Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-28


bring up grain; gardens and orchards
showing nicely.
Deseret- Sharp rain 2ist 22d and sd.
Trees are getting green; plume are In
bloom; apple blossoms showing; irriga-
tlon lively; grain coming up
Kingston--Past week Is remarkable
compared with last year as there Is no
frost to hurt blossoms on crops. every
thing growing finely; irrigation begun;
apples and plums beginning to bloom.
vilie.-Farmers busy blowing
and sowing grain. Heavy rain night OF
10Th winter wheat and rye looking
No i;igardenlng is also In order and
ground In prime condition
Miler-The forpart OF week was fair
and windy resulting In coplous rain,
which completely saturated the ground
which had become very dry. and ma
teriany Frightening the prospects of
farmers and all concerned.
Halliday--First four days Of week
dry and windy Heavy rain OF goth last
ing $ hours: crops doing fine.
Mil Creek-Peas, plums, peaches and
Strawberries in bloom. Weather excel
lent for growth Of vegetation. Nice rain
ON 2lst.
Mantf--wcathor very dry with cold
nights
Spring city-some wind on two
days: looks like storm; grain coming
up: weather fine.
Chester-Past week cloudy with some
showers; farmers nearly through sow
ing grain; wheat coming up nicely;
lucern growing fast
Joseph-Wheat looking good; lucern
growing fast: starting to put In oats
and potatoes; orchards putting forth
bloom: ralned a little 2lst; water plcn-
tiful.
Peoa-The past two weeks, up to
evening OF 18th. have been very favor
able for farm work. and n large amount
of land has been plowed and sown; on
the venig of the 18th there was a light
shower on the night of the 10Th a
heavy thunder storm passed over Peoa,
the thunder was deafening and the
lightning fearful. rain and hail came
down in torrents; shower on the ed.
Hoytsville--Past week has been ia
vorable to farm work. Fine rain on
20th and 2lst which was very bene-
fetal as it gave the ground a good
soaking.
Mapleton-The heavy rain on the 21st
did much good, particularly to the beet
crop Plums in bloom on 18th. apricots
and cherries in bloom on goth; water
supply short of demands.
Lake Shore-The past week has been
good for the grain crops; rain on Tues
day and Wednesday. Sugar beets and
early potatoes being planted; currants
and gooseberry In blossom.
Salem-Plums in blossom, lucern to
inches high, rye getting In the boot;
farmers busy sowing the last OF their
grain and lucern seed, watering lucern,
etc.
Vineyard-The heavy rain during
week was very beneficial to all kinds
Of vegetation. Peas, radishes, onions
and other crops looking we'll; no pros
poets for peaches this year-have been
Payson-Crops look fine. Heavy
on 2Oth--no damage.
Water lowered past week. Cool nights
and very pleasant days.
American Fork-Weather favorable;
lucern looks well; very few peach trees
in bloom. most killed; watering begun;
early peas looking well.
Lehi-Generaily fine week for growth.
enough rain to bring up the beets.
Pleasant Grove-Fruit trees in bloom
and prospects good for large crop of
all kinds of fruit except peaches. Lu-
Germ to fs>nches high meadows nice
and greens garden stuff growing nice
~; grain growing fast.
Loa,-Weather changeable About
half of the wheat in and watering
In progress; lucern beginning to look
green.
Charleston--Graln most all In and
some coming up. Dry land grain look
ing fine; much more wheat planted
than usual.
Heber-Whent seeding about COM
pleted: sowing of oats In progress.
AZ of an inch.
Huntsville-A fine rain on 21st Farm |
ars busy putting in spring grain: trees
to bud.
Uintah-Rain, on 10th and 21st ad- |
vegetation considerably. So far
prospects for good crops are generally |
favorable. |
New Harmony--A pleasant week. |
Crops looking well; fruit trees In bloom. |
Note-Owing to lack of space eX-
tracts from all reports received can
not be published each week. but they |
are all used In the preparation of the |
bulletin and will be published in rota-
don. ,- j. II. SMITH.
Section Director.