The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-15
The sun specIal serylce.

The Sun Special Service.
WASHINGTON. u. g.. June "a 1
summary 1T the June crop report FOR I
the state ~ Utah and FOR tho United .
states. az complied hy the bureau 81 I
crop estimates land transmitted 1
through the weather bureauI. United /
states department of agriculture. fol- I
lows.
winter Wheat utah-June ist
forecast Size. 600 bushels. pfoduc- /
ton last year tfinnl estimator 5000 /
600 bushels
United statcs-Iunc 1T forecast |
a7a. 900. 600 bushels. production last /
year final cstlmatel tsi.7ftoO0 bu- |
shells
Spring wheat. t'tah--Junc 1T fore /
cast. 2.6sO.0 900; production last year |
final estimate 1900. 600 bushels.
United HnteH-June Let forecast. |
asa. 900. 900 bushels. production last /
year final estimator iss.it3.oOO hui |
sheis.
Oats. utah-June ist forecast. g..
csc, 900 bushels. production last year
lfinai estimator f.fs0. 900 bushels
United statcs-June lat forecast.
i.as0.00o bushels. production last
year tfinai e-timate) i.2bi.ss2.ooo
bushels.
Barley. utah--Iunc iH forecast
$780, 900 bushels. production last
year Cfinai estlmatcb i,2st.ooo bu-
shells
United statcs--Junc let forecast.
10000. 900 bushels; production last
year tfinal estlmatel iso.s2J.ooo bu.
shells
Hay. utah-June LIST forecast L.
sss 600 tons: production last year
tfinai estimatel ef7. 900 toms
United stataa---June lat forecast
los, coo, 900 tons. production last year
(finai cstlmateD iOs. $4,000 tons
Pasture. utah--June Let condition,
20 per cent compared With ten-year
average OF 81 per cent
United Rtatss--June ist condition.
sss per cent. compared with ten
year average Of SOS per cent
Apples agricultural crop), Utah
June lat forecast. 10000 barrels of
three bushels. production last year
final estimator $4,000 barrels.
United atateH--June lat forecast,
as.too.ooo barrels Of three bushels;
production last year final estimatel
sf.tiB.ooo barrels.
sugar neota. Ttah-June tHt con
the ten-ycar average Of 90 per cent.
United stateH-June lat condition.
ss.T per cent. compared with the ten
year average % ks,T per cent.
Prices--The first price given below
h the average on June LIST this year,
and the second, the average June ist
last year.
Utah--wheat. se.as and ninety
cents per burhei. Corn. ti.6s and
seventy.five cents per burheL oats.
tI.is aud nfty cents Potatoes. ts.No
ana tf.ia Hay. ta6.s0 and tis.so
per ton. Eggs, thirty and twenty
cents per dozen.
United states--wheat. sstsN and
800 per buShei Corn. $50 i-iO and
seyenty-four aud one-tenth cents.
Oats. nixty-nina aud nine-tenthu and
forty-twos and one-tenth cents Poe
tatoes, s27i and ninety eight and
eight -tenths cents HAY, tib.sb and
sisf6 per ton Eggs, thirty -ons aud
one-tenth and nineteen cents per
dozen
Farm work has been seriously de-
layed by muddy fields. Seeding not
YET completed. All early seeded
crops. except corn, show good stands
Az are looking well though growing
rather slowly. Alfalfa n especially
good. The cool weather has etarded
the rayREes OF the weevil more than
n has the growth of the alfalfa. The
acreage of spring wheat h unusually
large. Pastures are very good. l.ive
stock generally h rapidly recovering
from the effects OF the severe winter.
The weather was unusually cold
over the entire state during May, the
unfavorable Influence being apparent
In all agricultural operations and In
the natural development % staple
crops. Tho low temperatures 0f the
month We're fairly uniform through
out. there being NO important cold
periods. hence. while fruit and other
sensitive crops were greatly behind In
development they continued la thrift
~ condition. there being no important
frost injury. The mean temperature
for the state. seventy mine stations re-
porting. was is.b degrees ar 90 de-
grees below average
The excessive precipitation main
tanned q soil condition that was favor
able tor perennial crops and native
vegetation and for the germination
and gradual growth of early seeded
crops. hut Il seriously intertrred with
tiiiage.
The moisture from rains was aus
mented by melting mountain SHOWS
during a period OF warmth In the
third week, az which time some dam
age resulted 20 property by flood wa
tiers along the principal water courses,
The average precipitation for a hun
bred and sixteen stations was s.6i
inches or l.2f inches above average,