Show A AGRICULTURE RI IN m UTAH AU KEEPS ON tIng Starting with a few scattered farms in Salt Lake valley lle that produced produced pro- pro only enough products to care for the tW-the the handful of settlers Utah's agricultural industry has developed until there are no now v nearly farms with a total valuation of ot and an output o of nearl nearly during 1926 according to the report of f Frank Andrews federal agricultural statistician fot for Uta Utah A At t the time of the first agrIculture agriculture ture turo census which was was taken in 1850 there were farms tamIs ns ai-ns with a valuation of The output o of these farms In Jn that year was considerably considerably considerably con con- under During the next twenty years the valuation o of the crops increased only by a a. small per per percent cent averaging a about a i. i year However I during the ten years rears from 1870 to 1880 the number of f farms Increased rom front to and in 1900 the they had had increased to The valuation valuation valuation Of or the farms and buildings was In 1903 while the crops showed allowed a a. production of ne nearly near nearly near near- r. r ly The number of ot farms by 1920 had increased to In 1919 the returns from the the farms were the tho highest in in- inthe the history of ot the state amounting to This was due to the tho heavy production and the increased prices following the war In 1920 th the valuation of ot the farms and nd buildings of ot the state was estimated at the highest peak ever reached The production that year amounted to The following year ear de despite der spite tie Hie fact that the production was was- good the value of the farm crops crop's amounted to only onh due to the low prices Since that time the production has been averaging about a year with the exception of ot 1925 when the products brought a return of ot f to the farmers farm farm- ers era This was due to the bumper crop eron which h was the best the state has ever experienced experience and to the good prices Although there has been an increase in- in crease of ot 8 several verat hundred farms arms Inthe in inthe inthe the state since 1920 the valuation of the land buildings has de- de cr cra ed a ed cd by nearly The number of farms the valuation valuation val val- nation of the lan land and buildings and the return on n the crops from 1870 to 1925 are ares 33 s rs follows 1870 farms valuation and return on crops 1880 farms farm valuation and and return 1890 1800 farms valuation and ret return rn 1900 farms valuation and v valuation and and- 00 1920 farms arms 00 valuation and re Te- Te turn In 1925 the tho last year the census census cen ceri- sus sue was taken there were farms with a. a valuation a-valuation of or and th returns of ot The census was taken last year ear after alter a year five period rather than a year ten period because it was requested by the farmers Itis it itis is said |