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Show m UTAH'S GRAIN YIELDS HEAVIER m iN 1921 SAYS FEDERAL REVIEW Wm Crop Increased During Past Year, Though Price I Lower; Total Estimated Value of All jH Crops Over $26,000,000 BB Njf lr-r-9' rry Instance hor 'Ik Wr I uteMUclan of the United State Oil- I reau of crop estimates for Utah end I H I; I I In 120 on mii sreigr of 24.000 I M 1 P 1 ! ereaw I from $:.'. ooo in ii. P. Sf 1,000 In 1521 and thus the valrc I n Bfll . . W Cm EBB 'he Utah farm crop wm lens affected II '( t V II i l IXCRl ISEfl J On TO.OoO arret of oat planted, or BH . 'i0i in'.ro than t . re plmted In !'.'", H'f ocrease production of ; l 73.000 bushels. The yield per a. . BB i was (renter than tn 19S0 by 2.C busk- JH ( the EBB i acre. While this K'irliikaice i nrnnor- Itlonate with i he national average the reduced crop value Is til nearly twice I s much per acre us the average for i I he eountry. S Spring wheat production in Hie state , -11 ! 4,'l'Mi luishii. .'I in ii. I" over ItSO of 304.000 bushels on an acreage of tzf.000 acrss, or 1,000 acres less than wire planted In IfSU. Thua the crop yield rose from 2 3.7 huahela per aero to 26.3 bushels per Here while the value of the crop d4r - reased from $36 26 per acre to $19.72. The national average yield BBj P per acre wan in. i i.u-h Is and the BH I value per acre ?! O.",. The total value I Hf-'' was $2.lSti,iioi. while tha' of the 1 - The figures presented by the bu- BBj reau of crop estimates show a simiicr 2j condition tn hive existed in regards Hi I In winter wheat In 1911, The afri-ir-- tB ed from 14 KHB ' acre The i . , i - p-V ereased from 2,S21,( bushels I duct decrcasod from 1 L 12.230,000 jn spite of the increase In B W how - H m ever, the dei reasi was not so proc'pi- r z If from $24 3."; to 114.92 Tin national -"J iverage. yield per acre hi poa ed Bjf ' -omewhat and consequently the tu- clonal average t . pci than thst In v i i i ii RJ -i - vj Soma IC.OOO acres of barley were piantod, this comparing with the 1 19.000 acres in seed in l&i!0. Produc-Bon Produc-Bon per at.re waa increased about -"W eight-tenths per cent, yet the value ' fv acre decreased from 111.30 j 15.36. J acreage rye Hucl uatod fro f i . i o tu 15,000 The yield' per acre . HI 15 to 18.61 and the grand i "iai from 1100, I to It 1,000. The acreago in lame hay In the J Mate last year was increased L".i.00o jf icree yielding th- same as tin- year A J previous, or 2.62 tons per acre, yet w the aiu- or the i "i t"'i at re droppi d 51 ' from $34 06 t.. $lti..-4. The drop in I value per acre in Utah was more tun i I 5 Pr cent, while the national nver- I I -TK drop was ubout two-fifths. I I The wild hay harvested was 1,000 I f acre leas in 1821 than tho year pre- t Vloue While the yield also showed a . flight decline of about one-tenth ton per acre, yet tho wild hav value per I acre harvested was $12.30 to $r. jo PROP1 UtTIONATELi I I 1' Thtt decline in the value of tho po- i tato crop per acre Is an exception to I the rule In this state, since the drop I is proportionately leas thin was gen- I eral with other crops, t.m an area of I 15,000 acres, or 1.000 acres less than y In 1D20. the state produced 161. bush-eui bush-eui per acre as compared with m K bushels per ,u re in IPSO, The Value m ' ii" 1 ' ir.'ip I . i i ,, I I F-'l " ,n value of the production uer Mai I l acre, t" 1 Ei kfV dtotlnci exception to the rule, tli ( 'teas.. . The production of appfes W. bushels to i.o64,0oo huahela and the fjiJBr 136.U0O bushels to 198,000 bushels. In raf 192 0 apples brought an average of ELHJ 10 per buahal yet in 1921 this wa Increased to fl.tO. Prices of pi u hea t ir !' j r W ious. owing to a much larftr p.,,- UBB ducuon, while year., remained aboui BlgB the same in price but showed a align' btiH decline in prod jctlon. jH The estimated value of all crops in EB I tah during the period fropi 1916 to EH 1919 averaged $50,000,000. In 1920 lB this dropped to (46.4H6.O00 md In iH 12 1 to $20,390,000. An average if f4H $3 13 per day wu paid farm laborers during tho harvest In IUh during the 4B year, or $2.5 with board. This com- PH jares with the national average pig EfH Of $2.79 without board or $2.24 with fH board. In times other than at harvest f PV averaged 2.90 without board. B In 1921 the state produced 14S.996 tfH hort tons from u ha.rvested aaea of I 109.267 acres yielding a production of 4H 1.113.467 ahort tons of beets for which EjB the farmers wer paid $6.60. The KB 1920 production wa greater vet Ihe grH .-"'gar content was lav I OCDI s gTR 1 I . K p CK. JH I 'tah is the distribution point for KH a vast area. Its manufactured pro- H -lucts are sent out only throughout H smerlca but to many foreign lands B Pgden's splendid si:uitlon. almost gB iiagic. as to railroad facilities, fa- KH llltles In the handling of these goods. 'i1" centered the main llnea of B tho I'nion Taclfic. Southern Pacific, BB&BB ver IL Rio (irundo Weatcrn. Solt BBBBa Ice route, Oregon Short Line an 1 BBBBV two Utah electric lines, the Bam- BBBJ bcrger railroad and the i.'rah-idaho pBaaaj Central. These roads and thlr ron- BBB actions carry Utah manufactured gfBj goods to the fnrthormost coasts and Jw all Intermediate territory. "is not Infrequent to find Ogdon . 