Show REPORT SHOWS MOST PROFITABLE CROP Some Somo interesting information Is contained ined in the lie Utah Crop Report for 1927 just sent out by the U. U S. S DOlla Department t cf Agriculture uro No doubt most of our farmers have been furnished copies of this r report llort I but hut perhaps have not given the in- in it contains the th thought and stud study it deserves A farmer profits more from fron the tho stud study and thought he lie p puts ts into his farming operations than he lie does docs from the man ratan power or physical e nn 1 0 VU bJ lit UI to uses U l These bese crop reports put out periodically periodically per per- by the Department ol of Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture Ag Ag- can be studied to a advantage advantage van van- tage h by by- everyone having tp do with tilling the soil The rue report leport referred referred referred refer refer- red to seems to cover all general field crops and tells us that Utah Utah produced crop values in 1927 of increase au-increase of over 1926 Selecting some of the principal Cl CpS many of which are grown here one Is struck by the wide var- var ienco in the value of per Ier acre crop yield As an illustration note the following I I Crop grown Total acres Value I Wheat heat 2 2397 Oats 2520 Barley Darley 2520 Corn Potatoes Sugar Beets Deets I Hay 2217 Alfalfa Seed f Onions Peas Tomatoes Snap Beans Deans 1 Strawberries 1300 Analyzing these re results con ing with the the tho first four items items- items grain crops crops it It would appear that Sanpete County farmers would uld dowell do dowell dowell well to consider more barley crops wor o o Ind In nil nl plant nt lp Less Vl t. t o V. V p pin n in irrigated land If it is true true that that barley takes the place of corn as a feed ration for livestock then certainly certainly certainly it will pay to thi think lt twice be- be ore oro planting corn Oats ats and wheat are essential for a balanced feed ration but the tho above figures Indicate the wise policy to follow in planning grain crops would Juhl be on irrigated land Imrie barley first then oats and let the dry land take tale care of oT the need for Cor wheat It is questionable if H a profit can be made with wheat on Irrigated land when all the needs of the soil are taken taleen into account such as fertilizer rotation o of crops etc Next on the tho list comes potatoes with a high yield value of per per acre Much l of COu County y Continued on oil on Page S State Report Shows Profitable Crop I on from tram page one soils will yield p potatoes in abundance abundance ance and if the good potato market marketis is to continue surely more l potatoes should be he grown With careful cultivation and united effort San pete County Count potatoes could and should take talie the place in large measure measure mea mea- measure sure of or Idaho potatoes on oil the Salt Lake market This potato business is worth thinking about and getting int into when such excellent values are aTe available Sugar beets in Utah come back in into into in- in into to Its own in 1927 The acre value value val yal- val val- ue in 1 1926 2 G when the white fly played play play- ed such havoc throughout Utah and Idaho was only 1927 with per acre gives the grower a substantial profit The Tho tot total ll value of sugar beets in Utah was over and is only surpassed bythe bythe by bythe the grain and hay crops crops' In this connection however note that beets were grown on about one-eighth one of the acres of land that tha t grain occupied occupied occupied pied and produced over five eights the he value Hay occupied over eleven times the acreage of ot sugar beets and 9 1 1 n n J a me Ule Sanpete County could grow onions Look at the yield value per acre Here Is a crop worthy worth of or in in- in Peas for canning bows excellent net returns and should be grown to the fullest extent of or the canning factories needs It should never be said salt that the tho Manti 1 or Ephraim Ephraim Ephraim Eph- Eph raim Canning Factories were Short of or raw material when such good returns per pcr acre as can be had for growing peas Sanpete County County Co Co- CoI Co- I soil and climate produces good peas and in abundance Grow the crops CrollS that pa pay the most money for effort expended Peas is one of or these crops aps Sanpete County mu must t. t bo he count counted d out when It comes to grow growing grow grow- growing ing tomatoes snap beans and str straw J w berries but these crops all nIl pay when h en j and where they can b h. h bo grown and the high returns return shown indi indicates ates their possibilities Farmers in Utah are in much better better hettel bet het- ter tel position than the average farmer in the United States Utah soils produce more abundantly than the United States average as note the following PRODUCTION 1927 Utah e ayeras average U. U S. S Average per acre per acre Wheat bu ha bu Oats 42 42 Barley Darley 4 47 7 28 23 Potatoes 1147 Sugar Beets tons tons Hay tons Onions bu 29 bu Tomatoes' Tomatoes 93 3 tons 42 12 tons Peas 1 12 2 tons 11 li tons Strawberries 1957 qt 1823 1523 Its Such a a. comparison should give encouragement and satisfaction to the farmers of these communities and should inspire a determination to l keep Utah farms in the lead in production values Correct farming methods with plenty of will do this In studying such reports with the view of appl applying the information to advantage it would seem the individual ual farmer must know his farm and andI I what crops it will produce best and then turn principally to those items yielding the greatest value per acre acie return In doing this the market for the crop to be raised must be I studied 1 n nn 9 t. t vj VI me LLe mailer value crops that I can be he grown gpo here with a minimum of or the element of gamble are peas and sugar beets Here are crops that can be sold for a known price before planting so that the grower is relieved from market chances His Ills concern is limited to securing the maximum yield as the the Canning Factories Fac Fac- tories and the Sugar Factories Factories- will buy all of these crops craps ho he can grow or at leaU all ull he can grow upon the acres cOl contracted In the tho case case of ot sugar beets this has many other advantages besides a sure surd market After Arter land baa grown sugar sugar beets for one or more years ant and ant is then planted to grain I potatoes hay peas OT or any other crop the tho yield will be he one tI third one ird to one half greater than upon land land which has not grown beets This This being true it follows that the farmer farm farm- er who mak makes s sugar beets a substantial part of his crop rotation Is practically sure of great greater r profits than the one who never grows beets |