Show RELIABLE statistics edwaad C paxton field agent for utah in ins his recent report to the U S department of agriculture sum maribes nia as follows stocks of grain on farms in utah on oil maich 1st ast have been reduced to ohp the lowest point in several years unprecedented prices of wheat the keen competition of buyers for foreign markets and the need for ready cash on the part of the tanners farmers have all been contributory factors in depleting the wheat supply 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 and barley owing to heavy eastern demand for high grade western wheat to take the place of northern spring wheat which was almost a failure due to rust shipments of wheat out of the state have been extraordinarily large the length and severity of the winter coupled with the shortage of rough feed has worked ravages on the live liv e stock 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 and lambs induced mail haip s sheep men to nr oid unfit ewes on the wi ace 1 range and losses among this class of stock have been the ga greatest eanest cattle although thin and underfed have wintered fairly well the earliness carlin of the snowfall caught a considerable acreage of beets still and the continuation of cold weather made it impo impossible isible to salvage any material portion of them it is yet too early to say anything definite concerning the condition of winter wheat but the heavy covering of snow during the tile winter will surely not prove harmful |