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Show Agricultural Study Progress Report developing Favorable Moab Dnfn 1'!h- limit priu: ifss re - ,.( ptl.lM' It lf lIlO 1 lllit .i Itvl S.lll .lll.ll i-OUII-,ij;i U'lilUii'.il iU- cKip-( cKip-( .,, M'OK'i'l ll.lN tu't'H , i ' imIuii; luul - '! of llli1 I i T nro tiu; 'liMI. In .1 comparison of loin -( ,11110 Itvoiils anions 'si plots involved in stn.i . it ".is fouiul ,'.( tho Hill lli.ipin.in .h.U'il and v iiuv ai d. lo-wulor lo-wulor Uio sost rim , ;uiish Y.illov , exported expor-ted more modorato 't'l'.iUiros than (ho inunorman plot di- ; aoross tho alloy. 1'hoso findings itulicuto luiiual advantage for ... production of fruit vie frost at blossom u. is so critical. It is .sumed that tho hoat inoculum ino-culum is caused by tho vK formations near tho Mpmaii plot radiating :.u in tho night and ab--fring hoat Outing tho day, thereby reducing tho inavinunn and increasing the inininiuin temperatures. tempera-tures. The studv notes that this factor would probably not be of significant sig-nificant benefit in the growing of grapes, however. how-ever. In the comparison of temperatures, tho Spanish Span-ish Valley Moab measurements meas-urements were considerably consider-ably higher than in lUul'f, and the report shows concern con-cern for the high heat accumulation in the Moab area. It notes that high or excessive hoat during the production period will bring tho grapes and fruit onto the market sooner,-and sooner,-and with a high sugar content, but that some problem may be encountered encoun-tered w ith sun scald unless un-less the growers provide cooling on extremely hot days. The heat is not viewed as a major problem. A problem was encountered encoun-tered during this growing season with the application appli-cation of water soluble fertilizers through the drip irrigation systems in Spanish Valley. The fertilizer applied combined com-bined chemically with elements in the water, forming a precipitate that immediately plugged tho systems. By slowing (ho fertilizer, ami thus diluting it, the systems were flushed clean, but the problem not entirely overcome. Dovices for measuring the amount of moisture in the soil, called tens-iometers, tens-iometers, were used to decide when and how much to water tho trees and grapes. The process of hardening the plants for winter was also based on soil moisture readings. By withholding water from the plants, they undergo un-dergo stress and stop the rapid succulent growth encouraged during the summer months. Moisture Mois-ture measurement will be maintained through the winter, to guard against plant damage which can happen during an exceptionally excep-tionally dry winter. Studios on marketing indicate that fruit grown and processed in this area would hav e a considerable advantage ov er California fruit when marketed in the Salt Lake City, Denver, Den-ver, Albuquerque and Phoenix. In addition, a Bank of America study indicates that the market for wine will be up considerably con-siderably over estimates made earlier, and has changed its outlook for wine distribution. It had predicted that the consumption con-sumption of wine in the U.S. would be 400 million mil-lion gallons by 19S0. The new estimate is for distribution dis-tribution of ("() million gallons, which will require re-quire the addition of over 40.000 acres of grapes to be planted annually before be-fore then, to reach a total of 320.000 acres of grapes to meet the demand. |