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Show Mist Utah, Julia Nabaker, lands har charm and beauty to an attractive field of deep green, leafy WL-3alfalfa, a variety that is currently yielding up to 8 tons per acre dose to three times the state average. 06 agriTurkeys are an important segment of Utah's over-a- ll cultural industry. The leading county, Sanpete, is among the nation's top ten with an annual production in excess of 2,000,000 birds. Cattle and calves generate almost 40 percent of the state's total cash receipts for all agricultural products. Cattle are important in all counties of the state but the greatest concentrations are in the north central, central and Uintah Basin areas. o 0 o o O o Jean Bishop, Utah Dairy Princess, offered this well behaved cow at the BYU dairy a special treat a platter of palatable, com silage. This variety highly nutritious Funks possesses a high grain content and is valued by dairymen for C-57- 57 APIL 25, top milk production. Utah's stock sheep population ranks sixth highest in the nation. The state is the country's largest migratory sheep producer. Practically all of the large sheep ranches utilixe the public domain for graxing, moving their sheep long distances during the year. onions in southern Utah resulted from Uniform, large-sixe- d Precision planting Filcoat Pelleted Seed in double rows.' Seeds spaced four inches apart and staggered in the rows produced an average of 54 onions per 10 feet of row. Planting in double, rather than in single, row increased total yield. Small grains (wheat, oats and barley) are on a of Utahs major agricultural commodities. Wheat (pictured here) is the states most important small grain crop. Box Elder, Cache, Salt Lake, Utah, Juab, Millard and San pan counties account for almost 90 per cent of Utahs total wheat acreage. 1974 Egg production has shifted from wide distribution on many farms to a highly specialised enterprise on relatively few farms. Today less than 30 farms account for 90 percent of the states total egg production compared to 1 8,000 separate farms just a quarter of a century ago. and top quality fruit. This 'picture combines both Jean Bishop, a Brigham Young University student, admires some of the luscious peaches at the BYU farm near Provo. A wide variety of fruit has been grown in the state since the days of the early pioneers. Utah is famous for her beautiful Julia Nebeker, Miss Utah, admires a top quality sugar beet grown from Filcoat Pelleted Seed precision planted for maximum uniformity. Beets averaging this sixe help boost total tonnage. co-e- ds |