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Show '.XX ' '. . ' 7 ' V' f . i in n tron if SUNDAY, Utah County, Utah County Leads . . State Utah County One Of J op rm Counties in , v pi: ACMES While no figures on total 1953 farm income in Utah County were available by Progress Edi- ' tion 50 County Agent said the total was believed less than the $1?P340,000 estimate for 1952. In some quarters, the decline was estimated at as high as 10 to 15 per cent. The peak, year In the county's history was 1951 when the agri cultural income was pegged at S20.407. In 1950 the figure was and in 1949 it was 314,769, 78 $16,480. 33 245.845 126,023 63 137.566 239,810 (1950) (1913) .' v, t V- - v.' . .. - ' i 7V 5 " 5 v.. ; :'" V: ".. i ' L - fw.'', V'- -'' r" r ' i .v y - . "V- - i .V 42 40.434 18.511 - vijt;'k,.,,"- - J I. .W.y late spring frost which the. fruit crop was one --V blighted 56 reason for the dip in 1953 income compared with the previous year. 62 303 StRAtn:c'!K,;'-(I9H) Slightly lower prices paid for a 64 432,745 number of farm products also Strawberries Harvested - Qts. (1943) V: contributed to the decline. CRELN PVAS Harvested for Sale 32 2.443 (1949) Acres Production of most fruits-wa- s down in 1953. Elsewhere on the SWEET CORN Harvested for Sale 51 (1943) , 2,640 Acres . farm front, wheat production was TOMATOES Harvested for Sale up. So was Deet production, ana 94 ' 1,107 (1943) Acres the canning crops brought a fine s ONIONS Harvested for Sale A very . poor celery year yield. 87 not as famous for its is 255 BUMPER GRAIN HARVEST Although Utah Valley (1949) Acres was noted. some as other for crops, wheat, barley and other grains are grain production ALFALFA Cut for Hay which rates as the n Livestock, centers of grain pro-100 one the And 26.095 of in (1949) abundance. county's grown Acres about revenue farm 47 by getter top 79,873 (1949) Ouantitv Harvested - Tons i: 2l2 to 1 over crops, continued SUGAR BEETS Harvested for Sugar were declines 95 strong, although 1.670 1950 Acres H noted in some departments. In 8127.897 (1950) Tons Harvested Quantity livestock and livestock 1952, ' prod 96 4.680 HORSES and COLTS - On Farms (1950) ucts accounted for $12,398,000 of 78 129.183 (1950) SHEEP and LAMBS - On Farms the total farmincome of $18,- 50 , 66,933 Sheep and Lambs sold alive (1949) 340,000, with field crops bringing ) Value of Sheep & Lambs and $2,082,000, fruit $1,861.000, 36 (1949) $1,219,963.00 sold alive other products $1,219,000. While 53 657,683 (1949) WOOL PRODUCTION - Pounds ' the figures for 1953 were differ20 (1949) 207,083, TURKEYS RAISED cases in most and lower, ent,, ' CHICKENS Ian average etables that are often shipped the percentage was believed to Farmers received to Number on Farms 4 months distances dollar of out each market, of 45 cents long be about the same. 60 441,524 (1950) old" and over for Poultry and eggs brought farm- consumers that urban spent ' 53 4,618,230 (1949) Chickens Eezs Sold - Doz. products in 1953, ac- - ers a higher percentage of the Canada's Northwest Territories farm food Value of Chicken Eggs Sold (1949) $1,990,574.00 54 to government charts. X consumer's, dollar than any other hrve an area of 1,309,682 square cording FOULTRY 4 POULTRY PRODUCTS The remaining 55 cents went product in 1953, replacing meat miles. 65 (1949) $3.491,945.00 Value of Products Sold to pay marketing charges made which led in 1952. Here are figafter products left the hands of ures showing the share of the consumer's dollar received by the the farmer. in the two years: farmer of the retail price The share 1953 received by farmers varied widePoultry and eggsT'l 69 ly by commodities and commod cents: meat. 63 cents: dairy ity groups. For bread and other products, 48 cents; fruit and. vegbakery products, the costs of etables. 