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Show utah cournY TO HAVE GOOD CROPS i Unusually large trope of grain nod fruit and yery satisfactory crop in general, are claimed for Utah county this year by W. H. Homer, Jr., of Prove, member of the state horticultural horticul-tural commission. Mr. Homer is visiting vis-iting in Salt Lake City today, the guest of J. Edward Taylor, atmt bortieul-tiiriat. bortieul-tiiriat. . . "The grain erop thie yar in Utah eoonty ' said Mr. Homer thia morning, "will be unusually large, 50 per cent greater. I am safe in saying, than it waa last year. The hay erop will be shout normal, s little less rather than s little more than average. "The output of fruit in carloada will be' in eseeee of any nrevioue season. This notwithstanding the froets of aarly spring, bees use the new orchards producing more then make np sny decrease de-crease caused by adverse elimatie conditions. con-ditions. . "The peaeh erop .as probably not one-third of what it would have been had there been no heavy frosts. "The apple erop la good, and there will be practically a full harvest of this fruit. The pear crop will be about 75 per cent of normal. Orchardista have spraved their trees well as a rule, and as the result the fruit is eleaner and better in quality than ia often the esse." Mr. Homer sayi the bulk of this year's fruit erop will be shipped to eastern markets, with some little going |