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Show CROP REPORT FORM YEAR That 1914 has been a banner year for dry farming la the states of Utah and Nevada, and for the production of tomatoes and cabbages In Utah, Is Indicated by a bulletin of crop estimates esti-mates for these two states Just Issued Is-sued by the bureau of crop estimates in cooperation with the weather bureau. bu-reau. Tho crops of potatoes and sugar su-gar beets do not equal those of a year ago. In corn and potatoes the estimate of October 1 Is less than that ot a month earlier. For corn the estimate Is 3GC.000 bushels In Utah, as compared with 340,000 bushels In 1913; and "for Nevada Ne-vada 33,000 bushels, 1,000 less than last year. For tho United States, 2,080,000,000 bushels. Tho greatest Increaso Is In wheat, 7,340.000 bushels In Utah and 1,330,. 000 bushels In Nevada, as compared with f.,420,000 ond 1,081,000 bushels, lespec.thely In 1913. The yield in the nation Is 892,000,000 bushe's, an lncreane of 130,000,000 bushels oer 1913. Tho yield ot outs In Utah In 1914 Is given as 4,630,000 bushels, and 624-000bushols 624-000bushols In Nevada, and 1,140,000,-000 1,140,000,-000 In the nation, a healthy Increase over 1913 In each case. Of barley tbe yield Is, Utah, 1,410,-000 1,410,-000 bushols in 1914, as compared with 1,156,00 bushels In 1913; Nevada, 520,000 bushels In 1914, 492,000 in 1913. The nation's yield 197,t00,000 bushels. Potatoes yielded less locally, but showed an Increase ot GO.000,000 bushels bu-shels In the entire country. Utah, 1914, 2,180,00 bushels; 1913, 3,600,000 bushels; Nevada, 1914, 1,670,000 bushels; bu-shels; 1913, 1,760,000 bushels. United States, 1914, 382,000,000 bushels. Of hay tho crop in Utah In 1914 was" 1,116,000 tons, In 1913, 909,000 tons; the Nevada crop 803,000 tons In 1914, and 646,000 In 1913. The na tlonal yield 68,604,000 tons. The Utah apple crop Is 808,000 bushels, bu-shels, as compared with 610,000 bushels bu-shels last year; In Nevada 150,000 bushels, bu-shels, 10,000 bushels less than .in 1913. The national yield, 2JO.000.000 bushels. Other crops are given In per cents of condition or of full crop as follows: fol-lows: Utah U. S. Clover seed 95 68.3 " (last year) 100 76.1 Alfalfa seed 84 77.3 " " (last year) 87 89.4 Tomatoes 96 78.2 " (last year) 93 77.0 Cabbages 93 80.2 " (last year) 87 71.2 Sugar beets 96 91.9 " (last year) 92 86.2 |