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Show Crop Reports Shows Increased Yields Wheat production in Utah this year which placed at 5,831,000 bushels, bush-els, represents a 30 percent increase over 1936 figures, and crop production produc-tion generally has shown an improvement, im-provement, estimates released from the office of Frank Andrews, state agricultural statistician indicated. This yield is only 2.5 increase over 1928-32 average, however. The biggest increase came in spring wheat, with winter wheat showing a drop over the four-year average. The greatest drop in Utah crop production came in fruit yields. This year's peach crop, estimated at 72,-000 72,-000 bushels, is only 13 percent as last year's 554,000 bushel production, produc-tion, and fruit crops generally show a similar decrease over the four-year four-year average. Statistician Andrews estimates that this year's oat yield will drop 54,000 bushels from last year, to a 1,026,000 bushel production, but that the barley crop will increase 250,-000 250,-000 bushels to 1,989,000 bushels for the total production of the state for the year. This year's potato crop, of 2,211,-000 2,211,-000 bushels is only a six percent increase in-crease over the four-year normal, but is 21 percent greater than last year. Sugar beet production, estimated esti-mated at 700,000 tons, is 28 percent greater than last year's yield. I The production of all crops in the I state this year compares favorably ' I with previous years except for the drop in the production of fruit. Mr. Andrews' report shows general crop increases throughout the United States. o |