Show UT UTAH'S AMS AM'S ALFALFA CROP DECREASES DECREASE 1000 Tons Estimated PlO Production of State This Y Year car Utah's alfalfa hay crop this year In III now lIOW estimated at tons or under last year a I dO de of ot G C per cent says a state state- state men men released today by Frank Fronk An Andrews drews federal agricultural static statis statistician tor for Utah He Ito sa says fur tur- further further ther In the west hate hit lal of ot the United States where 76 75 oar nf r cent ot of the tho nations nation's total alfalfa hay Is produced this years year's ears crop crol amount to tons tone com com- compared compared compared pared with s It last year a decrease of oC o ton tons 0 op or 9 8 Iper per cent cent cent- The total production In the tho cast ast halt half of oC o the United Status Stal's cast east of the eastern borders bordera ot of the tho Dakotas Nebra Nebraska l k and Kansas where 25 26 per cen cent of ot the nations nation's crop Is raised th the production production tion lion of ot 1926 Is estimated 11 as 6 6 tons compared with 6 C- C au In 1926 1326 an Increase ot of tons or 7 per cent The crop ot of the entire United States Is ie now nov tore forecast cast as n tons compared with In 1923 1925 a I decrease o 0 1662 1662 tons or 6 per cent This d- d de d crease In the nation nations nation's production equals slightly more moro than the present crop of ot Utah In average yield per acre ot or alfalfa lI hay Utah as ns usual ranks high In spite of tho- tho dry Season ot of 1926 the average I lell per Ier acre In this state Is exceeded only by Arizona and California where the tho growing season cason Is longer loner than In Utah The Tho The average yields j tr acre In leading Mates elates are 1926 Arizona tons California Utah Washington Ore Ore- Oregon Oregon Ore Oregon gon Nevada Idaho Ida New Mexico Kansas 10 Nebraska and the tha United States Slates as a L whole 2 H tens per acre nn- nn |