Show ewa ts its ts a privilege 0 to live in utah 6 66 6 4 0 6 0 0 washington echoes ot of an unusual lowing bowing season in utah in 1926 1925 are heard in a report to the commissioner of reclamation on the Stran strawberry berry project which showed a big increase in the bost best yield per abre acre over the year before notwithstanding the decreased acreage the beet crop increased from tons tona in 1924 to tone in 1925 1926 or an average increase per acre of from seven tons to thirteen tons salt lake city aba january production in the second utah intermountain egg laying contest continued to be good but does not equal the january production of last year T the he average production of each of the pullets in the contest for january was 16 2 eggs and an average for the first three months of eggs which la is an average of only one hall half eek eghi tor for each pullet more than the first 3 months production of last year there are still six pul pullets letain in the contest that do not have a single egg to their credit two others with a record of only oaly one egg each and six other pullets with records of two to five eggs each tor for the first three months of the contest salt lake city at a conference in the offices of the state road commission salt lake county offered to furnish from its state road tax tor for construction of about 1 19 9 miles of pavement on the east side of state street and running north from the south city limits of murray at loven bahls corner corne r murray city commissioners said that was as much they hey felt as the city would afford salt lake city livestock throughout the state stat elfi is in good condition with ample moisture to supply its needs according to the weekly survey of the united states weather bureau win grain its is reported good at garland mccornick and ogden recent storms have irp improved the th range at holden and the same is true of the cedar city vicinity where new snow has fallen there la is also new snow at monticello while blanding ranges have been improved by showers southeastern idaho has ample snow to 0 supply water for stock salt lake city support in securing legislation for the protection of utah school land was promised by the utah state farm bureau in a letter sent to D W secretary of the i utah educational ass association ocia tion by M S winder executive secretary of the bure bureau a u I 1 price at a meeting ot of thirty four price and wellington farmers called by orson P madsen MadS tn county agent it was decided that the eradication of three principal weeds that are gaining a foothold in the county would be one of the chief projects to be undertaken in 1926 by the farmers of this section salt lake city the salt lake denver railroad company which proposes to construct a railroad from provo utah to caralt colo through th the 0 rich uintah basin has been granted until april 1 to tile file exceptions to the adverse report of the examiner according to notification received from the interstate commerce commis 11 lon by julius M bamberger vice president exceptions were to have been filed on tuesday february 16 but due to the manifold interests in utah and colorado and their vital concern in the construction of the line the commission has granted the extension of time to permit the presentation sen tation of a complete and properly comprehensive bill of exceptions salt lake city A W anderson of price secretary manager ot of the utah honey producers association ai association reports that J S paton of the john G paton company of now new york recently met with the ulah association and renewed contracts for the present season the company purchased the utah surplus honey handled bandied by this MIS association tor for the past two years and the fact that it has purchased the thira crop tells of the high regard with which it views the utah product myton A soil survey of the uintah valley area has been issued by the united states department oi of agriculture bureau of soils working with the utah experiment station the survey also covers climate and resources salt lake city the pluto plute reservoir near marysvale Marys vale and the sevier bridge reservoir twenty miles south couth of nepal each contain acre feet less of 4 water than they should on account of the unusually dry winter reason according to 0 bryce mcbride sevier river water commissioner who has just returned to salt lake CRY city It after ftera a trip through that section bention Bec tion |