Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-12

and seeding progressed whrnsvet
The weather refmitied, aud tue M n IA
cllied win the pfluciual ism " t,.v
eros iD the gtOuud,aud Ia the exl feme
| southern counties some ct ihr ff.tn
Wa sbove ground an craving nicely.
The month u May was n1fo or les
stormy and cold untii The g5ih. vbef,
the weather became much warmer aud
more settled. Damaging ir0eta D.cuff.d
from the 1870 TO the i6ih, doing mue
dsmsgu 90 ifuit anu vtrrtabl
throughout the northern portion o. tne
slate. Generally the weather o ndi.
tions durins the month were unfaV "a.
BILE and crops made but very MAJ,
progress ia growtH. q Cd soakiug
falDs occurred on I.e .Oih and 80tu
over the greater part VI me state.
breaking the drought In the southern
counties aud impfovi 4 the conditIou
Of crops all over the State.
June was very favorable month
for the iatmVT and ofops made rapld
advancement In oil sections. Plant.
ing corn ana potatoes alb at flnishoI
the fifteenth, and the cutting Of thu
nfst crop VI lucofn commenced ~ the
southern sections. Some damage to
crops during the ntst week OF the
month by Hoods. Severe ffoais In
elevated districts did consilofablu
damage TO the vegetable crops anu
trait tees. Pors 10 blossom aud a,faw.
berries getting ripe At the close Of tho
month.
July was remarkable for the dtsuuc.
uvei Hoods which occurred ln tue
southern part Of the STATE, whero On
inoalculable amount OF damage VS.
done TO the hay anu grain crops, many
VI which were entirely uesif yud bs
rain Anl mud. San Pete, Juab, Bun..
init, Millafd aud buviOf counties sut.
Tered the greatest loss. Cutting lucefn
was Ia TOLL blast the DIST week of the
month, auu IN some districts the resp.
cts were In operation. Tho warm
wsa her aud frequent showers we're
DO encial ~ crepe which made fapiI
a1va cement toward maturity during
the month. Tho ranges which had
been ralhUr poor Tor sometime Pas
showed signs VI great improvement At
the end OF the month. Dry ianu crops
we're also very much beuonlted by
moisture anu looked promising whou
the month closed.
The nut halt OF August was all
inst the iatmcr c0uli desire for
hhylnR. harvesting grain, thfcshiug,
anu the gtOWtn OF crop the last bali
was windy AMI showeTy with deslfuc.
i've nO9us IA the southern halt nf the
olale, whicn caused Considerable dam.
ace 10 l1cefn, graln, canais, ditchcs,
etc. Ahtvetting was quitr gr oral
durlnR the month, ava tnfeshiug wHl
Wei under way In n gfeat m ny dc.
tficts. The weather c0udili NJ uuriug
the month we're very favorable tu tlv
general crops when made good Ifl.
grtts under the Influence OF showers
aud sunshine. September was
exceptionally nno Tor harv.
ustins operations unlil tn
lbth, when a heavy wind sturm pnsstd
over toe Centtsl anu northern sections
OF the Stale, causing great damBge T.
hay, grain hnd lucrrn stack, ,tut
orchnfua. shade trscs, hOusts, ienurf,
stc. hunurotu OF tons Of nay anu
gain were scattered over tho lelds Ia
such q manner that it could not b.
fugathtfod, aud proved total I1s..
lhn Iesf AMI apple crop WIS almost
destroyed, anu lhr scei ~ D Of luootn
Vntteiy iulnoI. Tho Ices 10 the arm.
ufs has been very great; IN
some counties II In estimated
at $4,000. The counties that
sustained the gre itest damage
were. Ulah, salt Lake, Davis, Nor.
gan, Meter, Cache aud box Elder.
The INT killing frost OF the season
occurred on the l0ib, and destroyed
every thing IA toadof nature th ouyh. |
out the ce.tfal and northern sections |
OF the Stale.
Tho month closes with the ctots
about harvested aud principal part a |
the grain thfeshtJ. In view OF tht |
many awbaeks during the season
such Ne Tho late, cold spTing, severe
ltoals, n1ois, drought anu nigh WINS,
The general crops have turned ~ |
much better than was expected, and |
the ihtmefs, generally, arc well uats.
Nod with the results " their labor |
curing tho past season.
J. II. SMITH,
Observer and Section Director.