Show FARMERS OF UTAH HAVE GOOD YEAR I PRODUCTS OF FARMS OF THE STATE TRIPLED IN THE PAST DECADE Census Report Shows Great Growth in Agriculture and Increase In Number of Farms Within the Borders of Our State Utah's farm lands produced crops In Inthe inthe the he year 1019 1919 aggregating a value alue of of an Increase of percent per cent over the total crop value of ot the year 1909 1900 according to figures Just given out from the bureau of ot census department of ot commerce Washington Washing Washing- ton on D. D C. C The Fhe report issued by Sam JL L. Rog Rog- Rogers ers ens ers director of the bureau sh shows ws a 11 valuation increase of ot all nU farm tarm property proper proper- ty y of the state in the last to In the tile value of ot land and a percentage percentage per per- Increase of 1074 per cent is shown of ot Implements and machinery 2025 per cent and of ot livestock per cent The number of farms In the state according to the census Is These farms contain acres of which acres are improved land and Since 1910 1010 the number of ot farms has Inc Increased eased per cent the tile total I acreage per cent and the ImI Improved Improved Im Im- Im- Im proved acreage per cent I Of Ot all nil farms farms' operated by owners per cent are mortgaged as compared corn com pared to per cent ten tea years ago according to the report Of women farmers Utah has of ot whom are owners one Is a manager and seventeen seventeen seventeen sev sev- enteen are t tenants na ts says the tile bulletin Of Ot the total area of ot the state 06 90 per cent Is in farms and 34 per cent of ot the farm tarm land Is Improved The acreage size of ot the U Ush h farm has Increased In creased from 1507 1567 acres to 1008 1908 and of ot this acreage the improved land has increased from acres acrea to acres s sper per farm The report shows a decrease In the production of ot wool oats barley potatoes potatoes potatoes pota pota- toes and strawberries Increase is shown In Ia the number of ot horses from 1113 to of ot mules mutes from 2139 2130 to 2 2793 2703 3 of ot cattle from 2 to of ot sheep from to I 1 1 of ot chickens from to and of stands of ot bees a decrease decrease de do- crease from to to The total number of ot cattle Is including beef beet attle and dairy cattle Beef n ef cows alone number and dairy dairy- cows The ynh value e reported for all nIl cattle Is for beef cattle and for dairy cattle The number lumber of cattle In 1010 1910 excludIng excluding ing spring calves was Of the sheep in the state 4 are lambs lambS' under one year old ewes one year old and over and rams ramS' and The total to to- tal tab value reported for sheep is Js 18 an average of ot 1116 per head The Tile number of ot sheep in 1010 1910 excluding excluding ing spring lambs Iambs was waS' The goats Include kids under one year raised for tor fleeces 17 11 goats kept for fleeces and other goats The value rep reported for goats is an average of per head J The total production of t milk in l 1919 1010 19 was gallons as compared com corn pared with gallons In tim 1909 1900 The Tile production of ot wool In hi 1919 1910 was was was' pounds as as' against pounds in 1909 1900 of honey 1232 pounds of ot eggs dozen and the number of ot chickens raised The value o of all nIl d dairy products excluding excluding ex ex- eluding home borne use of milk and cream was lis of eggs of-eggs eggs of chickens raised in 1919 1019 The Tile value of the farms for which complete mortgage reports were secured is and the tile amount mount of the tile mortgage debt Is or per per perce ce cent t of ot the value Th The average average aver aver- age I rate of ot Interest paid Is 71 11 per cent seven Forty and tenths six-tenths per percent percent cent of al alt alj farms operated by their owners are mortgaged as compared with per cent In 1910 In 1919 acres were In hay hayand hayand hayand and forage Including acres In alfalfa acres In tame gras grasses es and clover er acres In slid x grasses acres in s small mall grains cut for hay acres acre In corn cut ut for or forage and acres In silage crops The total production of hay and forage for age In 1919 1010 was Avas tons of I which tons tons' were alfalfa and tons tons' silage In Ia 1908 1008 the total acreage In hay and forage not Including d. d ing corn cut for forage was acres and the total production 1010 1016 tons There were acres In potatoes es esIn In 1919 1019 as ns compared with acres in 1900 1909 representing a decrease of ot per cent The average yield in 1919 1910 was 1368 1308 bushels per acre nere as against 1695 bushels In 1909 1900 |