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Show UTAH'S SOIL FERTILITY IS PROVED. I The crop report of Utah, under I jate of November 1. 1913. as Issued hv the bureau of statistics of ' the L'nited States department of agncul ture. places Utah In a most favorable light as an agricultural state The yield per acre of corn this year is 34 bushel?, compared with an av erage of 23 buBhels in the Unitel States Potatoes In T'tah average 180 bueh els to tho acre; the United States average av-erage is 89 2 bushels Apples in L'tah this year are 82 per cent of a normal crop as compared with 44 per cent in the United States The condition of sugar beets In No vember 1 was 98 per cent as compared com-pared with 89 per cent in the entire country . In corn and potatoes, Utah Is much more productive than the average ot the entire country. |