The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-21

amount of alfalfa hay spoiled by rain.
The cold, rainy and foggy weather
during the last four days has killed
off lots of caterpiIlars and other in
sects. Fruit looks promising.
/ Uintah-FarmerS are now harvesting
winter wheat; the crop seems to be
excellent. High winds have caused a
great deal of damage to fruit this
week. Numerous showers have i'm
proved the prospects of a. good crop
of corn on dry lands.
Harrisville-The week has been
windy and diSa greeable with precipita-
ton enough to lay the dust and freshen
up vegetation and pastures. Harvest
ing on dry farms begun with good
yields.
Payson-Cutting rye and barley; oats
heading; fall wheat nearly ready to
cut. Potatoes ready for market, also
cabbage and string beans.
Deweyville-The fore part of the week
was warm, the 10th and 18th cloudy
and cool, with a great deal of wind
from the east which blowed off con-
siderable fruit. A light shower on the
morning Of the 18th. Considerable
wheat has been harvested the past
week; where the late frosts have not
damaged it the yield is good.
Box misunderstanding winds, cool,
cloudy weather with a thunderstorm
on the 18th, during the afternoon. The
week ends with fine growing weather;
haying commenced
Randolph-The past week has been a
good growing one. Lucern in bloom
and we are beginning to cut the first
crop. Rain Wednesday and Thursday.
Prospects for grain crops were never
better
Fountain Green-Past week stormy.
a nice gentle rain was beneficial to
grain, but detrimental to having, as
much lucern was cut and damaged by
the moisture. Grain looks fine. The APP
pie, plum and pear crops are a. failure.
in consequence of frost. Worms and
grasShopperS are somewhat numer-
Gus, but as yet have done but Estle
damage.
Observation-Disclosures warm during day,
cold at night. Light frost on 18th and
18th, no perceptible damage done.
Nice showers on 9th and 18th. Every
thing looking we'll. Spraying appears
to have done much good.
Moroni-The week has been good for
growing crops. Frost Monday night
or of an inch of RAIN fell on Monday
damaging cut lucern. Most of the first
crop of lucern cut; rye cutting COM
menced.
Scipio-Hail on 18th, and heavy rain
ON 10th and 11th all around but not
much in town. Crops growing fiEe:
grain looking wen. The rain damaged
much lucern hay.
Center-We had very good weather
during the week with nice showers
and some snow on the mountains on /
10th and 18th. Crops looking Well
Holden-Weather fore part of the
week warm. middle of week cold, with
storms; latter part warm and good for
crops. Some rye ready for cutting next
week. Worms and gTasshopeprs are
damaging 'lucern and gardens to some I
extent. Peas and new potatoes in mar
ket.
Kanab-Water holding out good for |
This county. All crops are doing fairly |
well, considering the hot, dry weather /
which as prevailed the past five weeks, |
and the army worm or something of |
the kind which is taking off alfalfa, /
beetS, carrots, etc.
Coalville-Heavy rain nearly every
lay and night; wheat heading out:
first lucern cut on 18th. On account of
frost and cold the hay crop will be
light. Potatoes looking fine. White
,rost latter part of week; no damage.
Heber-Good growing weather past
week. The desired rain has come,
thoroughly soaking the soil. Heavy
with hail on the 11th
About one-half of the lucern in swath
when storm came, damaging it very
much. But the good to other crops will
the harm to lucern by
great odds. Grain is heading out and
ooks well. Potatoes will be light
,rop, one-half of the vines were frozen
Town to the root. Currants and goose
berries in market; immense crop.
Highest temperature, Sc; lowest tenn
,erature, ~; rainfall, ZIP inches.
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