1 "ir Mid in some Georgia town, to find Utah machinery In the central BBj ''tah sugar in eastern j j L tah canned goods even as far aw ay the Atlantic seaboard Hawaiian u i Alaakana eat L'tah candy and Australians have shown similar liking for Utah's sweet good". Ogden-pacU-M nirats have been sent across the seas, they supply thousands of table from Sun Olego to Butte. Iilffiruliles regarding freight rait: have been fared by the manufactar-I manufactar-I era. They have not been overcome, they are handled upon at enultab'." basis. Utah manufacturers, declare, there win be enlargement of Utah'i manufacturing along, even greater lines than evi r iefore. The 'runk line railroad, faced with motor truck competition and the competition com-petition of Intrastate roads, naturally try to develop the Ion haul. This rreans that they wish to carry raw j products out of Utah and mnufs -j tured goods into the state Weverth I lesK. manufacturers contend that t;.e I Intermountaln country has n right to grow and support a large population, while the trunk lines, owned In the east, seem to be oonoerned with immediate im-mediate profits rather than the indu--trlal development of Salt Lake. I slug the fourth section of the Interstate commerco act as a weapon, the as - -elation and the Traffic Service bur etu. has been compelled to take r.s case to th Interstate commerce commission com-mission time and time again in an effort ef-fort to keep frelaht rate for the short haul commensurate with thoso for long hauls. KEEP MEM l WORK The third phase of the year's a- tallies ta-llies of Utah manufacturersmutu al help through Ilia period of depres- Islon has demonstrated the value oi organization. Early in 1921 when the countrv far. i whit was called at lie time u "buyers' strike" and Utnh way I suffering from tho collapse of the copper mining and smelting lndustiy manufacturers met to decide whether to curtail production or, in somo cases, shut down. President Tra :y, of the Manufacturers' association. Id at this meeting that fundemen-til fundemen-til conditions In I tab were sound. I that a wall culd be built about the state and It would have raw materials to live forever. with the support of Utah cltlseBS production can continue." he -.ui Any falling off of production will onl add to the depression. Men must be kept at work, factories must be kept open." Th" directors were In accord; with tho president. The year hus ' justified his faith Not a Utah indu j try has failed. With Ihe exception of the meial Industry, which local men j do not control, not a Utah plant ban clpsed. Pew have curtailed produ -1 I tlon Leaving out the product of I smelters, there have been as many! Koods manufactured in the state this' year as in any previous year. Fur-i thermore, there have been new Industries Indus-tries organized and established during the year. PUB 1 5 IRE Llll l These results, were not accomplished accomplish-ed without serious cuncertod effort and foresight. After many meetings of the hoard ol directors the minutes show that it was decided that the only on-ly way to keep factories open was to cut prices to the lowest flguro consistent con-sistent wtlh solvency. The oiU that followed was Just a few weeks be- f ore the general crash In prices all over tho nation but Utah men had got there first and when Competitor appeared, orders for goods were di-ready di-ready signed. This cut came before) a reduction In wages and has be n referred to by outside salesmen as a case where business men had the courage to back their judgment against the world. Looking to the future a prominent l'tah manufacturer said: "We have practically all the known minerals of tho world in abundance. Included unlimited dl posits of coal and Iron which nave not been scratched. These two minerals a-. th- backbone of any nation's great- ' ness and no country ever QChlSVed ' prominence as a world power without' them. Tho underlying bone of con-1 tention In the recent world war w.,.1 the iron and coal deposits of northern France. "Th nations of the world are now engaged In flerco comnetltlon for tha remaining known sources of raw m.i terials such as Iron, coal and oil. W t can therefore look with confidence ; to the future. The world has ot to 'come and see us.' It does not require re-quire any great power of Intellect to Visualise the future of our common-1 wealth. Wo have only to look back! a few yeara and review our remark-1 ft tl I ft H.Vi.lAIm..nl .a !.... , I . Mv..,u,.iK iu (iiviuiu mi immediate im-mediate future of wonderful growth I The development of our iron deposits In the neat fiitur. , m ah-okn,. ur, -ty. In the wake ot this will follow a train of allied industries depend'.nj; on the local population to l'urnl-h .i market. We can hasten this day bv enlightened action in supporting the Institutions and industries we already hue and thu creating that population popula-tion sooner it Is. tip to us. Enlightened Enlight-ened and Intensified OO-operatlon v. I) do the trick." oo |
