The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-06
CROP DAMAGE
NOT SERIOUS
AS REPORTED.
Accounts of Tremendous Loss
Due to Storms Not Borne
Out by Facts.
SMALL FRUIT SUFFERS
FROM EXCESSIVE COLD
BERRIES. PEACHES AND ToMA-
TOES AFFECTED-HAY CROP
DELAYED IN MATURING.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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reports OF vast damage 10 crops =
: throughout Utah by reason Of the =
= recent storms are exaggerated. II IS y
= true that there has been damage TO y
= fruits and farm produce. but i'm the y
= main the heavy loss has occurred y
= IN Isolated sections The Herald has =
= Deen at pains to gather COmprehen- y
y sive reports from different parts Of =
y the state These reports are from =
= men familiar with conditions in their =
= localities, and are not exaggerated as y
y to the amount of loss. nor yet do =
y they conceal anything which had to =
y do with the real facts.
result of the accounts received y
= by The Herald would read that the y
= hay crop Will suffer by reason of y
y delay in maturity that the berry y
y crop has suffered; that the peach y
y crop in some localities has suffered: >
y that small fruits generally have felt y
' the effect Of the untOWard condi- =
= tons; that tomatoes will be short in =
= quantity; that grains and cereals y
+ have not suffered, save that corn in y
y some fields viii have to be replanted. y
y that there remains time To do this; =
= that the apple crop will be larger =
y than ever before; that the unusual =
\ quantity CT rain will be beneficial y
4 10 the dry farming industry; that =
y beets. one Of the staples. are not >
= affected. except in rare instances. =
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It is difficult to state accurately the
degree of damage that has been done by
the recent storms in the Salt Lake valley.
for the reason that the loss in some sec
tons is severe. while in others II is slight:
so. too, it has affected various farm
products in different degrees. There has
been loss. Of course. In some instances it
has amounted TO 50 per cent while i'm
others IL has not reached more than /
per cent The greatest sufferers have
been the growers Of small fruits. straw
berries. raspbeTries and the like. I'm not
a few cases the peach crop has been se-
riOusly affected.
Joseph Hyrum Parry, than whom per-
haps there is no more experienced uOr
better informed man in this community
concerning crops and crop conditions in
a casual conversation Yesterday gave his
opinion about the storms and their ef-
fects substantially in this wise;
Strawberries and Peaches.
THE most recent storm-the one which
we are seeing the tail end Of nOW-did
very little damage TO growing crops tt
was the storm Of a few weeks ago, when
the snow fell that caused most Of the
damage 1t was not the snow itself for
the snow belt did not extend much be-
yOnd the city I'm the city trees were
broken Of their branches and blossoms.
but in the country the orchards did not
suffer from the weight Of snow. for there
was little if any. The cold which accom-
panied the snow, however, did serious
damage TO some Of the crops. Small
fruits such as Strawberries in particu-
lar. suffered. and / believe the farmers
with whom I have talked estimate their
loss al 30 per cent. In spite OF this fact.
there will be a good crop Of berries.
Peach growers also felt the effects of the
frost. This is especially true Of the lower
valley. where the ground is lOW-iying
On the higher ground. I am informed,
the loss can be said 70 be slight.
Apples Are All Right.
1.-THE reports that the apple crop has
been damaged is not true. There Eill he
a splendid crop of apples this year IL
viii be bigger than ever before.
The present rain viii have the effect
or delaying the maturing OF the hay crop.
There still remains time 10 harvest three
crops OF alfalfa, but I think the last crop
will be very light
Wheat barley, oats and the other ce-
reals have not been damaged.
Corn that was mp at the time we had
the snow will have to be replanted, but
there is ample tiHsa 10 do This"