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Show PAGE THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER 8 cents for twelve months proved to be the top. Some dealers say that 35 to 37 cents is enough to pay for the best Texas wools. No Has eight months wool has yet been con. WOOL SLIPS; MARKET DULL Reports Contracting About Ceased; Buyers are Withdrawn. Boston BOSTON, Mas., April here distribution 15. continues to forty-on- e Outlook For The Water Supply in Thei Great Uintah (By GEORGE D. CLYDE, Utah Ag- tracted. Wool dull. Prices slip a little every week. The influence of a dragging goods market has revived pessimism in many Manufacturers refuse wool houses. to be hurried and apparently are It is said not pressed for wool. has largely ceased, that contracting off their called local houses having Some mill buyers are still buyers. operating and have secured wool in the Yakima valley, Washington, at 30 to 32 cents. accumulating here rapidly. Foreign supplies have been arriving in bulk for weeks. Now domestic receipts are increasing. ReWool is wool since Janceipts of foreign uary 1 have been 101,897,000 pounds against 87,210,200 pounds a year ago. Shipments since January 1 have been 61,535,000 pounds These figures less than receipts. show how slow mills are to buy. Manufacturers refuse to take wools at figures which mean a profit to those who contracted last week at prices around 35 cents. They are buying only in small lots. Desire of holders to liquidate remainder of old wool gives manufacturers added advantage. Pools Sold. Some consigned or pooled wool has been thrown on the market, depressing prices further. Also considerable Montevideo crossbreds have been liquidated under pressure. Australian and New Zealand wools are in better position, owing to strength in colonial markets, and the fact that importations for dealers account have been much smaller than in normal years. Both territory and fleece prices are lower than a week ago, especially fleeces, which feel foreign wool competition most. Ohio delaine and are quoted at 45 ' to 46 cents; d combing fleece is offered at 46 cents without at 44 to takers, and quarter-bloo- d 45 cents. is a sale matter Every of negotiation. Lacking sales, quotations of terThe ritory are largely nominal. following clean basis is given as about right: Fine and medium, 51.12 to 51.15; 51.00 to 51.05; RAIN AND SNOW RETARD CROPS Moisture Beneficial to Range and Fields; More Needed in Some Parts. Rain and snow and generally cold weather retarded crop growth throughout the state, although the moisture was very beneficial to range and field, according to the weekly report isued by J. Cecil Alter, in charge of the Salt Lake office of the weather bureau. The report comments upon crop conditions as follows: More moisture is needed over the southern and eastern portions. Livestock continue good generally, and ranges fair to good. Cattle are being turned onto the range at Pocatello. Cattle, sheep and lambing conditions are good at Oakley, Idaho. benefited by Grain was much rain at Garland; cherries were Fruit slightly damaged by frost. was slightly damaged by frost at Ogden. Agricultural lands were much improved by rain in the Salt Lake valley. Spring grain is coming up nicely at Grantsville; and small sheep flocks are being shorn; d of the apricots and about were frozen. Only one appeaches show's in life at five ricot bud Tooele. Some apricots and cherries were frozen at Provo; and nearly all the apricots were frozen at one-thir- El-ber- ta. Available half-bloo- be. J 3 3 w snow-surve- snow-surve- ys 35-- I half-bloo- three-eights-bloo- ricultural Experiment Station.) records indicate that water supply. Thirteen stations the runoff from the Uintah Basin tween the elevations of 6900 to watershed during 1926 will be about 800 feet have been averaged two show the relative extent of the snoi equal to that of 1924 and 1925,. I of the driest years since 1915. There cover each year since 1918. On April 1st of each year froJ are few reservoirs of any magni-tur- e wa1918 to 1926, inclusive, an averagj in the Uintah Basin. The ters serving this area must therefore of the thirteen stations on the (jin I be used when they come or not at tah Basin watershed indicated J all. of water over the shed The years 1924 and 1925 were depth follows: 1918, 1.6 inches; 1919, 3 extremely dry. During the fall of 1925 heavy rains fell in that sec- inches; 1920, 8.0 inches; 1921. 