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Show Utah Crop Outlook Bright; Sugar Beets Make Good Gains listed as "satisfactory." September outlook for all hay is 1,230,000 tons this year compared com-pared with 1,234,000 in 1944 and the 10-year average of 1,07,0,000 tons. Harvest of cobbler and Bliss triumph potatoes in the . Weber-Davis Weber-Davis area is practically complete, while the big russet crop is still far from maturing hut development develop-ment is good. The forecast is for 3,366,000 bushels compared with 2,765,000 bushels of potatoes harvested har-vested in the state last year. The fruit picture lists the peach, pear jmd grape crops as good as or better than last year, but apple ap-ple production will be down. Apple Ap-ple harvest will yield about 413,-000 413,-000 bushels, compare'd with .629,000 last year. , A record peach crop is in the offing, with a forecast of 900,000 bushels to be pfeked, 50,000 more than last year. Pear harvest should yield about 226.000 bushels, compared with 170,000 last year, and grape yield at 800 tons, the same as in 1944. Ideal growing conditions during July and August resulted in op-' timum development of all major crops, according to data gathered by various Utah Agricultural agencies. August rainfall was greater than normal and temperatures generally were normal or higher. There was some delay in harvest of small grains due to heavy rain. Conditions were exceptionally favorable fa-vorable for production of sugar beet roots and the size promises to be large. Stands generally are I good. Production is .estimated at 495,000 tons, an increase of 99,000 tons over last year. Yield per acre, based on September 1 data should be 15 tons per acre compared with 12.8 tons per acre last year. Total tonnage of wheat, oats, barley and rye in prospect as of September 1, is 422,544 tons, compared com-pared with an estimate of 426,478 tons produced in 1944 and a 10-year, 10-year, 1934-43 average production of 281,638 tons. Although wheat in Utah is not entirely a feed crop it enters materially ma-terially into the supply of grain for livestock production. Estimates Esti-mates of corn are based on equivalent equiv-alent grain yield of the total acreage ac-reage grown since a high percentage percent-age of com grown in the state is harvested as ensilage, it is not included in-cluded in these tonnage comparisons. compar-isons. The estimated grain equivalent for total corn this year is 22,064 tons compared with 21,112 tons and the 10 year average of 18,312 tons. The second cut of alfalfa hay was heavy by August thunder storms and cloudbursts caught much of it in windrow and swath, causing considerable damage to color and quality over large areas. ar-eas. Wild hay harvest is reported as complete with yields in general |