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Show News In Brief The September forecast made by the U.S.D A. for all hay production in Utah f'-r this year is set at 1.139,000 tons as compared with 953.000 tons fcr 1935. Cash receipts from the sale of principal farm products In Utah rose from $25,165,000 in 1932 to i3fi.665.000 In 1935, Including $3,-239.000 $3,-239.000 in rental ar.d benefit payments. pay-ments. This Is an increase of 40 per cent. Cash receipts constitute about 97 per cent of the total cash income fiom farm producic-n In Utah. The volume of cooperative sales of livestock in Utah increased 550 per cent in the 1935-36 marketing period in comparison with 1934-35, according to the cooperative division divis-ion of the Farm Credit Administration. Adminis-tration. Higher livestock price levels lev-els were primarily responsible for this increase. Utah has two farmers' livestock marketing associations with headquarters head-quarters within the state. The membership cf these agencies a-mic-unts to approximately 1000 livestock live-stock men. During trie 1935-36 marketing pericd, the sales of these organizations amounted to $3,380,000 as against $600,000 in 1934-35. j It is estimated that 'from Utah's 36.000 acres cf sugar beets. 504,000 tons will be harvested this fall. That means an average of 14 tons to the acre. Economists say that the first 10 tons taken from each acre must be allowed for the expense ex-pense of raising; and marketing the crop. At that rate about 144.000 tons will be left for the profit side of the ledger. Utah's range program as outlined by the agricultural adjustment administration, ad-ministration, will be under the supervision of the extension service of the Utah State Agricultural college. col-lege. Only private lands are affected af-fected but this involves about 5,-QO0.OOO 5,-QO0.OOO acres cf country, according to Director William Peterson. A final payment for sugar beet growers who signed to control the 1935 crop under the specifications of the A. A. A., will be made in the near future, judging from reports from Washington, D. C Hew much the payment will be and when it will be made has not been announced. announc-ed. Eo far the growers have re-cieved re-cieved 50 cents per ton on their anticipated an-ticipated crop estimates. Now compliance com-pliance blanks are being filled in by the farmers and when they have been checked at the national capital capi-tal pay envelopes will, no doubt, star; 'o come into the state. |