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Show d FROM FROMTE FRGMTHECO-jr'TY FRGMTHECO jr'TY jrTY THE EO'J EOJ CO.WTY COWTY EO'JTT ' : - . TT ' ( J ! , WAtL - - . AER'L AERL AGR'L AGRL GRAGENT GRAGENTii4 ' AGENT AGENTS AGENTSy y ii4 iA A cooperative cooperatI\e cooperatI e cooperatiua \ survey is now underGav under underI 1 i tfav Gav av between betv.ecn betvecn . the Smith HughestQ Hughes Hughesbys tQ tQQys bys DYS Qys of the Grand county hIgh hIghchool highChool highfehool of Hir1 H , , chool under the leadership lcadershIp Jt'i Jti ir1 ! ' Jt'iEvans Evans and County Agent JosephParrish Joseph Parrish iParrlSh in locating and maputlng map mapyng utlng yng g old and young fruit frwt trees Inhe Inbe to In tohe he be Moab valley This will wl1 ! be the thebeginning theBeginning beginning Innng ! of acquainting the counV counq coun couny horticultural committee with withbme withhnblems withSine q y V bme of the valley valleys s hortIcultural horticulturalSroblems hnblems oblems Thetrees The trees treesnow trees now gro\\ gro growing"le growing groing \ ing Inbe in inhe be "le le " he valley amount of early sprmgIlID springwining spring sprmg springmning mning Ilg wining Il\ID Il ID ' \ to be done and the plObablelumber probableumber piobable plObable probable piobablelumber lumber umber of trees to be sprayed durDg durrig dur durng ng Dg rig the summer of 1938 are ohecUves ob oh obfectlves fectlves ecUves ctlves ot of the programbfcterologist program programMcterologist bfcterologist \ Mcterologist 1\Ieterologlst 1 Ieterologlst t - Discusses Utah Kain Ram Rain Rainstatistics .tahshcs tahshcs statistics statisticsUtah : . [ statisticsUtah .tahshcsUtah Utah is and always alays al \ays ays \ mu must < ; t be beand beand beand ! and state J CecU Cecil Alter Unit Unitstates UnitSlates UnitStates states Slates weather bureau metero meteroDglSt meterogist meteroBgist DglSt gist , , , said in a discussion before beforeelegates beforeMegates elegates egates and visitors to the Utah Utahtate Utahhate UtahKate tate hate ! Agricultural college extensIon extensionenice extensionEi-nce extensionEi nce mce enice - confeience confelence conference and philosophybhool philosophy philosophyriNot hool bhool ! : held last v week ek m in Logan LoganitNot riNot itNot lNot only is this tills state emote lemote iemote l from fromhe fromhe fromhe he Pacific coast but mountaIns mountainslong mountainslong long ! the \ west est coast intercept and andaI.e andtke lade andlade ' aI.e aIe . a . heavy toll fiom flOm from the moisGUre mosslire mois moss moislire [ lire be bearing h winds which sweeproin sweep s\\eep s eep sweeplrom \ hends ends : GUre | lrom roin the oceanOcean ocean oceanOcean Ocean f > surfaces urfaces ho\\ ho however hoever \ ever do not notupply notapply notupply upply apply a . majority of the mOIsture mOIstureVh1ch moisturech moisturerhich Vh1ch ch falls in the form of lain rain on onhIand onand onaland hIand and areas Mr Alter explaIned explaInedus explainedBs us ! is figures disclosed that a . major majorlart majortart majorart lart tart of all current ram rain water has hasleen hasbeen haseen leen been evaporated from land surfaces surfacesliere ( ' 'here here [ ' is too close a correlation be beween beween beween ween rain water and original ongmal 5011 soil 5011enlhty soilectihty soilertility enlhty ectihty the country over to be belisregarded beIisregarded belisregarded lisregarded Iisregarded Mr Alter pointed pomted out 'he he [ ' ( ' he theory that rains regularlv regularly in inirease intease inirease irease tease soil fertility is probably not notI1together notaltogether notiltogether I1together altogether true hov how however . ever he saId saiddiscussing saidn discussing a suggestion that the theins thetins 1ns ins bearing bearmg nitrogen mtrogen and pollen pollennay pollenlay Uen Uennay nay have the effect of fertilizer fertilizerpo fertilizeripo fertilizerpo \po po ipo \ the sOilsThe soilsThe soils soilsThe The \ whims hlms of Utah Utahs s weather w \ e\ e either ether ' \ ther are arempre arempredictable areunpredictable mpre mpredictable 1lctable 1lctableIr < : ! \ Mr \Ir Ir [ Alter claIms claImsUtah claimsUtah claimsUtah Utah is dependent on a 12 inchaverage Inch inchiverage verage average annual amiual : rainfall rainfallf raInfalJ ( ( but our ourveather ourweather ourTeather veather weather Isn isnt Lint t alv.a alva always alaays . s dependable dependable'ie dependableie ' le ie asserted The average preclpl precipi preclplatlon precipiation precipiatlon atlon ation has climbed as high as 18 18nches 18nches 18nches nches and dropped as low as