Show WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN U S department of agriculture climate and crop bulletin of the weather bureau utah section for the week ending sept 5 1891 there has been a decided change in the temperature from the previous week which had a daily excess of 5 degrees compared with a daily deficiency clency of bf 2 degrees the past week the night temperatures were uncomfortably cool falling within a a few degrees of the freezing point in many sections and causing light frost on the morning of the 2nd and and 3rd ard there were no general rains during the week though considerable sid erable rain fell from thunderstorms which occurred on the and of august the heaviest rainfall occurred during a thunderstorm at salt lake city on august aug ast dst amounting to 30 of an inch frequent thunderstorms during the early par portion of the week temporarily retarded threshing and delayed the harvest of some lucern the grain crop having been harvested no damage result resulted since the grain that has not been threshed has been stacked threshers Thre are making good progress and the yields seem to be a good average av erase some of the spring grain shrunk owing to the continued drouth but the quality Is generally good irrigation has practically ceased tor for the season and the ram rain that occurred during the closing days of august came too late to be of material benefit preparations are being made to dig the sugar beets some corresponds correspond ants have reported unfavorably but it Is thought that by many that estimates made early in the season will be realized fruit and vegetable crops are maturing rapidly and the present crop season mason is nearing its close minersville Miners ville farmers ft are busy hauling grain and lucern the nights ore aft very cool late potatoes will be a good I 1 crop if frost does not soon appear I 1 brigham city light aught storms occurred 1 1 on the and slat the week ended clear and pleasant plowing on farms has commenced the black birte are doing much damage to the corn threshing Is well advanced potatoes and corn are ripening rapidly A hyde park the weather has been be changeable thunder showers occurred on the and many nights the ta temperature went nearly to the freeh ing point smithfield the weather has bas changed chang much cooler threshing to is going on and good yields are rei reported ported lucern seed are not good trost frost occurred saturday morning V lewiston the weather has been much cooler night of the second we had a heavy rain which wetted ed lucern au cern and stopped harvesting tor for a few dami there aye ae eight threshers thre running to in this vicinity ity each th about aw bushels per day wheat Is turning out about 35 85 bushels per acre 11 newton thunderstorms during the night of the and sept furnished enough water to lay the dust thle threshers thre are busy some fall grata is smutty af ax 1 I 1 i wellington there was waa some rain taut I 1 week the air feels like frost sh k lawrence this season leawn Is nearly con M 4 v crops are nearly secured threshing Is still going on there is much complaint concerning the shrinking of the grain tomatoes and tender plants are in danger of frost froat tropic alt all grain is harvested threshing is in progress and the yields axe arc good the third crop of lucern is two feet in height there is still plenty of water for corn and potatoes comoto there was much cooler weather last week grain harvest is half done parowan carowan harvest is finis finished bed second crop of lucern is sate safe and it is a good crop there is a good crop of potatoes lewan in another week the threshing of grain will be complete fall ap ples plea plums and early peaches are ripe ranc ranch h this is good weather tor for potatoes threshing is going on the yields ida are very good of lucern is holden the second crop wider shelter and the third crop is ready to cut threshing continues with the yields an average scipio all grain is in m most ost all hay lei ie hauled threshing is progressing corn and potatoes axe are doing well a alight frost occurred september 2nd and in which vines were slightly bitten deseret the past week was prolific ta in high southwest winds without rain J the hie rain harvest is over frost oc corred on the morning of the 3rd ard with out ut damage to anything 1 i hinckley gervest ter vest of grain is aln fahed abed and cutting of lucern for seed 1 hao begun threshing is going on with joir aar results as to yield considering the f scarcity 0 of f water kingston A good rain occurred on y e the be 2 th and a light shower on the f of of august harvesting is nearly fine V lobed Circle vine farmers are ethl busy fi 1 with the harvest of hay and grain S holliday the weather has been 1 bowery and unsettled corn and po are ripening both axe are fair crops threshing is nearly over peaches are kilpe they are a very good crop i mill creek threshing is nearly over y beorn rn crop Is ready for harvest a light ca shower on the laid the dust and freshened the atmosphere miller the rain of the much corn Is maturing threshing to is i nearly aly done potatoes are not yielding y yell well in 1 a some ome sections they are nearly r failure T some nice rains raima occurred 1 i ctet week peoa geoa there have been three light 9 jawers rii during the week considerable gaitin shows that it shrunk from the s excessive heat beat and dryness and 4 geat irl gation sk 40 Oh ester bester the grain is yielding good nsf 1 rains in the mountains have ap 4 caused the streams to rise rf Iray oville the past week was cool ai s raual ideal showers occurred on tuesday but liet to stop irrigation the phird rifa pd crop of lucern is being harvested 14 J tit ort to Is an average yield fall planting S r WB commence next week i za lake ake shore threshing machines are busy sugar beets are being sam t pled third crop of lucern will be light 1 american fork crops will not need i T farther irrigation they are coming to cf maturity rapidly A son threshing is nearly end f aed d with bushels bushe Is of grain raised raise 5 J abich is bushels more than the acet year in our experience sr salem corn potatoes and the third crop of lucern will be light owing to water for irrigation fruit te ft being gathered and dried or pre joetten joet eed ted 1 I 1 lehl there is a fair prospect for the ellaa of beets we have commenced to preparations for the digging of sugar beets melons and a nd fruit are abundant pinto the gram grain harvest Is closed the corn crop will not be as good as usual new harmony A nice rain occurred on the and which made all crops look well lyman though wheat Is shrunk it will be a good average potatoes and vegetable crops are excellent fruits ts are in abundance heber the weather has been cool and dry harvest is closing and thresa threshing is progressing grain la Is shrunk a little Char letson pota potatoes toes are doing well promising a good yield uintah the hot spell seems to be at an end but the drought co continues corn is being cut threshing continues showing better results on dry lands than on those that were irrigated huntsville harvesting of grain is nearly complete hauling and stacking is now the work before the farmers threshing has commenced J H SMITH section director salt lake city utah per S M BLANFORD I 1 |