Vernal Express | 1972-05-25 | Page 7 | USDA Launches Nation Farm Survey

USDA Launches Nation Farm Survey The most extensive agricultural sur- sur ur of nf the sw s through the Nations Nation's farm gates Wednesday NEARLY farmer farmers to coa coast to coast will be int interviewed In the annual June Junr Enumerative Survey SUf Conducted by the theU theU U II S S. S Department of Agricultures Agriculture's Statistical Sta Sla Reporting Service this survey Is it the springboard for manY 1072 1172 crop and livestock production estimates and other farming forecasts h. ts By Dy June 0 6 6 the survey will all agricultural activity within scientifically selected land segments segment representing all U U. S S. S farmland The number of segments segment In a Stale State ranges front from to 1000 only Alaska and HawaII Hawaii Ha Ita- wali are not in the pro program ram UTAH HAS 24 segments for enumeration enumeration which will mean mean personal interviews interviews inter inter- views with about 2000 farmers accordIng according accord accord- ing to toV W. W Grant Lee statistician In charge of USDA's Utah crop and livestock re reporting reporting porting service Our field workers workers or enumerators will ask farmers about planted planted numbers of chickens hogs cattle and calves and farm labor Mr Lee said The main aim of the undertaking however however how how- ever is to Identify p planted will serve as a base for crop production estimates from July harvest