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Show INCIIIJAMt 18 rillOWV IV rr.uH winthu vinc.vr Utah show's n 4 per rent Increase In tbe acreage of winter wheat pawn In ll, according to n government report re-port received last Wednesday hy M. M. Justin, field agent In Utah nnd Nevada for tha federal bureau of crop estimates. Tho total nereigo Is 173.-000. 173.-000. against 186.000 In II7. This comnacallvely small Increase, tho report aavs, reflecli the large In-ereise In-ereise In spring wheat reported last sptlng Much land that would hno fallow for sealing this fall wa s"n lo wheat. Tho cold snell In N'ovem. hrr made farmers unwilling to rlk hlghnrlced seed on any nowly plowed ground. 1 live acreage Is reported to hnve In-1 creased nbnut two thousand acres. Tb Increase Is larger relatively thin that sown by lin country as a whole Condition Is oullo low. due lo the drv weather In tho southern part of lha slate. Pall plowing Is renarted onlv ner cent oa far along as usual Tbl Is due mainly In the drouth In f'e smith and O'o shortage f labor. Hnw"cver. several nf tbe hlvher sciien were hlndertHl by eold weather and snow. |