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Show ! i ' . FROST DAMAGESHAYFRUft DAMAGES . FROSTDAMAGESHAYFRUlt HAYFRurt HAYFRurtO HAYFRUft , O . , , ( I HAYFRUftCROPS CROPS INfB IN1SIN IN1SINTens B 8IN ASD ASDiT iT .l l . ' * f fTens Tens of thousands thousand3 of dollars dollarsof dollarof of damage to Uintah UltlU1h Uihtah co county's countys county'shay county'hay countyhay ntY's ntYs ntY'sj ntY'shay ' j hay crop ctop was suffered dut'in dutin during ' the theearly thi I Iearly Wtes- Wtes Wtesday : early morning hour hoUh houts * of Weanes Wednea Wedneaday - day when the temperature tempetature plum plummented plummented plummented mented to 20 degrees-i degrees i 4egrees- 4egrees 4egrees2 d1egreea-12 d1egreea 12 4egreesdegrees d1egreea12degrees . - - - Xdegrees 2 ! a degrees below freezing-and freezing and freezing - - and des- des destroyed destroyed destroyed - . - troyed most of the spring sea season's season's 'r r ' son's sons ' ' growth of alfalfa and othe other otherbay ; hay bay Cf'OpS CfOpS crops Cf'OpSNearly cropsNearly ' ! Nearly 25,000 25000 , acres of hay bay haylands baylands ha ; ? [ lands in the county were affect affected affected ed by the freezing temperature temperatureI temperatureand temperatureand | and most of the crop will be setback set setback ' I ' back from two to three weeks weeksaccording weeksaccording ; | according to William T Whit Whitlaker Whittaker laker taker , county agricultural agentThere agentThere agent agentI I There was nearly an inch of ofice ofice I lice ice on standing water In the thenorth north portion of-the of the ot-1be ot 1be otthe - - county and andlit andIt anc i it is thought that the entire ap np ap- ap apple nppie - : lit ple pie , cherry . , apricot Bnd and peach peachcrops peachcrops ( crops were destroyed by the thef thefrost th < ( , f frost Immediate assessment Ossessinent on onI onthe 0 I the fruit crop damage is not pos- pos possible pos- pos possible pos possible - - siblezrain sibletraIn sible ( ( Grain zrain traIn crops were not effect effected effected ed by the frostThe frostThe frost The sub-freezing sub freezing - - - temperatures temperatureswere ! , were general throughout the thevvest thewest th vvestI west vvest _ I |