Show Utah Ice Crop Good but Little Used January Favorable for Livestock Despite the fact thAt the natural Ice ce crop was the best in m in many years ears throughout Utah a comparatively small mall amount was harvested ested this winter winter win win- int in- in t ter r. r due to the thc extensive use of mechanical me me- refrigeration J. J Cecil Alter chief of the local weather bureau re reports reports re- re ports In the thc monthly weather review for or January Januar The Ice was clearer thicker and better than It has been beth for or a long time but little was stored for summer use he said sallI The Thc dearth of storms and windy weather proved pro favorable for Cor tr p livestock c live stock both on the open range and in domestic feeding Desert Deser supplies of snow now for livestock 11 moisture sture were satisfactorily sat sat- distributed dl except from Carbon county southward where there here was none Here grazing animals animals ani ani- mals had to be held near water to 1 their heir detriment The Thc snowfall was considerably de deficient deficient de- de during the thc month There were only 43 inches recorded as compared with the thc average of Inches Despite the thc extreme cold weather In the northern section of the s and around Salt Lake the average was only 23 degrees be- be ow normal The Thc highest tempera tempero- ture tore for the thc month was observed at aV St. St George when the mercury rose to 72 degrees on January 29 while white the lowest was was was' reported at Duchesne when hen the temperature fell to 15 de degrees degrees tIc tIc- grees below on January 10 |