Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-07-10 | Page 9 | Gophers and the Drouth

GOPHERS AND THE DROUTH Rodents and Dry Weather Cause Canse Loss LU Luto I Ito to Farmers Farm era Special to The TOoele July 9 From gophers and the tho drouth farmers of or Skull valley will HI suffer Buffer more heavily this year ear than for fr fora fra f r rn a n long time in tho the past Reports here hens are arc to the effect that gophers gopher are thick in tho the valley and that they are aro d dp di much of the crop In spite of the efforts of the formers farmers Where there was a yield of or bushels last l year it is 8 stated there will not be he bemore bemore hemore more than 2000 bushels harvested this fall raU Reports from all allover over the county courty are that tho crop will be only about of the tho yield last year owing to the drouth and to the hot sand sandstorms sandstorms storms which have been most moat and damaging