29 cents; and grain prod dol-- 1 enlargement of tlje company's reTthe Utah Oil Refining l a processing ucts. 22 cents. two million of Company baking and Launching 1952 and the i oi eggs, 62 exceeded s ui Poultry lacmues. reumng of four payment the greatly company ,i finery lar expansion aaaiuonaiegan 63 uwm the for received nave tuu farmers cents; meat, uetn iias siuhu cents; dairy agu by markotin? tprritorv has hishlisht- storage lanns fruit and veged Utah Oil Refining Company s'structed during 1953. Each tack a small company to a fifty million grain in these products. Costs products,3755 cents;and of transportation are high for etables, cents; grain prod inas a capacity oi z.baa.wu ganons dollar enterprise, Mr. Holt 1053 activities some perishable fruits and veg- - ucts, 20 cents. "It is interesting to note that (Continued on Pace 11-Utoco. which has a number cf :!'7-- :: outlets in the Utah County area, during the year bought proper.y in Oregon. Washington, and Nevada. Construction was authorized t 23 locations. Much of the con' ' ' ' ' ' ' I j struction began and is now continj uing. In addition. Utoco acquired the Gardner Oil Company at Yakima, Washington which operated two bulk plants, one at Yakima and one - at Toppcnish and also 12 re- C tail outlets in that area. Recent' completion of the pro ducts pipeline fromhasSalt Lake to . r g facilitated the Spokane area, the expansion project and accounts will be supplied from facilities at Pasco and later J -- X viw.iO' .;,J , from duplicate facilities at Spo " kane, E. S. Holt, Utoco president. - . I " . $ , , , , j said. f Utoeo's, marketing expansion has been made possible by ilie J " , it f'" X X , ii v Z '. press-tim- e. A (19o0) (1913) , o .,. - S. Ft. Bos well ' (1950) (1950) W .i;.'-..,'.."- - H farm items. - Number of Trees - All A2es Quantity Harvested ' - 'Bushels APPLES Number of Trees - All Ages Qu.irfty Harvested - Bushels PLUMS and PRUNES Number of Trees - -All A?es Ouanftv Harvested Bushels ''!' :::.',!,,. - ': ' .X - 71'' i : : Utah County farmers had an other gocd year in 1953, athough estimated total farm income dipped under the figure for the previous year. Agriculture continues to play a strong role in the country's economy. Rated as the. No. 1 county, agriculturally; in the state, Utah County is among the top 100 counties in the entire nation in production of many y ' ; - - in and 50tb in aople production? In the state Utah ranks, The No. 1 agricultural-countcounties in the whole United States In and alsoin several departments production crops .e i;Vp:ork and produced. 3070 counties is Vtah County?s ranking among the Be Commerce of Chamber In. the nailon.Wiled by the Provo from 1350 U S. Census of Agriculture usures. Rank in U.S.A. Number PEARS 17 127.735 (1950) All Ages Number of Trees 23 132.5S5 Number of Bushels Harvested (1950) CHERHIES 27 91.444 (1950) Number of Trees - -All Ages 32 Pounds (1950) 2,583,186 Ouantitv Harvested oan? In Utah i : Farm Output "f all counties Did vou know that Utah ranks 23rd among h Twenty-seventin the United States in production of pears? of harvest in the d peaches production? Thirty-thircher ' miaMi : SUNDAY HERAuj MARCH 14. 1954 IU-- U arm ;ywn?v ru - vCi r$2x ' - Farmers Receive 45 Cents Of Each Dollar Spent by Consumers for Farm Food v x .xk x. x x- i x . - . j ."'!" ' ,1 duction iis Mapietoa Bench where the Herald staff photograph, shown above, was taken. Utah County is the state's leading agricultural county and rankJ among-- the topnotch counties in the entire nation in farm output. best-know- - 4 r X ' .x 7 X . v' .4: 7 . I . .i Slide-Rul- e . ; v ' ''' ' . ' t Accu I'ccy In Metals " 'i - : Utah Oil Carries Out $2 Million Expansion Program Throughout Marketing Territory - othef tua-.yca- rs ' , - 2iJjf v 1 Outlook For 1954 Good , "e - national forecasts according to Mr. Calder. Unem ployment, listed at 2.000.000 n the end of 1953. may rise but not much over 3.000.000. It