Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21
FARMING.

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Wheat crop condlunns'-iU re-
.,,,t,o inc course of the gam
TO-, f,,. ,bo vsa, 1901. 1
TRADE ln wa" wa ,,,.,
regret 10 have to ieOo'U " '''
.o,. yield for wheat. The extreme h'''
poV' ,,o,st emf down the crop
In july anu -''e ...1 , ,r,,oisIng
yield. from What pleAeI'''" "
sppoarance IN May ana june 10 p'lrN
~ ,,,n al harvest time. The very
ha'i wy .,. o,d rropiatlre.
hot weather Du' "'' .,... I'D. tbs
~ rlpened a very large plop"i ''''' W.
croo and Il IS doubtful whether lhe
Tcid M wheat this year has eNvetllo
fwo million bushels i'm our slalo Nol
only so but "a large quantity on lne
S'bSot las been SO punched and thin I'D
the henry that Il has mao 10 be usel
Far feed purposes. leaving the quahtly
available for human consumption bare
~ suGiclent for our ever growing popu-
I9tlon
md profitable nature Of the beet IN
aust,v md the good prices available for
Loy srd oats has also no doubt ma.
toriollv iessoned the acreage devoted 10
Ysbeaf culture in Utah. Many OF the
noinfs In our state which used TO be
nroducers of considerable wheat not
nnlv have given up raising the same
mn are heavy buyers themselves. The
unnrsoedented activity In our mining
ea,nns hue also led To an urgent de-
,nond for dour from these quarters
ma crons IN Sanpete and Sewer have
heen practically a failure for two years
and he curious feature has been OBJ
served tbat these places are importing
their broad stuffs, literal case Of
'cer,vIng Goals 10 Newcastle"
AhHt one hundred thousand L.shels
yere exnorted from tItah 10 Colorado
and TeYas at the time our crop was
harvested but II now appears that our
millers made n serious mistake In all
Iow'irg tbis wheat 10 10 out of their
hands as we are now importing heayi-
Iv from Washington and Oregon.
prices During the first half Of the
vaar iQ0t the fluctuations IN prices we're
not important. wheat ranging from 50
cents 10 90 cents per bushel but during
mo second half there has been sharp
advance and wheat today IS worth 70
cents 10 "a cents per bushel I'm Salt Lake |
INV and NOT much appearance Of the |
consumers obtaining any relief from |
this range Of values until another crop |
has been reaped.
Crop prospects. Autumn sown |
wheat has been nut into the ground I'M |
der favorable conditions and there has !
been sufficient moisture to give 1t a
vood start while M mis- time of writ /
he me ground has received a fair COW
arlne of snow which should protect Il !
from freezing
The wheat crop in the southwest mart /
Of Idaho (Which is in a measure tribu- /,
.ary 10 Salt Lake City) has also been
small, and instead Of being large ex- I,
1orteFs as in former Years. the people
n that part of Idaho have scarcely mad
more than sufficient for the grinding
If their own mills.
Oats.-The crop has been bountful
me both IN Utah and southern Idaho
MT the demand also has been extremely !
,rlsk which has permitted farmers ~ !
,btain first rate prices throughout the
ntire season.
Prices. Before the new CROP was har-
'ested there was a grent scarcity of
,ats and prices touched as high as 81 10
o ST .1g Der hundred pounds In carloads
It Salt Lake city. The new crop opened 4
It about s1.2O to sl.25 per hundred
pounds. and the market al this time for
,arloads varies from Si.% 10 81 As per
hundred pounds. according TO quality !,
md positIon IN carloaAs nj Sail I.ake
1lty,
Barley.-There has been about the
Usual Yield Of this cereal and a good