Show crop summary sacks of grain on farms in utah on march have been reduced to the lowest point in several years yeara unprecedented prices for wheat the keen competition of buyens for foreign markets and the need tor for ready cash on oil the part of the farm ers era have all been contributory factors in depleting the wheat supply I 1 the long cold winter and the high prices of hay and forage have made necessary an unusual grain ration for live stock and used up the reserves of corn oats oata and barley owing to the heavy eastern demand for high grade western wheat to take the place of northern spring wheat which was almost a fail failure ure due to rust shipments of wheat heat out of the state have been extraordinary targe large the length and severity of the winter coupled with the shortage of feed has worked ravages on the livestock in many localities losses of sheep from exposure and lack of feed are reported quite heavy in some parts of tooele thoele county high prices for wool end and lambs induced many sheep shelp men to risk old and unfit ewes on the winter range and losses among amone this thia elms class of stock have been the greatest cattle cattie although thin and underfed have wintered fairly well the earliness earl mess of the snowfall caught a consider able acreage of beets still and the continuation of cold weather and snow made it impossible to salvage any material portion of them the beets beeta left in the ground all winter will not he be fit for sugar making but anent to furnish fairly goon good stock feed if harvested at the earliest possible moment it is yet too early to say anything definite concerning concerning the condition of winter wheat but the heavy covering covert ng ot of snow during the winter will surely not prove harmful EDWARD C PAXTON field agent for utah |