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Show Agricultural News In Brief Prices for Utah farm, commodities commodi-ties during September were only 96 per cent cf the general price level during the pre-fwar level, while prices pri-ces for Septemer last year were 120 ,r cent, statistics released by the Utah State Agricultural college de-par,m,ent de-par,m,ent of agricultural reveal. Prices paid by farmers for comlmodities were reduced only slightly from the price level the corresponding month last year. A general price level decline was indicated indi-cated in all classes of agricultural products in the state except for eggs, which showed a price increase from 24.7 cents to 28 cents. With harvest cf crops completed except for sugar beets, apeles, late potatoes, and a few other late crcps, the 1938 crop season in Utah is reported re-ported generally favorable by the federal crop reporting beard. The October report from Alton R. Larsen, Lar-sen, junior agricultural statistician with Salt Lake City offices of the bureau of agricultural economics, shows that production of hay, grain sugar beets, fruits, and potatoes compare favorable with the average for a series cf previous years. The potato crop is estimated to be the same as that of last year and slightly higher than the 10-year average. av-erage. Sugar beets are said to be maintaining a generally good condition, con-dition, although from the preseno outlook the total tonnage is expected expect-ed to be considerably lcwer than that last year and slightly lowe. than the ten-year average. Utah is one of the 10 states from which Federal Surplus Commodities corporation will purchase suiplus late cabbage. Due to the fact that there is a larger crop of late cabbage cab-bage than usual the purchase plan is designated to assist producers in marketing of cabbage due to the fact that the surplus threatens disrupt regular trade channels. |