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Show Census Officials Show Utah Farms On Increase Farms in Utah increased from 27,159 In 1930 to 30,695, or 13 per cent, according to the census figures for Utah as of April 1, 1935, which have just been rec- ieved by the state extension s r-vice. r-vice. Over a comparable period the number cf loans made by the Federal Land bank in the elev nth district had increased from 5,227 in 1930 to 6,207 as of April 1 this year, representing a percentage increase of 18.7 per cent, statisticians statistic-ians of the Farm Cr edit administration adminis-tration report. Value of Utah farms in the 1930 census was estimated at $2?1-223,172, $2?1-223,172, whereas the figures t! 1935 show a shrinkage ol $62,-919,843. $62,-919,843. This decrease of 28.4 per cent is not unique for Utah; shrinkage in farm valu s in Nevada, Nev-ada, Arizona and California the other three states constituting the Farm Credit administration's eleventh ele-venth district, show as great or greater falling off. Although the latest agricultural census figures emphasizj such a marked decrease in the value of Utah's farm lands, the dollar volume vol-ume of loans made by the Federal Fed-eral Land bank in Oakland indicates in-dicates an increase over thos:' five years of epproximately 10 per cent; in 1930 the dollar volume vol-ume amuonted to $14, 664, 635, whereas in 1935 it was $16,117, 267. Land bank commisioner loans are not included in this estimate inasmuch as that type of loan was only authorized in 1933, three |