Show tho the last weel week in april the northern part of the territory appears to have fared better both fr for moisture and warm warmth th than the southern part thus far this spring while there ha been rain and snow in the north and no aam damaging rig frosts in the south it is the drnest spring on record frosts have injured fruit in kane county the fore vart part of last week was generally warm and favorable to k growing rowing 0 crops and to farm work the latter part was cold and stormy hindering or suspending work and checking growth while the storms lasted but the rain and abow that fell in such abundance from the to the was no more needed and it lias has given a decided impetus to ve vegetation 0 elation warm weather is now essential for the rapid growth of chops although snow fell in varying depts up to nine inches it did not appear to do any damage tile the present condition of fall wheat is good but spring wheat is not uniformly good and in licali tits very poor in some parts of the south high winds have bave blown wheat out of the ground potato planting is ia not yet GEO N director |