Show WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN ta U S department of agriculture amate and crop of th the amther bureau utah section tor for the amk ending sept 12 1898 salt lake city utah september 13 1898 there has not been a material change la in the temperature during the past week continuing cool throughout the week and averaging about one degree below the average daily the weather b has been more constantly cool for the pa past st week the nights have been especially chilly attended by frost which was light generally but in some instances heavy enough to kill vegetation aso z rain of precipitation of any kind is reported from any section of the state and there was wag an bosence aos enice of the cloudiness and threatening thunderstorms of the previous week the weather assuming a settled sett fled appearance incident to the change of season there are few crops in condition to suffer from the of the weather the frosts that have been im curing almost nightly in some parts of the he state have been practically harmless killing potato tops and vines in the last stages of bearing some lucern is reported to fco have been injured by the groat frost of the field crops the sugar beet aada ji mAa portion of the third cutting of iube lucern remain the former is being du dug 9 and the latter is rapidly being secure secured d AU all the grain has been harvested and aft j large portion has haa been threshed the me of greatest activity still centers the threshers thre in nearly every nce the yield of grain is an average aasta in excess some fall se seeding eding has ready so dir commenced though progress to ia by the continued drouth cool wh ahta and warm days are causing fruit sundance mature tute rapidly the markets contain of fruit N r e weather continues tor for the securing of crops and advancement of all wm work other than seeding of grain J city the weather has haa been im bie for all farm work corn is bag out cut onions are being gathered gai md ad sacked backed the crop is light legeta that autumn has baa arrived aa alved the nights have been obad 6 and the days warm farmers are threshing bre shing this week the weather acas been cold with light frost losem agan there was much colder wither aher the past week threshing Is with good yields reported fihe h third crop of lucern is ready tor or the tt ower sugar beets look well frost forms every morn fw Q potatoes oes are frosted fronted good yields we from the threshers thre perron drought still prevails farm are w A are with wi th the grain and hay ulvert tarve wt threshing is the principal work the yield of grain is a trifle be ww eche average potatoes are a good wo crop the nights have been cold ith tb frost some lucern has haa been killed hy frost to A heavy on the 2nd and alie the potato tops and corn and ad lucern slightly waft A slight treat frost on the morn the ard rd n teD fler vegetation at in town abdin and in the country abood A good crop of grain la Is expected throughout the county levan threshing is nearly finished corn is ripe the crop Is light the weather continues favorable mt carmel frost occurred on om the 3rd ard ath and ath in some parts of this valley grain is threshing a fair yield corn is a poor crop owing bothe bo the scarcity ot of water ranch wheat is yielding well the second crop of hay bay has been secured frost occurs algoet every night corn and vines exe are killed threshing is progressing the yields are good woodruff reavy heavy frost on the 3rd ard ath tb ath ath ath and ath filleti the potato vines down to the ground but failed to injure other crops farmers axe are planting fall wheat meadowville Meadow ville the past week has been very cold with heavy frosts threshing is in progress and some dome of the wheat is shrunk holliday the very light third crop of lucern is being harvested there is scarcely enough water to save the fruit trees taylorsville Taylors ville corn and potatoes are ripening rapidly both crops are below the average the apple crop is very wormy miller threshing is nearly done much fruit was blown off the trees by the heavy east winds the third crop of lucern is being cut coalville Co alville frost occurred sever several ai mornings last week threshing is making good progress chester the yield of grain is good very little is shrunk the days are sunny and warm and the cold cald and frosty sigurd harvesting is nearly finished threshing and is making good progress the prospects favor good yields of grain frost every night damaging some corn and potato vines the second crop of lucern is nearly secure payson farmers axe are busy cutting corn and the last hay crop digging and chopping sugar beets frost that ok burred on the killing melons melon cucumbers and tomatoes grapes are ripe threshing is nearly over lake shore we have commenced to dig sugar beets lucern is being cut for seed corn and potatoes are ripening threshing will soon be completed the weather has been warm in ape the dw day but cool at night santaquin San dry weather continues and the nights are cold fall seeding geeding may be retarded owing to the drought the third crop of lucern to is a failure kaysville Kays Xay ville sille the past week was very dry threshing is nearly completed the yield will be above the average third crop of is cut the alfalfa 8 seed eed crop will be above the average fall seeding has commenced salem the past week was warm and dry with cool nights farmers are cut ung the third crop of lucern some have commenced to dig sugar beets hefti the harvest harve of sugar beets has ha s commenced threshing is progressing the prospects are that chat the potato crop will be below the average american pork fork it has ben warm in the day and cool at nig att which has ripened the fruit rapidly threshing machines are busy corn is looking well potatoes will be a poor pooi crop charleston Ch aleaton aleston frost occurred every night last week all vegetation has ceased growing the quality of the apples is first class heber killing frost occurred the first part of the week all tender vines have beeh killed threshing is making good and grain is yielding much better than expected new harmony the post week was cooler am JI crops ore are do doing ingwell well trait is abundant uintah the th e drought continues and high winds make it worse spoiling apol linc what fruit remains threshing to making good progress the potato crop Is poor lyman potato vines corn and vegetables were nipped by the frost harvesting is nearly completed J H SMITH section director per S M BLANDFORD salt lake city utah |