Morgan County News | 1945-11-16 | Page 1 | Utah Adds Nearly Three Million Acres to Farmland

utah adds nearly three million acres to farmland utah has gained 1104 farms or i ranches and acres of farm land since 1940 according to preliminary figures compiled in t the e 1945 census of f agriculture the number of farms in the 29 utah counties increased 43 percent the grel greatest test gain in farmland more than acres was to salt lake county which also gained farms san juan county shows a loss of farms and a loss of more than acres in farmland this loss resulted because much of the indian agriculture of the county was credited to arizona due to a change in the method of enumerating agricultural activities on indian reservations