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Show Bumper Crops Predicted for Utah Farmers Utah will enjoy bumper crops in virtually all parts of the state and the per acre sugar beet yield will be one of the largest in history, according to the September crop report released oy rranic nnarews. senior statistician sta-tistician of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Sugar beet yield will be 15.3 tons per acre, compared with 10.5 tons in 1W0, the report predicts. pre-dicts. It will be the highest for any of the nine states where sugar su-gar beets are a major crop. Idaho's estimated yield is 15 tons as compared with 16.1 last year, while Wyoming's is expected to be 13.5 tons, .7 less than 1940's average. Utah's total beet crop Is estimated esti-mated at 589,000 tons. Last year's total was 504,000. and the ten-year ten-year average is 614,000. Idaho's estimate is 83500 Ions, as compared com-pared with 1,141,000 tons in 1940. Wheat, oats, barley and corn crops will all be higher than last year, Dr. Andrews' report stated, I Potatoes .show a slight decline, I however. Another increase will I b-e in hay production, with 1,-, 1,-, 307.W0 tr.ns over last years ! 1.062.000 tons. The lfi',1 ft!ma!'-s and 1950 total... to-tal... !or ;"'ain crops are as follows: fol-lows: V.-h'--.!, C.227.0"0 UkY.'.-H arid 4 flJ.W) U: ho..: oats. 1.353.000 bu.-hols and 1.073.009 bushels; ! barley, 3.C9C000 bushels and .2 812.n;0 bushels; corn. 033,000 I bushels: rye, 40,000 bushels and 22,000 bushsls. 4 |
