively small fncrense reflect a the l'iri;e tncreasa In uprinu wheat report mI Inst aprine. Justin states. Con Mill era hl nnl that woiihl have lain fullnw for s-eiltnK 'his fall whs pown to spring wheat. Tho cold fpHl In November made farmers uti-wllllnjr uti-wllllnjr to rink hlirh priced aeed on newlv plowed pround. Kail plowimr Is reported only 90 per rent aa far alonix as usual. This la attributed mainly to the drouth In the South and the short tie e of lahr. Many nf the hlffher sections were hlnderetl hy cold and snow. Rve nrreax shows an Incrense .f 1000 acres. Hya whs sown on lVOnn acrep In as compared to 16.000 icres In 1917. Farm watren hv the month are reported re-ported as avernKln tH with board nd without board. Prv wages In harvest averaged $M IS with board nd when board was not fnr- ilhed Oihr farm labor by the d.'iv ( -eoetved 2 no with board and f 1 ".0 i slthoiit boar!. These figures are he- low thope prevail In? In the northern J pnrt of the state and above fhoe rre- I vailing In the southern part. Most farmers report that sheeph-rtlers and common labor receive h Ik her was , than farm labor and that la conse-uenee conse-uenee help waa hard to get or keep ' The commercial apple crop Is finally reported aa 49,ftrtn boxe f,.r the state, compared with 5 T. 2.000 In 1917. v N