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Show UP SITUST1 GDOOJN IDAHO Weekly Report of the Conditions Con-ditions Shows Them to Be Generally Satisfactory. Special to The Tribune. POCATKL.LO. Idaho. Sept. Z. The weekly crop report o' Clinton K. Nord-quest, Nord-quest, state meteorologist in ei'.are of the state weather bureau, saya forest fires are still raging unabated In mr.ny localities, while" in a few sections the fires ure burned out. The weather the firt part of the w ee k w a s fa v o ra b 1 o :o r 11 fa r m activities and good headway is le::nr mule in threshing, which is being pushed wi:h ail possible speed. M'ich sra'.n has he ; taced in tl e s:a-k to await threshing la:er. when th." ru.-n of the eombii-ed harvesting t-ouiprneiit is over. The third cutting of ali.i'. fa is in progress and is yield: r.c a s; lj:id:u t-jo of fine hay. Drying winds rrt-vailed. says the report, but all crops are now out o:" danger from thai source. Recent heavy rains in many sections of the state, while too late to heh the present pres-ent season's crops, have help. ,j ti e pa s-tures s-tures wonderfully in freshen::. up the feed and also made early plowing possible. possi-ble. Regarding fruit, the report adds: "Fruit is plentiful and of high quality. Peach harvesting has beun and larue quantities of tnis fruit are bring gathered in the" Lew is ton district and the Boise -Payette valley. Prune packing is we!! under way. The crop is very good and the quality of the fruit is excellent. Prune-drying plants are being put in shape for .the fall run, which promises to be heavy. Apples are growing thriftily and the abundance J sunshine is giving them high color.. "Potatoes in Canyon county are turning turn-ing out well. Some fields are- running as high as 350 sacks to the acre. The sugar beet crop is improving. Beets are In fair condition in OneUia county and fair to good in Bannock and Twin Falls counties." |