Show Farm receipts in Uintah County Mil Special Ilo to the Express To what extent have Uintah County farmers been affected by the adverse conditions that have ha been troubling growers and cattle raisers in general I low How well did they make out under the circumstances In the past year All Allin in all they will remember u guru as us not the best and not the forst of oC years Their overall receipts from Crom the sale of crops livestock and other farm products compared favorably with those reported for many parts of oC the country It was a year in which growers were hurt hurl by a downtrend in prices for Cor their products in the last half of the year according to the Farm Index of oC the Department of oC Viniculture The drop was coun coun- to a large degree by increased production What made the huge hUgl harvest possible was wasI I higger bigger plantings generally i 1 favorable u weather conditions t more ore intensive use of oC herI herbicides herbicides her her- I I and fertilizers and andi i improved efficiency ALTHOUGH gross receipts were still at a high level so were operating expenses They soared skyward cutting culling into he the gross as inflation con con- In Uintah County according to figures compiled by the Standard Rate and Data SerIo Ser Ser- Io vice farm Carm receipts In the past year came to The year before they totaled The income figure refers to gross receipts before outlays for Cor labor fuel Cuel taxes equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment fertilizer and the like were taken into account The bulk of it came from Crom the marketing of oC crops livestock and other farm Carm products The remainder consisted of government payments and income in kind which Is the value of ot homegrown food consumed on the farm ACCORDING to the latest Department of Agriculture statistics approximately 6 percent of Uintah County's cash receipts from farm goods was from the sale of crops and 94 percent from Crom sales of oC livestock poultry and dairy products The rub for Cor the farmer lies inthe Inthe in inthe the fact that he seems to be on a treadmill He fie has been increasing increasing increasing in in- creasing his yield but has been making little headway otherwise otherwise otherwise other other- wise because of oC steadily rising operating costs U. T |