The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-12-09
FARMERS OF UTAH
HAVE GOOD YEAR
PRODUCTS OF FARMS OF THE
STATE TRIPLED IN THE
PAST DECADE.
Census Report Shows Great Growth
In Agriculture and Increase In
Number Of Farms Within
the Borders Of Our state.

Utah's farm lands produced crops in
the year 1919 aggregating value OF
$57 ,0S0,S27, an increase OF 21S per
cent over the total crop value OF the
year 1909, according to figures just
given out from the bureau of census
department OF commerce, Washing
ton, ID. @.
The report, issued by Sam L. Roe-
ers. director OF the bureau, shows a
valuation Increase OF all farm proper
~ of the state In the last decade from
Sl50,795,201 to 1911, 274T2S. In tho
value OF land and buuuings per-
centage Increase OF 1914 per cent -
shown, OF implements and machinery
POPS per cent and OF livestock S7.0
per cent.
The number OF farms IN the state,
according TO the cens6s, is 25.682.
These farms contain 5,0J0,410 acres
OF which 1,715,3S0 acres are improved
land. Since 1910 the number OF farms
has increased 1874 per cent the total
acreage 4S.0 per cont and the Inn
proved acreage 25.4 per cent.
or oil farms operated by owners
40 per cent are mortgaged. as com
pared to 229 per cent ten years ago,
according to the report. OF women
farmers, Utah has 627, OF whom coo
are owners, one Is n manager and sew
enteen are tenants, says the bulletin.
OF the total area OF the state 90
per cent is In farms and "a per cent
OF the farm land II improved. The
acreage size of the Utah farm has In
creased from 1897 acres to 1868 and
OF this acreage the improved land has
increased from 03.1 acres to COS acres
per farm.
The report shows a decrease In the
production OF wool, oats, barley, pota-
toes and strawberries. Increase IL
shown In the number OF horses from
l1,135 to 125,471, OF mules from 2l30
to 2703, OF cattle from 370.292 to 5O5,-
o7S, OF sheep from 1,670.S00 to L.
O0l,705, OF chickens from 673,062 to
o54,605 and OF stands of bees de-
crease from 20,1s5 to 25,001.
The total number OF cattle is $685.
57S, including 397,563 beef cattle and
iOSSOl5 dairy cattle. Beef cows alone
number 1923 and dairy cows 66,724
The value reported for all cattle Is
E22' G27 500 for beef cattle, S16s00.-
go, and for dairy cattle. 1881 Al.
The number Of cattle In 1910 (exclud-
Ing spring calves) wns 370202.
or the. 1901, 795 sheep In the state
sOI622 are lambs under one year old,
i.23l,34l ewes one year old and over
and 52,s32 rams and wethers. The to-
tai value reported for sheep is $751;
ISL 500, an average OF $11.16 per head.
The number OF sheep In 1910 (exclud-,
ing spring lambs) was 1,070.s00
The 29'512 goats include 1910 kids
under one year raised for fleeces. H..
500 goats kept for fleeces ana 44Oa
other goats" The value reported for
goats is $25S,1OO, an average OF Ss5s
per head.
The total production OF milk in
1919 was 20.3se512 gallons, as com.
pared with 26,306,070 gallons I'm 1909.
The production OF wool In 1919 was
11,6O0808 pounds, as against ~. 1O2 /.
22O pounds In 1900; OF honey, 1872.
239 pounds; OF eggs, 5,7O0,O76 dozen.
and the number OF chickens raised,
1,107,440.
The value OF all dairy products, ex.
Guiding home use OF milk and cream.
was S4.sO9OS7; OF eggs S2,112,35 OF
chickens raised In 1919. S775,212.
The value OF the SOsG farms for
which complete mortgage reports were
secured Is Ss4,57s.101, and the amount
OF the mortgage debt Is S24, 3.34 G3G. or
2s.S ner cent OF the value. The aver.
oge rate Of Interest paid Is III per
cent Forty-seven and slx-tenths per
cent OF all farms operated by their
owners are mortgaged, as compared
with 22.0 per cent I'm 1910.
In 1919, 540,967 acres were in bov
ana forage, including 1856, 100 acres in
alfalfa, 74,744 acres In tame grasses
ana cloyor, 5000 acres In wild
grasses, 1850 acres In small grains
cut Tor hay 603S acres in corn cut for
forage and $500 acres In sllage crops
me total production of hay ana for.
age In 1919 was 1881, 600 tons. OF
which 74S,949 tons were alfalfa. and
''3so tons silage. In 1905 the total
acreage In hay and forage (not lnclud.
ing corn cut for forage), was 4O5. 42s
acres and the total production 1,OlG,.
)75 tons.
Ihere were 12,047 acres I'm potatoes
~ lslo, MS compared with 1920 acres
N loO9' representing decrease OF
io.2 per cent The average yield In
iolo was 1868 bushels per 0cre, as
ngnlnst 1904 hnshnls I'm 1nnn