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Show Number of Farms Drops DropsBut DropsBut But Acreage Increases IncreasesAgricultural , , Agrrcdtural AgricLltural Census Show Shows ShowsThe ShowThe The number of farms in m the thecounty thecounty tincounty county of Grand state of Utah Utahas Utahas Utahas as shown by the prelimmar preliminar preliminarcount preliminarycount count of returns of the 194o 1943 194 ; > cen census census census sus of agriculture agnculture was \ sas as 91 acompaied as ascompaled ascompaied compaled compaied with 155 in 111 1940 and am176 176 in m 1935 This was annOlmc announc annOlmced announccci announced ed cci today by Ira Garlick super supervisor supervisor supervisor . visor for the 1945 farm census censusiii censusin 111 iii the Third Utah census distrIct distrIctwith districtwith districtwith with headquarters at RichfIeldutah RichfieldUtah Richfield utah The total land in 111 farms 111 in 111Grand nGrand Grand inGrand county according accordmg to the theprelimmary thepreliminary thpreliminary prelimmary preliminary 1945 census countwas countwas count was 156 988 acres as comparci compared comparedwith comparedwith with 139 265 acres m in 1940 and an < 47038 47 038 acres in 111 1935 Average Averagesize Averagesize size of farms shown in m the pre hmmar prehmmar preliminar3 limmari liminar3 1945 count for Grand Grandcounty Grandcounty county was 1725 acres as com corn compared cornwith cornpared ' pared with 898acres 898 acres m 111 in 1940and 1940and 1940 and 267 acres in 111 1935In 1935In 1935 In announcing announcmg the 1945 census census cen ' sus totals of farms and land 111 in infarms 111farms in'farms 'farms farms farms Supervisor in m Grand county Super SuperVisor Supervisor thatthe Visor Garlick pointed pomted out that the figures al aie e preliminary prehmmary an anc ancsubject andsubject subJect to correction Final Fmal tab tabulatlOns tabulations tabulations ulatlOns ulations of Grand county farm farmcensus farmcensus farmcensus census returns retl.1rns retl1rns . will be made DY oy the oythe DYthe bureau of the census and an announced announced announced nounced from Washington Washmgton when whencompleted whencompleted whencompleted completed completedIr ! \ Mr \Ir Ir Garlick said |