is generally considered, the banker stated that the country need not be too concerned unti unemployment reaches 3.000.000 Even at full employment, there are always about L.500.000 work-- I ers of the labor force of 62.000 000 who are not working because they are moving from one job to an- other, waiting for a job to mater-- i lalize, or are without work for some other reason. The demand , for some products likely will drop, including indus-- j trial plant and equipment, con-sumer durables, and automobiles. There will also be a Reduced de- -' mand for defense materials, With the fighting over in Korea, the annual rate of $50 billion in expenditures for defense is expected to be cut by $5 billior, with manpower cuts representing one billion of this. Taking a look at the year 1953. Mr. Calder noted that an extraordinary stability of prices and .wages helped to keep the business adjustment mild and order-- , ly. The cost of living rose about 1 per cent, although farm prices were off as high as 45 per cent. Mr. Calder noted that prices are now more nearly in line with labor costs than for the last sev1 eral years. , m j - i 1 I, n lJ mtt giw v., i "y . . "niHI s ' It I! It! fll'f.l . T r. I -J ' 5tdreotype . I'--- ' i . 'X. i. I : ; J' X Monotype ii rf - Linotype Babbit W in rrrnCS - jj.. ' 5 - iflKl aaaaa-- ' . v Hil - - IT. U- I v v777 was more than just another board meeting when the directors of the" Thermoid Company of New Jersey and Thermoid Western Company ol Nephi, Utah met in Salt Lake City on Novembejr 2. It was, in fact, the first Thermoid directors' meeting held in this state since the establishment of the Nephi Plant in 1948. Significant, too, was a1 resolution at the to hold; annually one of their six regular board meetings from nowmeeting on in mis cny. --At board attended the meeting. With one Eight members of the nine-ma- n reside in cities on the Atlantic seaboard. Contact with exception, they industrial of leaders the state and a tou of the factory at Nephi many inspired great; optimism for the continued growih of the west and expansion of iThermoid manufacture of rubber products' in this locality. X YOU'RE 1 SAFE WITH i S OUR UTAH METALS During a luncheon at which the board ws host to a large group of civic and business leaders, Fred E. Schulter, chairman, said that Utah was chosen as a location for, a western factory because Thermoid had been sold on x investing in "the fine character, of Utah citizens." I. Some 350 ;' .: ' ;.- :,k ' Utah citizens are now employed at Nephi plant. Abput 400 other jobsim related industries have also beenthe, made available. Thermoid X has never had occasion to regret building an inland factory, far removed xrom me sources or. supply. The compensating factor of "character" reliable and resourceful labor has hebed in a big way to make the successful. enierprise nigniy I ..; : ; 7 X7 TV 1U M :'.;;! XX Construction, curtailed. In 1953 y on account of the po1-ic- y which prevailed much of the year, is likely to be spurred this year. With more money available, more new starts in construction are predicted. This forecast applies locally, as we II 7 as nation- ally, with considerable public rs well as private building in the effing. Oil Field. Industrial tnd Auton6tWe Products NEPHI, UTAH PZ3L-- '"11 n W Salt Lake City, Utah ; ! hJfrd-mdne- . I i indi- cate the country's industrial out put may be off 6 per cent in 19o4 : l '' x - "-Mt' ' ' - .: J1 v . "' 4-- Some - I ; (Continued from Page ious inasmuch as the 1953 gross national product was the highest ever and 5 per cent over tne 1952 figure, he added. (The GNP figures are compiled and released by the U. S. Department of Com merce). - X-"'- v 7' Electrotype J . ; Ingot Brass ttr-min- al ; !V1'-- ! , ' i .j - :?!:.fVdut '' Ingot Gopher V - - :''. 1 155 Hayes Ave. SMELTERS, i i Phone REFINERS & DEALERS 4-16- 98 1! |