Show UTAH GAINS IN GRAIN VALUES utah farmers realized realized more on their corn wheat and oats oata 1 this his year than in 1923 according to the sears roebuck agricultural foundation which reports that the national increase in grain values amount to oats alone were responsible for a gain of three fourths of a million while wheat brought farmers of this state an added millions over last year the report states while the utah corn crop tor for 1924 2924 tell fell considerably below that of the preceding year the better price this year brought the total income to approximately what it had been the year before the halt half million bushel increase in the wheat crop this year brought the value up to oo as compared with or of 1923 the oat crop of 0 this state this year Is up to 3 12 1 2 million million bushels as compared to 3 million the year before with the result that tanners farmers will have taken in million dollars on this crop as compared with 1 34 3 4 millions the year before the yield per acre on corn in utah the report states dropped to bushels per acre as a result of 0 unfavorable weather but the profit per bushel to the farmer was 33 cents as compard with 26 1 6 the year before the wet days on the other hand were a great help to the wheat and oats production the former rising to bushels per acre as compared with the year before and the latter to from in 1923 the profit per bushel of wheat this year was 39 cents where only 10 cents was taken last year and a 24 cent profit in oats for the 3 cent grain ot of the preceding year the increased yield per acre of small grain and the increased price per bushel on all grains has aided materially in restoring the farmer to a better financial basis the foundation report concludes the higher gain prices ces have resulted in higher live stock prices and this has brought a new vitality to 0 agriculture |