eight eightnches eightnches eightnches nches per yearIn yearIn year yearIn In 1919 Mr Alter discloses Sco Scoleld Scoleld Scoield leld had 64 inches mches of ralnlall raInlall rainfall and andn anda andn n a November 27 of that same year yearafonticello leartfonticello car carIontlcello Iontlcello afonticello ! got 41 41inches 4 ' inches mches m 111 24 2410urs 24tours 24lours 10urs tours In 1922 one Utah town had had5 5 inches of rain ram and melted snow snowh snowid snowipd h id d another community commumty only oniy 100 100tIes 100lilies 100nfles lilies tIes a away aw \ a } received one mch inch all allear allyear allreal allrealAbout year ear earAbout yearAbout About 54 million nulllon acre feet of ofnOlsture ofnoisture ofnoisture nOlsture noisture a year falls faUs in m Utah Of Ofhat Ofhat Ofhat hat amount the Colorado nver.a.kes river.akes nver river .a.kes a.kes akes .akes . . kes about two million feet and andrrIgators andrrigators andrrigators rrIgators use another two mIlhon mllhon mIlhonjIbe milliondie jIbe 1'he 1he ' rest goes up in vapor the theeteralogist theeterologist theleterologist eteralogist eterologist po1ii pointed poIn-cd poIn cd - ed out Man has hasnly hasmy hasnly nly my one assurance Mr Alter Altertes Altertes Altertates tes That is that it will wl1 ! never nevertogether nevertogether neverItogether together ! ] cease to rain We can caned1eate canedicate canedicate ed1eate edicate our effort to ImpoundIng impoundinglore ImpoundIngre re conservm conserving conservmg more and wast wart wastJess wartless wastng less Jess water secure in 111 the theowledge theowledge thenowledge owledge that the ram111 ram rain ' \ will \\111 111 'sill sill neverur neverur never neverour our ur Itself out he insistsirrell insists - rrell nell irrell Analyzes Farmers Fanners Problemsa Problems a < > < i At Logon Logan MeetOur Meet MeetOur Our farmers m in their struggles to tonse torise toispense nse rise with their crops rops and sur sun surluses sunuses surluses luses uses are asking askmg the federal federalvernment federalvernment federalovernment vernment to devise machmery machinery machinerynd machmeryd machineryd d create laws lav.s lavs . to relieve them and andp andp anddp p maintain maIntam a price pnce level which whichill 1 Insure them a lIvelihood lIvelihoodrge livelihoodrge livelihoodteorge rge E Parrell Farrell director of the theIcultural theicultural thegncultural Icultural Adjustment admInis admtnis admInistlon admtnisration adminisration ration tlon for the western region told tolditors toldtors toldisltors itors tors to the Utah State Agncul Agncula Agncultral El AgnculEl -a a - I college extension conference conferenceilld conferenced conferencetod illd d philosophy school in m Logan last lastrcck lastreek lasteek rcck reek They are looking 1001cJng for some someray someay someay ray ay of more nearly adjusting adjustmg out outt outit t to consumption he asserted assertedWhen assertedWhen When producefarmers producefarmer he has a surplus of produce farmer farmers s income is e\ e et e\en e en een \ en smaller smallern smallerlan n ' \ when alien hen his farm production Is Isr isr isa.r isar . r normal Furthermore the loss lossIch lossLeh lossilch Ich Leh the farmer sustains when he heUs heUs Us ] ! s bis hIs product for less than the thet thet thest t of production does not mean a aduction aaction aductlon duction action of price to the consumer consumerr > r example the price of a loaf of ofad ofad oftad J'heneat ad is just as high now as J'hen Jhen ' whenheat Shen Sheneat eat was $125 125 $ a bushel Mr Mrrrell Mrrrell Mrirrell rrell charged s _ se The e cWIlcultIesnth difficulties cWIlcultIes \ with \nth nth vuth " , which hlch the the"IIlers theliners thermers \"IIlers "IIlers IIlers liners \ " are confronted m in attempt attemptg g to dispose of their crops in the theof theof thece of heavy surpluses and declm declmprices declmprices decimg [ prices are some of the more 1m Lm Lmrtant 1mrtant imirtant rtant problems of rural life he heInts heants herints Ints ants outDiscussing out outDiscussing ( Discussing Iscussing the 1938 agricultural agriculturalgram agriculturalgram agriculturalrogram gram soon to be la . .inched inched .m.ched m.ched mched . by theMr theMr the theA A Mr Farrell said that conser consertlon consertion tlon tion goals11 goalsll practices and potato goals 11 ll be announced in the next few fewys fewys fewys ys paymentsuld and that sugar beet payments paymentsuld paymentsnud uld be made as congress made madenecessary madenecessary madee necessary appropriation . . . 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