| Show IDAHO Weekly Crop and United States ot of turf Idaho climate and crop service weather bureau Weekly crop for week seek ending Monday April 11 1501 1101 Iloise Idaho April 12 At lie tho begin using nf April as Its n a result of unusually heavy precipitation during February and March ti time the toll In iii the lie t lower louver val valleys I leys hes thoroughly saturated with moisture rendering farm urns work Im Impracticable practicable while at it higher elevations tho ground was covered with linn line n i since that time with gradually In lii I oter iio of iii southern portion of SC the stute time suit soil l Is now In excellent condition for plow plowIng lug Ing and seedIng the tho snow nov melted rap Idly during lie tho week and notwithstanding standing the lie almost entire of precipitation streams have shown marked rises nots Fruit Fruit trees and shrubs win tiui wintered In excellent condition nu rio looses having been bomi reported leaf and bloom tore are somewhat backward lint but during the tho week icek buds swelled rapidly and a nit sousa PencIl peach and apricot ap tip In but some of thus the sheltered can canyons along Snake river fruit trees have havo teen been In bloom for or rouse comi time line t many localities of south em Cu ii Idaho seeding of sprint grain U ha progressing under cumuli condi tlona In northern Idaho und In ole ele elevated sections elsewhere seeing se ding him Ittia beers been retarded by 53 heavy hotly snow on time tho ground and excessive In limo tho Boll winter wheat shoat antI rye ryo received ample protection throughout tile tho win ter amid are reported in lii excellent con anus Hange grass bias ban well anti owing outing to time the heavy snowfall there Is iii prospect tom for good range throughout the tho season hay crops wintered well eli putt tire making n a good start hay lilt Is scarce In Iii ninny localities attention has hots booms been given to time the preparation of tit whore the nail coll has been suit mif dry the area to sugar hitch beets promises to be he considerably borg larg er Cr than that devoted to this IsIs crop In iii 1103 of hay lain affected stock In Its localities hut but where there hns been foot feed cattle anti horses have done well hero has hait been sauna pome loss of sheep duo tue In in part to continued wet vet weather during Feb February nut March tituS In his part vart to ti sheep having boon taken to time the range too curl encountering heavy In Iii open country largo large numbers of clot cat tin tie horses and ammil sheep have been turned on oil the lie range shearing of sheep has Imis been licen begun n a good clip Is expected |