1922, 11.7 inches; 1923 tion and soaked up the ranges. The inches; exnot did 9.7 wet season, however, inches; 1924, 7.5 inches; 1925 The 3.3 winter. the inches and 1926, 3.4 inch! tend on through winters of 1924, 1925 and 1926 The most severe shortage based on the above records occurred during were open with little snow. Bu1918, but stream-floWeather records shot The United States that the same with practically amount reau, working in cooperation the Forest service, have made ob- of water ran ofT in 1918 as in 192 servations of the snow cover for and 1925. In view of a possible water shorabout eight years. The points of observation are fairly well scattered tage and an absence of storage reover the basin and indicate the ex- servoirs, a strict program of water tent of the snow cover. However, conservation should be outlined and due to wide variations in snowstake carried out. The effect of a water y shortage can be materially reduced readings from year to year, courses must be established if the users are prepared to use the before reasonably accurate forecast- spring runoff when it comes; if they adopt the most advanced meting of the stream flow can be made. will hods of estabbe courses can irrigation; if they will irrUntil such at igate lished and night instead of letting the made, the water run on the pasture; and if data published by the snowstake will Weather Bureau furnish the best they cooperate so as to permit information available on which to of the combining of streams and of make an estimate of the probable rotation in order to maintain the most efficient size of stream and to treated or disposed of to insure the reduce waste. destruction of the beetles. It is expected that this seasons operations Wedding announcements printed will bring this menacing situation or engraved at The Standard office. Call and see our samples. very well under control. Grain is fair to excellent at Levan, though making slow growth. Spring grain is coming up at Richfield. Grain is growing slowly, but with ample moisture at Moroni; livestock are good and meadows greening. Ranges were improved at Beaver by rain and snow. Range cattle and sheep are doing well at Cedar City. Moisture has improved farm and range conditions at Mytoji. Sheep and cattle are better than usual at Whiterocks; lambing is progressing Livestock and ranges favorably. are fair at Ouray. Ranges are good ij 90 cents; quarter-band livestock are doing well at Emlood, 80 cents; French coming, ery. are improving Ranges at j 51.05 to 51.08; fine and medium Thompson and Green river; apricots clothing, 95 cents to 51.00. w'ue damaged at Green River. : Lull Noted. The week in pulled and scoured NEWS ITEM wools has been the most quiet of the year. Both super and combing The Black Hills beetle infestation pulled are lower than a week ago. in the Yellow Pine stands in the ij Some holders of medium and low region of Greendale, within the AshMontevideo crossbreds are pressing ley National forest, is being brought them on buyers and hae accepted under control through woods oper31 to 32 cents for 4s, 34 cents lor ations being carried on there this 3s and 37 cents for 50s. Other winter, according to a report from holders ask a cent or so more. Buen-a- s the local Forest headquarters. This S Aires wools are quiet. This coun- epidemic of infestation has been try has been the largest buyer in growing slowly for a number of Montevideo market this year and years and several hundred thousand the fourth largest in Beunus Aires. feet of mature timber has been killed ;. Melbourne and Geelong markets from the attack of the beetles. Re- I; closed for the season this week with cent road development has made the prices practically unchanged. Brisinfested areas more accessible and bane is holding a regular monthly it has been possible to direct the sale at unchanged prices. Sydney cutting to where the dying timber will sell 90,000 bales between Ap- can be the slabs and debsalvaged, ril 19 and May 5. ris of which are disposed of by Mertzon, Texas, announces a seal- burning to the insects. The ed bid sale of fall wool April 20, timber is destroy to users under granted showing desire to liquidate. Co- free permit, with the requirement ntracting has halted in Texas. Forty that all Infected timber be jproperly three-eights-blo- Bat- - d, d, i I i YOUR FLOWER GARDEN WE HAVE SELECTED 211 Varieties FOR YOU TO SELECT FROM. WHY NOT BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME AT A SMALL COST OUR 1926 CATALOGUE TELLS YOU HOW Gladly Mailed FREE ON REQUEST THE GRAND JUNCTION SEED Grand Junction C. Colorado. tf |