| Show FARr FARMERS ERS ARE ABE PLANNING FOR CROPS FOR 1927 I Agricultural Leaders Dis Dis- Discuss Discuss Discuss cuss Prospects for Next Season Intermountain farmers farmere are r start start- starting In ing to figure what crops they will plant for tor 1927 Important on the theU U hat t from which they will make their selections are r sugar beets tomatoes peas potatoes pot toe wheat barley and ond nd corn There are other crops that will be bo raised but excepting for hay they will not equal In these thesa other field crops Drought condition conditions during 1926 seriously Interfered with with some of tho crops crop but grains came cam through with a 1 normal norm yield That there the o will be bo a II planting nearly near equal to that of oC tho the past year In Ly by grain men While there has been b tn one on bad year for fer sugar beets It beets It wasn't nearly as bad beul beulan badan no an expected for a while this while this Is only one year compare compared l with man many many successes So It Is generally pr presumed that farmers find It profitable to plant beets bets again The Th canning crops crop ques ques- question ques- ques question question tion both as to tomatoes and peas Is affected largely by liy the market situation CO OPERATIVE I With all of ot this under consider consideration atlon the tir farmers are ro wondering which Is likely to prove tho the best bost Tho program ram of the th Utah State Farm bureau calls for tor develop develop- development development development ment of ol eo-ol co operative marketing and many farmers look to that development eventually to help them solve the crop problem Good yields Ields and nd good prices ar are both desired by the tho and Information that will win aid th them m In beth Is b what they th y are aron seeking President M St P Brown of or the Weber County Farm bureau hu has arranged l for lor preliminary confer confer- conferences conferences regarding the tho canning crops and prices farmers being hopeful that the questions r regarding these thes crops will be disposed of soon oon As yields arc are shown In th the sugar b beet et fields Interest Is being attached to next years year's year prospects along that line Many have hae said that a II severe winter will be b fleece fleece- necessary 8 sary eary ry to assure better conditions for growing beets and many ore are anticipating ruch Fuch a II winter because or of the drought this summer as well as tho the open weather eather and warm spells of last winter That heavier Irrigation and heavIer ler ler Ier fet l fertilization fe lon are arc certain to bring l Increased sugar beet yIelds was shown by Richard West of oC I Clearfield who has ha harvested 26 tons of ot beets per aero acre this year year- year at IL a time lime when some som farmers say beet heet raising has ha been Impossible It Is declared b by experts that ht his bl success was due to the high fer fertility ler- ler of the soil the tho use ur of las nur mil ma- ma manure nure and anil also plenty of irrigation water Ephraim former pres pres- presIdent pres- pres president president ident of the Utah State Farm bu bureau reau said Idd recently while In Ogden that he h expected tho the farmers would find reasons for tor planting plenty of or sugar beets and wheat wheat during the tho coming comins year Wo Wo farmers know that these two are arc mighty Important Indus Indus- Industries Industries industries tries the ha backbone of o tho the state and that's ono one reason we w will plant them The other reason Is that theros thero's money to be bo made both bothIn bothin lothIn In planting wheat and sugar beets former President Berges n said Now there are other crops that will be b planted l too but these thee will willbe willbe willbo be amon among them True weve we've had hada hada a 1 bad year ear with sugar but beets beets the tho we weather had a a lot to do with that Weather conditions will he be different next year ear and may In- In Increase Increase In crease yields Ields rather than decrease o them So the tho farmers will talco tako their chance chanc knowing the th aver aver- average aver ace age Is In their favor favor favor- For two years there has been II a good demand for potatoes and for onions so no It Is expected that these crops will wilt be bo liberally planted again However much of this de- de depends depends de depends upon market developments during the th winter months |
