Show WIND AND FROST DO SOME DAMAGE I 1 clearfield orchards ind gardens escape undamaged bulk of tomatoes and fruit raised there divis cownty was swept by y quite a brisk east wind the latter part of last week which considerable green and ripe fruit from tho the trees in ail all of the county chanty except in the clearfield district and in the districts visited by the wind wied there was quite a heavy frost the first of the W week ek which killed most of the tender ten e r vin vines es such as melons cucumbers etc but bat the crops in clearfield were not harmed it is i fortunate that the bulk of the tomato crop and a big per cent of the fruit raised in this county are grows grown in the clearfield district crops in the low lauds lands were struck tin hardest bardet yet cef it is believed that even in those localities the tomatoes have not been harmed much in some cases even berie fitted nipping the tips where the vines are not too badly filzen only hastens the ripening n of the tomatoes in re regards ards to the tomatoes as we understand 0 it there is enough fruit on the vines so that the most important thin thing t is to have that fret et ripe ripa that has already formed one farmer in layton counted tomatoes on a single vine vine this early frost has caused I 1 some ot of the people to worry t that at the tomato pack would be light i lit this year but nearly every year ye we have some cold snaps ibe first part of september and warm weather again afterwards some years af after ter these cold spells the canneries run until the first of november and put up big pac packs ik s it is to be hoped this year will be no exception as tomato growing t row has become one of the pr principal n crops in this county and furnishes more labor we believe believe than any other besides we have in ah something like 1260 acres thi this i year which is the largest acreage 0 evor evar raised in davis county in anyous year |