Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-07-09 | Page 22 | Intermountain Crop Suffering for Rain

MOUNTAIN CROP SUFFER!! RI Bureau Report Says General Gen-eral Conditions Good, Save in Drouth Belt. ' The weekly report of the bureau of j crop estimates on the condition of grain i and other crops throughout the nation for 1 the week ending June 2S indicates fair- , ly favorable conditions throughout the , country, save only In the large drought belt in the intermountain region. A copy of the report was received by Minor M. Justin, field agent for the bureau, with offices at the state capitol, yesterday. Intensification of the drought in the '. area from Montana to California and parts of Arizona and New Mexico mark , the report. Many fields of spring grain in tnat area were already beyond recovery, recov-ery, It was noted. In the corn bett the weather was more favorable, there being sun enough for the harvesting of crops, but no intensely dry weather. The army worm is doing some damage to hay. In the Ne.w England states more rain is needed, but crops on the whole are doing fairly well. In the south sunny weather is enabling the farmers to kill the grass which, during extremely wet weather earlier in the .season, had obtained ob-tained a good hold on the land, to the detriment of crops. Shortage of labor is noted in the south, but in the northern sections, even in the winter wheat belt, there appeared to be an adequate supply. Georgia peaches are showing poor shipping ship-ping qualities, owing to an excess of juice induced by the wet spring. Wet weather also has given the fungus diseases dis-eases among the peaches and some other orchard crops a good start. There was little change .in the condition condi-tion of apples throughout the country, any damage having occurred earlier in the season.