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The Cost Of Producing Peaches In Utah County, 1947, Arnold Taylor
The Cost Of Producing Peaches In Utah County, 1947, Arnold Taylor
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Peach production in Utah County is an important farm enterprise. In 1944, 342,525 bushels were produced, valued at $685,050. This was 5.5 percent of the total value of all agricultural products sold or used in the home for the year 1944. In value and acreage the peach crop leads all other fruit crops produced in Utah County.
Utah County is the most important peach producing area in the state. It contained 28 percent of the total farms reporting peach orchards, 44.7 percent of all peach trees, and 40.6 percent of the number of bushels harvested in the state for the …