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Show 8EPTEMBER CROP REPORT FOR UTAH AND THE UNITED 8TATE8 M. M. Justin, Agricultural Statistician. Tho month of August inndo llttlo chango In crop prospects In Utah tho generally favorablo conditions continuing con-tinuing throughout most of tho state. - As cutting progrcBsos spring wheat prospoctB nro somowhat poorer but Btlll greatly In excess of last year. Oats aro ulso much moro promising than ii jonr ago fuinilltig tho earllor forecasts. Corn is well up to avorngo and harvesting for silos Ib beginning. Barley prospectB aro practically un- cunngcu wun u promise oi viiu.uuu bushels. Potatoos show a slight decline to a forecast of 3,181,000 buhosls, which Is 33 per cent moro than last year. Sugar boot prospocts aro unchnnged. Tho promise of a rocord crop continues. Truck crops show no material chango In prospects. Ueans, tomatoes and onlonB are all slightly abovo average nnd cabbagos are about avorago in condition. Tho watormolon crop is estimated at 93 per cont of normal and tho tuuskmolon production Is 95. por cent of normal. Sorghum cano declined de-clined in condition bocauso of drouth and Hood In Washington County. Fruit has mndo good progress. Ap-plos Ap-plos promlso 80 por cont of a normal crop or 980,000 bushels. Poachos are estimated as producing 05 por cont of a full crop or a total of 825,000 biiHhols. Pears nro rated at 855 per cont forecasting a production of 59,000 bushels. Hay production Is nearly 00 por cont larger than last year being estimated esti-mated at 1,471,000 tons compared with 1,030,000 tons last year. Tho nvorago vlold nnr nrrn nf nil tnmn hnv la nail. mated as 2.7S tons. Timothy nvcraged 2.00 tons, clover 2.40 tons, alfalfa 3.00 tons, and wild hay 1.30 tons por acre. Pasturo and ranges improved somewhat some-what In August bocauso of rains, Tho uumbor of stock hogs Is only 00 per cent of last year or 102,000. This Is n percentage decrease slightly greater than that shown by tho entlro country whero tho numbor is now 00,459,000 compared with "02,073,000 last year, Tho wool production of Utah Is estimated as 10,100,000 pounds this yonr. Tho rovlscd estimate for last year Is 17,000,000 pounds. |