| Show J. J i It is pot not generally appreciated appreciate how i t much we lose each year by devoting j so much ot of our irrigated lands to the raising of wheat and so little to ther the r raising i g of potatoes and other small crops crops crop s which yield higher returns 50 i T The l report t of our State Bureau of or f. f x I 1 J Statistics for instance shows that in 1910 the farm value per acre of var- var f ious bus crops was as follows follows- follows l' l j 1 f v J C Ct Wheat t w. w 2070 Hay 2572 Oats 01 2184 Sugar Beets Barley 2100 Alfalfa Corn 2408 Potatoes 89 68 That set of figures carries carrieR its own moral moral Yet the states state's total acreage I r i v f in wheat is w while il there are but it potatoes Of course apart part of v the wheat vh at land landis is non non irrigated irrigated and is is T 1 therefore unsuited to potatoes or other other oth- oth I. I ier er er similar crops i. i Comparing ring wheat with potatoes in ini i s i d t i another tray Vay va we ve notice that the total f acreage acreage planted to potatoes in in this H state state i was only 67 61 fa of that planted I v- v to t wheat but the value of the potato ry yield eld 36 of the value of the state of wheat Our aver average ge tl Hion ion for ten years is bushels per acre ace acre which is much hi higher h r than that I i of most states but not so high as Nevada's Nevadas Nevadas Nevada's Ne Ne- vad vadas vada's s 's or Maines Maine's We still r have nave other states to surp surpass s. s In our acreage yield we stood tood second among 2 all the states in 1909 third in 1910 and and sixth in 1911 As to quality only six states statE's stood higher than Utah inc ini in inthe i c the ten year average t In 1910 stood j we thirty fourth the states in total ff among potatoes potatoes po po- a oes and in 1911 we stood twenty twenty- tent seventh This was not entirely due k however h how ever to an increase in our own 1 yield but partly to a decrease in the crops crops ops of other states We e can eviS evidently evi evi- 4 S d dently raise more potatoes to the acre acie j rr than most of the other states but we t need needs u a larger lamer acreage Only two acres 1 es e's es out of every very hundred of our cultivated cultivated v ted land are now planted in pota J r. r to toes 1 I ii- ii J r We are able to oJ take high rank ra k in fi K the matter ot oi potato raising The etaw i. i high altitude of Utah is a a. point in its k t t favor tor is at home in 1 t such a climate te In fact it was was first firsti i 11 t discovered i vered by early explorers growing grow- grow fi R in ing wild fug W wild ld in the high ranges ranges of f Central i A America A very high proportion of I r- r l' l the the he days ys are re clear Few potato dia dia- f St fi t y eases i eases bother Utah farmers Utah W i k is excellently located for shipments shipment t i-t x g. t to to the big markets both east and west es e's Utah's pro production production I and value value i f. f i c-i of j crop r p is greater than that of m most Of the states states with which she directly v t competes C p tes v i K Not t enough l ugh attention ia is ia- ia paid paid t to r n market arket requirements The m man n who vho t v c can can n ship straight car car i l loads ads of a a fi first t tG G class i S variety ie r true ru to to na name e gets the theA A bi be st price for his liw product except nept i a which 00 goes to the man who sorts sort 9 his hie potatoes p ta oes boxes them and mar mar- A ke s. s them hem a an as a fancy faucy product In Jn Utah U Q at present wo are willing pip i mixed cJ car l loads and nd are not careful or k varieties ties I f r nou keep pour on vari true to tot tor r t y A nave name When a farmer selects a y f singe i v riet for I 1 variety for growing o sticking t t v. v strictly ly to lh t his crops crops can be ma matte e t yield higher returns 0 We T will ll in the future plant more F la a potatoes potatoe and will securE x gr gre C g increases in production due ti tl 7 b be better r meth methods di Improved strain strains j andt varieties ands T. T y will count a great deaf dea t aI and better Ul understanding er of seed po po- j t taw tato t. t js and Jaws laws of a will wilbe b be o a big factor J ri t O Our present f t II r present annual crop is it about 2000 bushels Suppose that that- th t by th the foe e of grel greater greuter ler care and science w wit t but ut Iller increasing the acreage at all ail w we were able to increase the farm ic v value value l of or oft oft-he the the crop crop by even ten per cent COlit That That W is' is cl close cloe e to a minimum t would b beani be-an be an item worth orth striving ing for r The fhe N ati n t. t Co per per Bank Will Willye will vill willye ye e in 1912 and succeeding y alt a ato to o the boy und under a eighteen ni w aise the tha be best t potatoes potatoes' j Th tion will be bli under the dirks c cis is Is F F. Boyle B S SIA A Ai A i i agriculturist r tu i of ofAs I I in Industrial As oci ocl I 11 11 1 be b be ooOO in in cash J cu fa i ti L H 11 Lork ork r on J r f L L. L Yaw 1 which will be engraved each year the name of the winner his address and the variety of potatoes he raised and the number of bushels per acre If a aboy aboy aboy boy wins the cup cap three thre times Umes in succession succession succession suc suc- cession he is fa entitled to keep the cup permanently and a new one will be its place The boy making the highest score in each county will wiH receive a recognition the details of which the bank is not yet ready to discuss for its plans on this point are ar not completed The cup bearing the winners winner's name will be shown at at fairs Faire in all the towns and cities of Utah and at various expositions and land shows in the large largo cities |
