Show WINDS DAMAGED CROPS BUT RAINS HELP SOME ibe the weekly crop bulletin fur for utah for last week saya says that while continued high temperature tain pera ture arm prevailed ailed the weather was more unsettled thau than during the preceding week and there was a decided increase in the cloudiness thunder storms were acre of frequent occurrence but the thi accomma ayin g precipitation was insufficient except in some few localities in the southern sout bern portion of the state where the ample rainfall was of marked benefit benefi tto to giovi nil vegetation high winds were frequent and caused some damage to wheat by lodging and to fruit by blowing from the trees whore where sufficiently watered crops made rapid growth and grain was ripening fast with ban har eating under rapid headway excepting in the southern counties where the present ut chinch bugs formed an unfavorable feature the conditions surrounding the ripening grain were favorable ahle and good yields of I 1 righted crops were still being secured but bilt arid land grain continued light in quantity and rather poor ID in quality the second crop of lucerne was wai being stacked in good condition fair yields were mostly reported report od corn was making rapid growth and was tag tas soling beets were generally in good condition where irrigated ted though this state was reported as suffering in localities from the ravages of inflects in beets the crop will bo be light and ani iu in some districts will be an absolute failure due to the ag b blight 1 ht potatoes were being malliet marketed with yields mostly up to the aver ago were generally doing well though these suffered marked local damage alee also from the depredations of insects the range was very dry but noth notwithstanding withstanding this stock continual cont conti louei nuel in thriving condition |