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Show MORTGAGES IN UTAH Fnrni mbrtgagSI In Utah in 1920 totaled to-taled $42,758,000, or about one-third Of the value of lh- property, which ia placed at $128,011,000 The total number of homes in tho ntate other than farm homes waa 71,-720, 71,-720, of which 37,039, or 51.6 per cent. I .. were owned by the occupants! and oi these owned homes, 11,028, of 32.2 per cent, were mortgaged. Information regarding re-garding the value nt the home and tho amount of morlKajje debt watt secured from 7667, or 64. M per cent, of these mortgaged homes. Tho average mortgage debt of tho homes for which mortgage reports were secured was $1545 and the average aver-age value wa? $"011, and on the basis of these averages tho total mortgage debt on the mortgaged homes, not on farms, Is estimated as $18,423,402 and the total value of such homes Is $43, 133,613. The ratio of mortgage debt to value is 42 4 per cent. It is shown that, while farm honx are mortgaged hi a less ratio than hOmea lh the cities, the farmers are called on to pay a renter total in the lorm of Interest. The Hkup s i urt li r disclose the fact that taxes are not as J large a burden for the average farmer as Is his mortgage. I '( no |