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Show 10 Sun Advocate, Price, Utah Thursday, July 27, 1995 Agriculture plays role in Carbon economy very likely that more and more people will be moving to AmeriCorps member Utah. New homes and indusUtahs 82,168 square miles tries are being built on fertile of land includes 11,100,000 land. acres of farm and ranch land. Utah must learn from the One million acres, or about hard lessons experienced by 2 percent of the states total some European communities area, are planted with irri- who elected to grow houses on gated crops. In the past fertile lands instead of food. decade, approximately 400 They are now paying the price square miles of prime farm- by having to import much of land has been lost to their food and fiber because development. they cannot grow it themAt the rate fertile land is selves. We must not repeat being rooftopped and their mistakes, pointed out blacktopped, by the year 2040, Gov. Mike Leavitt. food will need to be imported. Carbon County has nearly Our food budget, which is now 292,000 acres of land in farms, about 12 percent of our month- with about 8,000 acres of irriof gated crops. That is less than ly income, (about one-hawhat other countrys citizens one-haof what it was in five will rise times 1967. that However, the decrease pay) to 60 of economics and is the result percentage percent, stated Utah Commissioner of not of mans encroachment Agriculture Cary Peterson. upon the land. By ELDON MILLER lf lf American farmers and Data shows that the income ranchers comprise less than 2 from farming in Carbon Counpercent of the United States ty has grown at a slower rate, population. They each raise .4 percent, than has income enough food for 90 Americans and 40 foreign citizens. Eighty percent of Utahs farm food come from products California. With the new popularity our state has acquired it is from other sources. This is not surprising since over of the 182 farmranch owners have other jobs to supplement incomes. Many of the two-thir- full-tim- ds farmersranchers e are retired from other jobs. Loretta Marie Jones September 14, 1946 - July 31, 1970 Losing a mother is one of the deepest sorrows a heart can know. Twenty-fiv- e years have passed since an unknown assailant took you away from me. I can only be thankful for having you in my life- - even if it was for such a short time. Not a day passes that you aren't in my thoughts. In my heart you'll always be. Loye your daughter, Heidi The local data is consistent with the rest of the state, where 54 percent of the farms are run by individuals whose principal occupation is not farming. Utah has one of the highest such percentages in the nation. Carbon County is fortunate to have additional sources of income. Of Utahs 29 counties, Carbon is 10th from the top in total farm and non-farincome, according to the 1995 Utah Agriculture Statistics Report. m Although Carbons main income is not from agriculture, livestock and livestock products contributed more than $4 million to the countys economy. This data is also consistent with Utah as a whole as 36 percent, of the states total agricultural cash receipts Repairing friends rain drain of the farms in Utah are owned by individuals or families, 12 percent are partnerships and less than 5 percent are corporations. Nearly 54. percent of the farms are run by individuals whose principal occupation is not farming. The average age of Utah farm operators is nearly 55 and has increased from previous years. Personal interviews with local ranchers indicate that the average age of Carbon County ranchers is higher than 55. Bureau of Land Management records show that of the 200 BLM permittees there are four owners from out of state and 16 owners who live out of the Carbon-Emer- y area. The BLM has more than 2,200,000 acres in the Price River and San Rafael permittee allotment areas. The United States Forest try. Utah cattlemen had Service report indicates the calves on cows and 890,000 70 plus permitfarms and ranches on Jan. 1. Manti-LaSal- s tees a more than little run of is increase That an 30,000 head of cattle on the 1.4 2,000 for A factor 1994.' head over million-acr- e annuThe be due range. cattle increase may the to the experienced drought for al operation plan for Gentry Mountain shows an allotment several years prior to 1995. of the for 1,440 livestock. During the heart The determination for the (1989-92many drought number of livestock to forage ranchers reduced herd numlands is complicated, on public bers. Since 1992, operators, research shows that the but have been increasing herd of professional management numbers to more normal size, A has lands been effective. the with beef cattle remaining the 90 comparphotographic year same as 1994 at 345,000 head. Cattle and calves on full feed ison of erosion and vegetation Manti-L- a Sal for slaughter totaled 60,000 change on the 90 shows National Forest peron Jan. 1, a 15,000 head cent of the range has improve-d- . increase over 1994. The averProper stewardship of the age value per head was down to $655, compared to $690 a range, public and private, is essential to insure continued year ago. Livestock and livesuse. future tock products accounted for shows the agriculEvidence more than $626 million in tural industrys tax base is vitcash receipts for the state. the to al states economy. Agri-Carbon County beef cattle cultural production and prorose to 11,000 head in 1994 cessing produce a tax surplus from 6,400 in 1993. While more than 80 percent compared to the services they comes from the cattle indus- ), 1 . require. Agribusiness provides more than 100,000 jobs for Utahns. Agriculture is not only the job of the workers who actually grow food and fiber on Americas farms. There are ? EIMISUSGK? Lamont Kartchner, Price, helps refurbish a friends rain gutter Wednesday morning. The two friends remounted and calked the gutter to take care of summer rainstorms and this winter's snow runoff. millions of people who This Space Reserved for your Message FOR MAJOR APPLIANCE 1 637-073- 2 and take advantage of our Advertising Special Verticals, Mini, Wood -8- 00-4-REPAIR (1 m ANYTIMEr BUTCH & DAVE Connection Local Technicians Debbie Weston Emery 637-823- 195 E. Main, Castle Dale 3812421 0 ALL TYPES OF AUTO dluUiCdc&vtiie 1 Special Intro. 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And decrease the cost of your insurance. Air Conditioning MINE HYDRAULICS Insurance Welcomed Member Chiropractic Health Plan FIRES. FOREST University of Utah. Survived by her parents, Duane and Jenny Mahoney, South Jordan; Joyce and Harry Halterman, Salt Lake; sister, Traci Lynn Mahoney, Salt Lake; stepsisters, Penalope Capps and Karen Holt, Texas; stepbrothers, Aaron Allred, Salt Lake; Harry Eugene Halterman, Phoenix, Ariz.; grandparents, Denton and Dorothy Mahoney, Heber City; Norman and Carol Wood, Wood-buOre.; Charlene and Emil Soderquist, Ogden. She was preceded in death by her sister, LeeAnn; grandmother, Irma and her greatgrandmother, Nina Hust. Funeral services will be Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Hidden Cove Ward, 1988 W. 11400 South, South Jordan. Friends may call one hour prior to services at the church. Interment, South Jordan City Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 6931 Arlington Road, Bethesda, MD 20814. Hal-terma- n; REPAIR Now ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT Born Sept. 9, 1972 in Salt Lake City to Duane K. and Joyce A. Mahoney. A member of the LDS Church, Hidden Cove Ward. Coauthor of Life On Borrowed Time. At the time of her death, she was studying genetics at the 39 N. 600 E., Price CELLULAR i. - IWDIiMWH CHIROPRACTO SOUTH JORDAN Carla Rae Mahoney, age 22, died July 23, 1995 at the University of Utah Medical Center due to complications from cystic fibrosis. DR. M.K. THAYN stock Authorized Agent of Now do STATE INSPECTIONS Carla Mahoney 1 Coast to Coast. Paul Pugliese Cody Austin 0 Mon. thru Fit - Closed SaL - CHIROPRACTOR CELLULAR PHONES AIRPORT AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE Obituaries Window In Price & CAR CAR SECertif Blinds BRAND REPAIR, CALL LOW, LOW NEW LOCATION 620 E. Main, Price Americas farmlands. Even though agriculture is not a major industry in Carbon County the statistics show it is a viable part of the local economy. Factory Direct! 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