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Show I uu Crop Condition In Utah Are Quite Favorable! Crop conditions for Flali have im-J proved, according to a reporl from M. M .lu-itin. T'tah and Nevada field agent for the department of agriculture. agricul-ture. Yield per bushel in Weber county was reported as follows Spring wheati -!; oats, 4;;; barley, 41.5. corn, 96. Condition: Potatoes, 8G; pasture. 85 and sugar beets, 90 The report continues: Grains were too near malurit to be helped, but sugar beets, potatoes, pastures, hay, apple. ..ml iimk crops were benefited considerably by moder-'ate moder-'ate temperature and rain?. Sugar I beets are reported improved in all see-it see-it Ions except Sevier county, where the low condition is attributed to blight Takin:.- the increased acreage Into account, ac-count, it seems likely thc tonnage of beet-; will be as large as last year, though the condition is nine points 'lower. The outlook for potatoes Is j about 17ti,0JO bushels better than a Imonth ago. though still much bel w the high yielding crops of the prst ';wn years. This year's crop will total 12,970,000 bushels. Pasture conditions are conservative' ly estimated as five per cent nearer , normal than lost month. The improve ment is widespread, but ranges are still somewhat spotty the earlier 1 rains were local in character. AS stockmen were making preparations !for a very short winter range, the im-Iprovement im-Iprovement in conditions makes Winter prospects fairly good. The fact thai I the late growth of alfalfa is better than anticipated still further eases the slt- uat ion. Apple Crop Good. Apples and truck crops, especially tomatoes, responded to the tavorable weather by making better growth be- fore ripening the apples are enough larger than was expected from conditions condi-tions early in the season, to counterbalance counter-balance a heavy summer drop. Tomatoes To-matoes made about f3 per cent of a normal yield Prospects Improved continually con-tinually throughout the summer. The total production was about the same as usual, though only about two-third. Of last year s bumper crop. Cabbage is making a better yield than last year, but the acreage Is much reduced. Sorghum for sirup improved until prospects are now average. Alfalfa seed promises a good crop though the average yield reported ifl slightly lower (han last year. The acreage has increased in Duchesne, I'intah and San Juan counties. The total production for the state is nbut the same as last year. Cache, Sanpete and Sevier counties now produce little lit-tle seed because of weevil ra vases. Emery county has iobked with greater favor on sweet clover. This reduces the crop to 75 per cent of the usual production in former years. The spring grain crops show unusually unus-ually low yields, due to the disastrous effects of the drouth on the dry land portion of the crop. The increase in bUH bet acreages, largely replacing grain and the actual expansion on the non-irrigation non-irrigation of grain crops have reduced he influence of the heavy yielding irrigated crop on the average yield for no records but are the lowest for many ears Nol Bince 1901 have oats be-n i unproductive, while barley has surpassed sur-passed this years yield every year IIbb e lS9f.. Spring wheat made thc lowest yield since 1893 Though this showing means there will be little sur-plUfl sur-plUfl grain in the stale, there will he no marked shortage. The total pro- 'jfl dui Mon of wheal winter and sprinc estimated aa 1,264,000 bushels. Car-It Car-It production is estimated as 900, Oud i bushels and oats as 3,162.000 bushels 1(91 |
