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Show dh r ' ' fjH& OCTOBER 18T CROP UlBfE REPORT FOR UTAH AND MKff 'THE UNITED 8TATE8 BBffi U. S. Dopartmont of Agrlculturo ! Bureau of Crop Estlmatos. Salt Lako City, Utah, Mr Octobor 8, 1020. Hfl$j Utah will produco 6,844,000 bushols IHHIh of whoat this year or 2CC por cent HHMffl moro than last year. Spring wheat HIIBE this year yielded about 24.0 bushols 9MHH por ncro compared with 14.0 bushols MffBH last year. This Incronso la greater HlVE than that shown by wlntor whoat duo ESfffiff , to a larger proportion of tho crop 'HIM growing Uiuior lrriRuiiun. uvea iiiuu BjmIvII 10 por cent of winter whoat Is lrrl- HHJjfJF gated wlillo over 78 per cent of spring fjlK ' wheat Is artificially wntorcd. Tho Hml I unlrrlgated portion of tho spring crop HuBR' probably will not avorngo moro than HRHf 10 bushols por aero us much of It was HflS a total failure. HffflH , Oats will probably averago 42.0 HfK-''' bushols per ncro. This crop Is 87 HJflnf per cent irrigated so was not as much H9SM affected by tho unfavorablo affect of HH tho weather on tho dry land portion. IBBD Harloy Is 77 por cent Irrigated and Bm this portion Is making excellent yields. Tho dry land barloy was badly bad-ly Injured. All grain crops Bhow up bottor than last year beoauso thero was llttlo lack of Irrigation water this season, while last soason sorlous shortago was rathor genoral. Potatoes show llttlo chango tho past month tho high oxpootatlons of tho early season being soomlngly well grounded. Tho production In tho stato Is ostlmurod u 3,210,000 busholB or 13C por com of last year. Sugar boots also made satisfactory progress tho past month. The total out turn Will bo tho hoavlest ever produced as tho acreogo Is largoly lncrouscd and growth has been vory good. A alH i.vniiilan n VnfV fntr nfnti nf oxcollont quality. Picking was Just beginning tho llrst of tho month. Uoans nro yloldlng bolter than nvor-ago nvor-ago but tho ncreago Is still becoming Hinullor. Tomatoes yielded well but tho ncreago Is smaller than usual so that production hns slumped Bomo-what Bomo-what below last year. Cabbages show an oxcollont yield, 9 tons per ncro, but tho ncreago, novcr vory large, Is reported loss than usual. Onions aro roportod averaging 1S20 bushols por ncro with an ncreago 9 por cent loss 1. - 1 tlmn usual. Grapos nro yloldlng ox- coptlounlly well and quality seems 1 good. I'ears proved bottor than ox-pocted. ox-pocted. ' Pastures and rangos are vory good ovor most of tlio stato and lato alfalfa growth Is producing a considerable amount of feed. Sonio will inako a light fourth cutting. Clover sood contlnuos vory promising promis-ing with a condition at harvost of 9S por cont. Alfalfa seed yield Is est!-muted est!-muted as 4.9 bushols por ncro compared com-pared with 4.6 bushels last yenr. This was Interpreted as meaning 12,-000 12,-000 acres with a production of 04,000 busholB of sood last year and tho same interpretation now Indicates 1G.900 ncros and 77,420 bushols of sued. An llttlo threshing has boon dono this ostlmato Is purely preliminary. |