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Show rrom htar Valley. This region lost heavily in stock during last season, and consequently conse-quently the settlers have met with a set back from which it will take them some time to reajver. The extremely dry weather had caused a shortage in the hay crop, aud then followed a very hard winter. This season there is an excelleut hay crop, and the majority of the people are pretty well fixed for winter. Conslderableortbe grain was frozen and shrunk; ,stlll there was some wheatralsed, as fine as could be produced pro-duced anywhere. The great trouble seemed to bo the Ingathering of the grain too latu in the spring. If the people plowed their land in the fall and sowed the grain early, or planted winter wheat the) com I escape es-cape the difficulties with which tbey had to contend this season. A grist mill Is now Kept quite busyatAfton grinding flour.but the frosted grain makes a poor quality. There are two saw mills one run by steam and the other by water. The demand for lumber ca'iuot be supplied. A great deal of fencing has been done during the year and much more will be put up next sen-son, sen-son, as the people are now alive to the necessity of having their lard enclosed. Parties are at work np at Salt Bprings Crow Creek Canyon, making mak-ing a good quality of salt. Quite a number of public spirited citizens are at work on the road to Montpeller, putting it In a good state of repair. Tola undertaxius was highly necessary. There are a number or visitors to tho lower valleys during this unprecedented un-precedented spell o fine weather and the roa I Is lined with teams going go-ing and coming. The more progressive farmers are getting tbefr land rrdy for the spring, when probably a greater acreage wiU be planted than ever before. , ,M 1 K Q. Aftos, Nov. 1, 1S90. |