Vernal Express | 1954-10-28 | Page 12 | Uintah County Alfalfa Seed Production 15% Higher than '53 Crop, Says Acord Section

county 15 higher than 53 crop says acord the alfalfa seed crop is ih good od this year both in utah and the rest of gar the country KB as a whole here in uintah county there has been an increase 0 of 15 per cent in seed over last years vears crop even though storms destroyed ns as much as one third of some fur far mers seed crop crol in this area it was lust just a good seid sed at ar according to clair acord chounn coun arri agricultural cultural a agent nt many sed farmers rep reported orfed from three to six bags of seed per acre the utah cron is forecast lit t acres pounds clemi cleall seed per acre I 1 pounds clean wed veed produced for 1 this ibis compares with acres harvested pounds clean seed per acre and pounds clean produced it in 1953 the 1954 production is down about three percent from 1953 even though acreage for harvest Is up about 11 percent because cf vf a poorer 0 yield per acre this year T the he 1954 crop of alfalfa seed for the united states Is forecast at pounds of clean seed by li the tile crop reporting board this is is about a sixth smaller than the record crop of pounds in 1052 1952 but is 10 percent larger than last years year spro production of pounds and 59 percent above the 1943 52 average of pounds increased production of alfalfa seed this year is due entirely to the expected record yield per acre which more than offsets the smaller acreage this year as compared with last year and the 10 0 year average of the eight states with a larger indicated production than in 1953 largest percentage niage increases occur in OkIn oklahoma homa montana new nebraska ohio michi michigan an co and california sf reductions duct ions ore are reported for biscon and washington