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Show V, '.V- ut ' r it ' ' Tinnrn f f Mid-August agriculture prices mostly higher agriculture prices Peppy Polka Doc wins State title Peppy Polka Doc and owner Dave Jolley returned recently from the Colorado State Championship Cutting Contest with the championship champi-onship trophy. The trophy is a Jim Reno limited edition silver sculpture of a cutting horse, rider and steer. The competition was held in Pueblo, Colo, in conjunction with the Colorado State Fair over the Labtir Day weekend. Over 120 entries competed in- Utah weekly crop report Dry weather prevailed last week as harvest of fall crops continued on schedule, according to the Utah Agricultural Statistics Service. An average of 6.6 days were rated suitable suit-able for ficldwork across the state. Soil moisture was reported short in all locations. Major farm activi- cluding horses from Texas, Calif, and all the other Western states. Winning is not new for 10 year old Peppy Polka Doc. She's been winning since she was a three year old. The daughter of Peppy Sandbager, whose progenitors have won up to seven million dollars, Peppy is the fourth highest money winner. Jolley plans to ride his winner in a cutting competition in Farmington, New Mexico on Sept. 26-30. ties included irrigation, land preparation, prepa-ration, and seeding of fall crops. Winter wheat was 39 percent planted plant-ed compared with 35 percent on the same date in 1989 and 41 percent average. Third cutting of alfalfa hay was 60 percent completed verses 72 percent per-cent in 1989, and 54 percent average. aver-age. Corn silage was 11 percent harvested har-vested compared with 8 percent in 1989 and 12 percent average. Onion, potato, and dry bean harvest Mid-August mostly higher Prices received in mid-August by Utah farmers and ranchers were mostly up, according to the Utah Agricultural Statistics Service. Cows at $55.10 per hundredweight hundred-weight (cwL), were up 90 cents from the final July price, and $8.00 above August 1989. Steers and heifers were at $77.70 per cwL, $3.20 above the previous month, and $5.80 above the previous previ-ous year. Calves were $99.00 per cwt., compared with $97.90 a month ago, and $96.50 a year ago. Sheep at $24.00 per cwt, were up $1.60 from July 1990, and $4.10 above August 1989. Lambs were at $49.50 per cwt., 70 cents above the previous month, but $13.30 below the previous year. The mid-August all-milk price was at $13.60 per cwt., 40 cents above a month ago, and $1.30 above a year ago. Wool at 70 cents per pound, was 5 cents below a month earlier, and 60 cents below the same month a year ago. Barley was $2.33 per bushel in mid-August5 mid-August5 cents above the previous month and 21 cents higher than the previous year. Baled alfalfa hay was $85.00 per ton, compared with $86.00 in July, and $86.00 last August. Other baled hay was at $73.00 per ton, $5.00 below be-low July 1990, but unchanged from August 1989. were underway. Apple, peach, and pear harvests continued. Cattle and sheep were being moved in from summer ranges. Non-irrigated range and pasture condition was 12 percent very poor, 39 percent poor, and 49 percent fair. r f Plus Vernal Big O Tire Showtime Specials Olie Anderson's Destruct and Destroy Show Western Park Sat. Sept. 15 7:30 n.rtL Presented by tho Vernal Rotary Clutj Tickets available at Vernal Big 0 Tire. Showoiicr ford, Rarrjcly Trading Post and Roosevelt 1GA. BUY THEM EARLY AND SAVE! KVEL'HUIN Remote Friday afternoon. Olie Anderson and family will be at Big O Big Red Express on display. Many unadvertlsed in store specials Fri. & Sat. C" , J 1 Show Time Specials: Wed, Thurs, Fri. & Sat 4 White Spoko Wheels "tit l 99 00 AO Mud King XT 9 t Commanche Commanche mm 99.. 4 Tire Rotation 3995 , (.- : , t-7--r"s:-'r. 15. ??! VERNAL '?Z?3J)) u DQ CH S tJS . AND SERVICE CENTEH t v f"1 rt West Mwy. 40 789 8872 Vernal Express Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1990 23 f WILL YOU adopt me? Available by calling Animal Control at 789-5601. Utah onion production decreases Utah's 1990 onion crop is forecast at 779,000 hundredweight (cwt.), down 8 percent from last year's crop, but 14 percent above the 1988 crop. Acreage for harvest is expected expect-ed to be 1,900, the same level as last year, but up 100 acres from 1988. Yield per acre at 410 cwt. is 35 cwt, below last year, but 30 cwt. above the 1988 level. Harvest began in earnest after the Labor Day weekend. Onion size and quality are good. Nationally, summer storage onion production was forecast at 28.4 million mil-lion cwl up 10 percent from 1989 and 14 percent from 1988. The Idaho - Malheur County Oregon region re-gion is the largest summer storage onion producing area in the nation. Production there is estimated at 9.3 million cwt., up fractionally from 1989. Colorado is the second largest growing area and production there is forecast at 5.4 million cwt., down 2 percent from last year. NEWS ITEMS call your Hometown Newspaper Vernal Express 789-3511 VernaPs Second Annual SfnP5 wwi,.u..fc!. Bina Hot Air Balloon Festival Dina-Float Sept. 22 & 23 Vernal irpor 7:30 a.m, Sept. 22 - 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Balloons take off from airport at 7:30 a.m. Hands on experience for watchers! Plus: Skateboarding competition Antique car show Tumbling competition Concessions Barbecue & Luminary Campground Dina 6 p.m. Sat. Sept. 22 $5 adults $15 a family Skydivers Rollerblade Demo Pancake breakfast SkyWest display $3 a carload or $1 a person (walker) Remote control planes T-shirts Children's activities Sept 23 - 7:30 a.m. Hare and Hound Competition Sponsors: Vernal.City Meadow Gold Dairies of Utah Mr. S.Vernal Athletic Club Diamond Hills Motel KVELKUIN SatherA Sons Uintah County Dinosaur Nature Assoc. 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