Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-22
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
Weather in Utah the Past Week, and Re-
ports From the State of the
Condition of Crops.
Salt Lake city. rtnh.

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The weather throughout the State
during the past week was character
lied by warm days, cool nights, plenty
of sunshine, and deficient preclplta-
ton. Frost occurred almost every
night in some localities but on ae-
count of the advnced stage of the crops
no particular damage was done. Late
press reports state that ON Friday and
Sturday the Ashley valley in uintah
county was visited by one of the heav-
lest hail and rain storms of recent
years, and that great DANCE was
done TO crops and roads. In the vlcln-
ity of Lawrence, Emery county, a
heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by
excessive rain, fall occurred at the
close OF the previous week, doing con-
siderable damage to crops, roads, irri-
eating canals and bitches.
the grain crops are about all cut and
threshed, and the farmers are now
busy harvesting corn. potatoes, sugar
beets and the third cutting OF luceru
Preparations are being made for fall
seeding, but the soil is too dry yet and
farmers are waiting for rain before
commencing the work.
REMAKS OF CORRESPONDENCE
Minersville-A slight frost beginning
of the week. did no damage to crops.
Warm days and cold nights. No kill
ing frost to date. Farmers busy gath
erins corn and potatoes, which are
good crops Apples fair crop but
wormy.
Deweyvllle-The weather has been
fine the past week, the days warm and
the nights cool. Grain threshng is
about finished. Considerable lucern
seed Is out yet, some of IL not cut yet.
winter wheat Potatoes about ready
to dig. are up to the average in yield.
Brigham City-Fore part OF week
partly cloudy with light showers
amounting to 20 of an inch OF rain:
fine weather the last OF the week
Third crop of iucern Is being cut; po-
tato digging commenced; onions in
market.
Snowvllc-Second crop OF Iucern
cut and stacked In good condition.
threshng not commenced yet We
had a nice rain last Monday. refresh
ing things generally.
Logun-Past week warm days. cool
nights, but still dry. Threshing In
progress; apples and plums ripe; veg
etables looking well.
Newton-Weather fair past week.
Threshing going on fast, next week
bloom; small amount OF small grain
put in; not much fail blowing done
yet.
Lawrence-The past week has been
n very peculiar one for thunder and an
awful downpour OF rain: since Mon
day we have had fair weather again;
everybody Is busy again gathering and
hauling crops.
TropIc-Warm days. cool nights;
threshing commenced; oats and corn
getting ripe; heavy rain 10th, 18th and
18th with floods doing some damage to
grain stacks, potatoes, etc.
Hinckley-Warm days and cool
nights with n very light frost; very
dry and water low; threshing small
grain and cutting sed lucern in pro-
gress.
seipio-A very fine. bright week:
grain and lucern all up and much
Jhrcshing done.
Deseret-Clear fine weather past
week; nights cool days warm: grain
about all cut and threshing In progress.
seed lucern about all cut and stacked;
third crop of lucern growing fine; nice
rain night of 1lth doing good to roads.
etc.
Miller-The past week quite change.
able; threshing OF small grain nearly
finished; showers early part of week
have made vegetation look well.
Spring City-A favorable week.
threshing In progress: hay all In stack
and in good shape: corn is bein har-
] NfNltA bHN hDllltMlldl Nulndktd by
! worms, as Is also the case with some
Of the garden crops such as cabbage
and tomatoes; fruit crop unusually
! good.
Chester-The weather is much I'M
! settled; some showers impeding
threshinG but improving the range and
| lucern In my travels 1 find much
grain unsathered; cause--its much
ness and scarcity of laborers.
Cualville--A fine week for harvesting;
| frost every night: not much damage.
Peoa-The past week has been favor
| able for farm work: the cutting and
nights are cold; frost every night
| stacking OF grain and hay is being
| rushed; the days are fine but the
| feed on the range is scarce and stock
| begin to come down and are very
troublesome, doing some damage to
hay and grain; stock looking we'll
Tooelc-Third crop OF lucern being
cut. but the crop is very fight; the
weather is dry and warm; not good