Show MUCH FOR FARMERS Weather Report Shows That Snow Is Packed Deep in inthe inThe the Mountains Plenty of water ater for the farmers will willbe willbe be available next season according to the monthly report for Utah of the weather bureau The report says Excepting over the eastern part of the state where locally little or no pre precipitation precipItation occurred the amount of snowfall throughout the section during the month was decidedly above the average particularly over the northern counties During the fore part of the dry and cold weather prevailed with at times an almost entire ab absence absence sence of air movement There was in inconsequence Inconsequence consequence little melting and evaporation evaporation ration was at a minImum factors that were of great importance in conserving the supply of snow already in the mountains and canyons The snow had acquired the solidity of ice through the gradual settling caused by its own OD weight and served as a splendid foun foundation foundation dation for the frequent snows that came subsequently with the marked change to stormy conditions that be began began gan about the middle of the second decade During this thin period which con continued continued during the remainder r of the month storms were frequent and sometimes severe accompanied in inmany inmany many cases by high winds that drifted the snow considerably Owing to the higher temperatures that obtained dur during durins ins ing the of the month the snow was generally very moist inter interspersed interspersed at times with rain and sleet The rain while assisting considerably in the packing process also materially aided the melting of the snow which in sequence consequence con rapidly disappeared from the fields in the lower valleys A considerable was however prevented by the favorable condition of the soil which was free from frost and readily absorbed the moIsture T |