Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-09-30 | Page 2 | Warm Weather Proves Boon to Cropgrowers

WARM V ARM WEATHER PROVES BOON TO FARMINGTON Sept 30 Contin of warm weather will be a tremendous tremendous tremendous tre tre- tre- tre advantage to the tomato and onion growers of Davis county H. H P. P Mathews district agricultural cultural Inspector said Tuesday Tomato picking will continue until untila a heavy frost occurs Mr Mathews said Most of or the growers have al already already already al- al ready picked three-fourths three of their crop but farmers who set their plants late still have one half their crop to be picked Onion shipments from Davis county county county coun coun- ty now exceed G carloads ls with possibly possibly pos pos- sibly 40 more carloads to be shipped Onion prices are arc well above the average average average aver aver- age Mr Mathews pointed out A heavy rain In the near future Is needed by the beet crop according to Mr Mathews since the soil is so hard and dry that without rain it wIllbe will willbe willbe be difficult to harvest the beets at atall atall atall all Such a rain would injure the harvesting of or the remaining remaining- onions but three-fourths three of ot the thc onion crop has already been shipped while the beet harvesting has not yet begun