| Show I J TH WHEAT HEAT YiElD PROMISES GAIN OVER 1920 Report on Outlook Made by Federal Department of Agriculture Promise of an average average yield of wheat in this this- year of nineteen bushels I per per acre ora gross total on the acre- acre I age sown of bushels an estimated estimated esti esti- 1 mated yield over last year of bushels Is forecasted by M. M M. M Justin statistician of the bureau burea I of crops esti estl- mates Winter Vinter lo losses ses are aIe reported UnUsually unusually un un- I usually usually small the abandoned acreage being in Cache and Boxelder Doelder counties I The reports Indicate said Mr Justin Justin Jus Jus- tin that only 9 acres of the I acres sown to r rye e last fall faU are to be bo harvested The condition of the portion portion por por- tion remaining is 99 a very high figure figure figure fig fig- ure and indicates a production of bushels This is ne nearly fourteen bushels per acre Despite the low price of hay ah an In Increase increase increase in- in crease of acres in the tame hay acreage of the state is indicated by bythe bythe by bythe the reports of crop reporters There Thero I Iare are now acres of various sorts sorts' of tame ha hay crops Wild lId hay remains I unchanged at about acres The condition of ha hay Is 97 97 one point above I average and indicates a production of I tons The rhe percent of last I years crop on the farms is 22 or a a. total of 3 2000 tons This is ten times the amount on hand hane a year ago PLOWING ADVANCED D. D Plowing ving for spring planting was 85 per cent d done ne on onla May la 1 I. I compared with 68 63 per cent last year and 81 Si per cent as' as asa a year six average a Planting was 75 per cent completed compared with 56 percent 56 per cent last year rear and an average of 74 4 per cent Pasture and ranges were In very good condition being 93 per cent of normal where the average is only 66 Last years year's figure was 74 per cent Losses of livestock the past year ear have been very light This is In en encouraging encouraging encouraging en- en contrast to last years year's re report report re- re port which showed losses much above the average Swine are the only animals animals animals ani ani- mals that showed an average death rate The figures reported show the I losses from disease to have been 2072 head of horses head of oC cattle and sheep Last year they were 2350 horses cattle and sheep Under disease are arc included all deaths I other than those due to old age accidents accidents acci acci- II dents slaughter and exposure C. CATTLE ANI AX SHEEP Losses from exposure the past year car totaled cattle and sheep Last year ear they were cattle and sheep All classes of livestock are In good condition this year while last year they were generally thin and un un- thrifty The difference reflects directly direct direct- ly the difference in feed supply and winter severity Utah 1921 and 1920 figures and corresponding corresponding corresponding cor cor- responding averages averages of the past ten years rears are tabulated in the report as follows acreage and production figures figures fig fig- ures Lires being given in thousands that is DOO omitted UTAH inter K-inter wheat wheat- 1921 1920 Av ATE Pet abandoned 40 0 40 0 3 34 Acres for harvest hanest Condition pet OS 98 03 95 94 fH Production est cst bu 2661 2561 2340 lye- lye Acres for harvest 14 15 16 Condition pet pt 03 13 06 98 6 05 OS 5 Production tet s Et bu 1 fame rame r hay hay hay- j i Acres e Toy Tor lo- lo lohar har fit si 17 A 4 J i 1 01 OX last iasi year J. J JI i hay hay hay- t Acres for or harvest Pet Pct of last year UI hay hay hay- v I i Acres 93 ESS Condition pet pot 07 7 92 02 02 06 Production est tons 1419 1416 1415 Hay on farms May Mayl 1 2 31 31 Pet of last crop 22 2 3 3 6 63 a lowing flowing ret Pet done May ray 1 i- i 85 65 CS 81 Si Slanting Planting k Pet Pct done May Mayl 1 i 75 11 SC 74 14 and rang range I Condition pet normal 03 OS' 74 H 88 83 o per p per r thousand last year Horses Horses disease 16 15 15 16 IS 33 Cattle Cattle dIsease disease 16 20 19 10 Cattle Cattle exposure exposure ure 25 I 68 63 30 Sheep disease Shep disease 15 16 22 20 Sheep SheeP exposure exposure 23 23 75 76 42 U Lambs Lambs disease disease and ex exposure exposure ex- ex 45 80 65 66 Swine Swine disease disease 25 Ii SI U 23 livestock Condition Condition j Horses OS og g 87 05 95 Cattle r 08 os 83 14 04 Sheep 07 UT 86 05 95 Swine t 8 s 04 ito 97 07 |
