Show WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN salt lake city utah september 14 1897 the past week has been generally favorable to the growing crops though in a few districts high winds did some damage and meadowville Meadow ville and peoa geoa killing frosts occurred the forepart of the week was characterized by extremely dry hot days and cool nights while moderate showers fairly well distributed over the state stafe windy and cooler weather was the rule the latter part of the week beet digging is progressing nicely and corn cutting is well under way threshing continues active and in some sections ohp th threshing of small grain is almost completed sowing of onion seed has commenced the potato crop is being marketed by the car load with fair returns BEAVER COUNTY minersville Miners ville the past week has been favorable for all kinds of farm work threshing is over and farmers are busy cutting and hauling corn no frost here up to date BOXELDER COUNTY brigham city warm days and cool nights southerly winds in daytime changing to brisk easterly winds at night on the night of the alth rain amounting to 13 of an inch corn is being cut Snow vIle weather cooler light frost on the ath and ath second crop of lucern about all in the stack crop very light potatoes about an average crop crap geneva weather much colder part of the week farmery farmers threshing grain not turning out as good as last year CACHE COUNTY logan harvesting about over threshing in full blast frost on the ath paradise grain all cut and being stacked threshing commenced wheat better than was expected earlier in the season third crop of lucern growing nicely where watered light frost during week but no damage some rilin rain during week DAVIS COUNTY kaysville Kays ville the past week has been very windy destroying a great part of the fruit fall grain seeding commenced but the land needs rain to soften the ground to admit the seed will be above the average EMERY COUNTY lawrence t the first part of the week was warm and dry thunder and rain at intervals all day friday harvest draggs along slowly many fields of late oats sown the latter part of june yet green but will ripen we nave have the most beautiful fall weather in this county GARFIELD COUNTY tropic past week windy with some rate rain no frost yet but the nights are very cool cobi KANE COUNTY johnson weather during the forepart of the week was very dry latter part showery apples peaches and plums ripe started to cut corn vegetables looking well MILLARD COUNTY very windy ath and ath frost night of ath corn vines etc killed threshing commenced rain on loth amounting to 10 of agn an inch leveret windy and dusty the past light frost morning of ath do I 1 ing but little damage high winds did mh much damage to young shade trees L by breaking the limbs no rainfall roads very dry and cut up meadow weather dry and hot a sprinkle of rain not enough to lay the dust grain all harvested and most of it threshed yield fairly good but barely an average crop second crop of lucern all in crop light no rain in the valley PIUTE COUNTY circleville Cir cleville second crop of lucern about all in the stack the wind has set back the hauling and stacking of j hay otherwise the hay is in good shape and a much heavier crop than the first garden truck is maturing well some corn being cut plenty of water RICH COUNTY meadowville Meadow ville the past week has been very favorable to harvesting which is nearly finished threshing of winter wheat going on crop very light heavy frost on the night of the ath killing all green vegetation SAN JUAN COUNTY monticello heavy grain crops alfalfa all in no second crop to speak of about tons raised this season in this section light rains gardens look well range good SALT LAKE COUNTY mill creek past week nights cooler but still dry threshing all done and corn harvesting in progress third crop of lucern ready to cut but will be light crop SUMMIT COUNTY peoa geoa warm bright weather on the ath ath and ath cold wind on the ahe ath killing frost on the ath which did much damage cold wind on loth with light sprinkling of rain cold wind on alth and partly cloudy harvesting of grain still on also the cutting of the second crop of lucern which was slightly damaged by frost potatoes and other tender plants killed by frost oakley the past week h has as been favorable to the growing cro crops ps wheat harvest in full blast potatoes not very good coalville Co alville high winds all the week with heavy rain on night of alth frost night of loth made potatoes vines black SANPETE COUNTY fairview grain crop nearly all harvesting and threshing has begun the wheat yield will be fair potatoes will give the average yield on account of early frost etc weather the past wee week k has been cloudy with occasional showers and a heavy rainstorm saturday afternoon and night chester cheater grain stacked in good shape though some out yet the hum of the thre sheris heard and in this place a good plump kernal and a steady 85 cents per bushel is advertised a delightful rain retarding some some fields yield thirty bushels to the acre TOOELE COUNTY tooele thoele another week of disagreeable high winds stripping corn and fruit and preventing fall sowing corn started to be cut everything up ibapah still very dry warm in the day but cool and fost occasion aly at night but not hard enough yet to do much damage very high southwesterly winds now for two days harvest pretty well along and the second crop of hay nearly all in other farm work progressing nicely UTAH COUNTY payson fine weather and coal nights had the first frost on the ath farmers digging sugar beets and hauling corn and wood preparing for early winter rain on the alth lake shore the threshing season is half over with lucern seed Is blighted and not very good this year corn is ripe sugar beets will soon be p v ready to dig potatoes doing weather has been cooler with winds american fork we have hac changeable week very hot the fi part and quite cool the lateur 7 a sprinkling of rain high winds considerable damage to fruit 2 F lehi beet digg ging commenced one half to two thirds of last t y thundershowers Thunder showers on loth and n salem the small smal I 1 grain 1 is a j NF thrashed and the yield is fair fairly 1 the has been 4 very go goo fruit drying and many are e en in this kind of work the c corb 1 potatoes are good the mel melon for which salem is noted is goo good y WAYNE COUNTY loa warm and beautiful W wac half of our second crop of lue lucer but not hauled wheat about ail crop light good shower on loth teasdale cdale weather past week lp been warm and favorable for 3 ripening crops grain about all calest most of the hay some fruit qipei rip notom lotom hot and dry fore forepart p week latter part windy and melons ripe tomatoes good cr crop den doing nicely j washington COUNTY I 1 st george third crop of a mostly completed fruit drying bryin gressing satisfactorily bowl onion seed going on windy aft of ath strong wind afternoon very slight sprinkle of rain 2 p WEBER COUNTY harrisville threshing finishes finis cutting commenced with fa high winds deter to fruit plentiful potatoes being mal by the carloads with fair re rettah JUAB COUNTY g levan A windy bl blustering ering with showers during the latt latew ewt 1 Z which to some threshing operations still most wheat stacks have digap disa farmers busy cutting and corn for fear of frost the gp the orchards is literally co v wind fallen fruit rainfall for 42 of an inch J H section |