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Show VALUE OF FARM j LANDS IN UTAH According to a report of tho United states Department of Agriculture, the average price of plowland in tho Btate ?;ft. h decreased last year from 10,1 por acre to UOO per acre, or a decrease de-crease of less than 3 percent. The average price for 1918 is glvon oa W5 00, Indicating that tho valuo ol inml In Utah has risen consistently In spite of tho Inflation tendencies of farm lnnd values In other sections. The lnnd In Utah, which la classified by the government as "good plow land," has actually Increased this year ovor last, rising from 135 por ikti to $ HO por acre. I n tho other hand tho avorago prho of plowland por ncro In tho Un ted States decreasod about 7 por cent during tho past year, according to n roport Just Issued by tho Uftited States Department of Agriculture Tim avorago Valuo of plowland por one on March 1 of this year was $S3 78, ns compared to $00.01 in 192.0, and $74.:il, in 1919. The- statisticians Oi tho iloimrtmpnt nttrltniln Mm iln. clh o to tho reduction In tho prices of crojs. 1 ho roport shows that tho heavloBt drop in tho prlco of lnnd is in the Sou thorn Stntoa whoro cotton Is tho principal crop. In somo sections of the io states thoro has boon a decline of :10 por cent In tho prlco of plow-InnJ plow-InnJ during tho year. Tho avorago prJjo of plowland in Qoorgia this year Is J30 per ncro, while last year It was $IC a drop of about 22 por cent Tho nvcrago In South Carolina last year vai $C1, whllo this year It is $50 a drop of 20 por cont. Probably tho groatost drop In any onn Stato was In Kentucky, and is attributed at-tributed to tho docllno In tho prlco of tobacco. In 1920, tho avorago prlco of plow land in this Stato was $70 por acre, whilo this year it Is $53. This Is a docllno of approximately, 24 per cont. Iowa is tho Stato having tho highest high-est prico of plowland per acre. The roport shows that It Is valued nt $200 this year, as compared with $219 last year a docllno of about 9 per cont Illinois ranks second In tho valuo of plowland, according to tho roport, tho prico per acre being $1G7. In Alabama Ala-bama and Mississippi tho avorago nrlfn nt nlnwlnml nnr ncrn In $2fi. Tho Western States Bhow tho least docllno in prices of land, and In tho caso of California, Oregon, and Colorado thoro Is a slight increase over Inst year. Plowland In California Cali-fornia was vnlued at $130 por ncro last year, whllo this yoar tho avorago Is S13G. Tho roport shows that there was a rapid increaso in tho prlco of land fiom 1917 to 1020, when tho highest prlco was reached. Tho docllno during dur-ing tho past year Is not as great as the Increaso from 1919 to 1920. Land prices aro still higher than any yoar preceding 1920. Utah Farmer. |