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Show iaMMCWMMPiMIIIWaWllll SEPTEMBER 1ST CROP REPORT No matorlat change haa taken placo In Utah crop prospects tho past month. The outlook feUll ahows a very satisfactory condition. Harvest scorns to bear out tho most optimistic forecasts fore-casts mado oarllor In tho season. Corn was Improved by showers during August am Is now expected to turn .out G97.0U0 bushels of grain. Wheat prospects aro unchanged. A total production of G.265,000 bushels In forecasted from condition reports nnd tho first few throahor returns. ' Onls aro a llltlo bettor than last year ' hut "show no chango tho past month. ' Uarloy has remained unchangod uliio. Tnmo hay Is estimated as yloldlng 3.88 tons per aero aaan nvorago of , all kinds. Alfalfa, all cuttings will yield 3.10 tonB per aero, while clover L yields 2.2G tons nnd timothy 2.00 ! tons. Yhoso figures nro about eight r per cent hlghor than, last year. Wild " hay Is practically .tho same ns last 'f year with a yield of 1.29 tons per ' aero. Production will amount to 1.37R.OO0 tons of tnmo hay, and 1G0,-' 1G0,-' 000 tons of wild or a total of all hay '. of 1,G2G,000 tons. Potatoes have changed llttlo tho past month and are still 524,000 bushels short In prospect of last . years yield. Whllo roports unlformnl-. unlformnl-. ly ngrco that potatoes aro not as good , as other cropa no explanation has been hazarded. Sugar boots aro maintaining tho ' good condition of earlier roports. A production about like last years seems llkoly, Truck crops nro all doing well. Tho production of wntermolons Is estimated as about 98 per cent of normal. Cantaloupes arq only 91 por cont of normal duo largely to a reduced re-duced acreage, Fruits aro unchanged. ,Tho Stato outlcok Is for a peach crop a llttlo better than Inst year and an npplo crop a llttlo .Binaller. Pastures and ranges Improved with tho flhqwors tho pnst month, arid nro now JG points above average. Wool production this" Jjcar; Is estimated esti-mated at 1C.BOO.000 pounds. Ixist ; year It waa 1C,1G0,000 pounds. There was little dlffercnco In tho number of llceces shorn but this yoars llocces are reported as averaging 8.0 pounds wlillo last yoar they wore somewhat smaller. t'. Tho number of stock hogs la est! mated as 94 per cent of last year or 78 per cont of tho usual numbor. This gives Dfi.OOQ head this year compared with 102,000 last yoar. M. MvJuBtIn, Agricultural Statistician. v |
