Show CROP statistics preliminary statement of thirteenth census results issued by the a census bureau washington Statis ts relative to the leading crops for the state of utah collected at the thirteenth lie decennial census april 35 15 1910 are contained in an official statement issued july 12 by acting census rA director rector balkner PaH Pal nier kner tt it Is based on tabular sum mailes prepared under the direction of dr le grand Po powers Ners chief statistician for agriculture in the dureau bureau of census the figures are preliminary and sub eject lect to slight re revision vilon later when a t few other farms faring whose returns now incomplete will bp b included in the anal tables it is not expected that these additions will materially modi ty the amounts or rates given in the present statement the leading crops of the state for 1909 ranked la in the order ot of kalua tion were ilay hay and forage DOO wheat oats potatoes and barley 1 increase in hay and forage ila iian and forage showed an increase of acres or 4 iter cent between 1899 and 1909 acres in 1879 hay and fora gi ii Increased to in 1889 to S 43 in 1899 and again to in 1909 hence during the 30 year period 1879 1909 hay and forage has increased its acreage more than five times the total bield in 1909 was 1015 tons the average yield per acre 2 25 5 tons the average value per acre 1835 18 35 decrease in wheat wheat in the decade from 1899 to 1909 decreased acres or 6 5 7 per cent from 72 acres in 1870 wheat increased to in 1889 to in 1899 and fell to in 1909 the aggregate yle alei in 1909 was 3 bushels of which bushels was mas winter wheat the average yield per acre was 22 bushels the value per acre 2110 oats nearly double oats during the decade increased acres or 86 2 per cent from acres in 1879 oats increased to in 1889 to ni in 1899 and to in 1909 a constant and consistent In increase inci clease easo the total yield in 1909 was bushels the average yield per acre 40 bushels the average value per acre 20 70 A gain in Rota potatoes toes during the decade ending in 1909 potatoes increased acres or 36 9 2 per cent prom 1879 when acres were harvested potatoes fell to 0 in 1889 but rose to 10 in 1899 and to in 1909 the ag gregath yield in 1909 was 3 bushels the average yield per acie bushels tho the average value per acre 61 so barley triples tho the increase in barley for the decade from 1899 to 1909 was acres or 5 per cent starting with acres in 1879 barley fell to 6 in 1889 rose to in 1899 and to in 1909 the hotd beld in 1909 was bushels the avei aei age yield per acle acio 33 bushels the average value pei acre 17 65 crop comparisons tho the cereals had an aggregate acre age of acres in 1909 as corn com pared to in 1899 an increase of 42 acres or 16 8 per cent among the cereals wheat exceeded all others in acreage and value being squal equal to about go 60 per cent of the total acreage and kotil value oats ranked second hiving having an acreage and value less than onelia one half lf as great as wheat the average value of cereals per acre in 1909 was 20 2040 40 slightly over that of chiy and forage and about one third that of potatoes with the ex e caption of buckwheat wheat showed the highest average value per acre ive 1 e the lowest of the hay bay and for aso ago crops alfalfa ranked first not only in value but also in acreage being equal to moie than seven tenths and four fifths respect respectively ivel of the total acleane and total value of the entire ha and forage crop wild salt or prairie grasses with ith a much less acreage and value alue tood stood second tho the value of the hay and forage crop exceeded that of the combined cereals there were w ere a number of miscellaneous crops and the most of them v were ere well above the more newil crops in value pei pe acie |