| Show Form & Gorden Soling SunGunnison Volley News April 7 1996 Page 9 Utah Crop Weather Weekly Crop Report Spring tillage and small grain planting were the major crop activities while spring lambing and calving as well as shearing sheep were the major livestock activities Barley was reported 35 percent planted spring wheat 38 percent planted and oats 12 percent planted for the week ending April 7 996 according to the Utah Agricultural Statistics Service 1 his was about 20 percent behind last) ear and 12 percent behind the Apricots were 100 percent full bloom or past average Calving was reported 61 percent about the same as last ear and the Lambing on the farm at 56 percent was 13 percent average behind average while lambing on the range at 26 percent was 3 percent behind average Sheep sheared on the farm at 48 percent was 7 percent behind the average but sheep sheared on the range at 41 percent was 7 percent ahead of the average Winter wheat was rated 69 percent good to excellent with 3 percent rated fair to poor Winter w heat freee damage was rated 90 percent w ith no damage and 0 fall barley was rated 86 percent good to percent with light damage excellent with the balance rated fair fall barley freee damage was rated 59 percent w till no damage 0 percent with light damage and 23 percent w ith moderate damage here were 55 days rated suitable lor fieldwork oooooo Mother Nature does not like bare ground! If you don't grow something she will Weed seed will not usually germinate after the soil is covered by desirable plants Plan and plant to help control your weeds oooooo Of the 42 stations reporting 25 received measurable precipitation and 5 received a trace Precipitation was light throughout most of the slate with Dixie and Uinta Basin divisions reporting little or no precipitation Silver Lake Brighton reported the greatest amount of precipitation with 092 inch of rain Scofield was next with 049 inch then Corinne with 048 inch and Orem with 046 inch Pleasant Grove received 044 inch of precipitation Provo BVU recorded 042 inch and Park Valley had 028 inch The wateryear currently stands at 81 percent of normal This is compared to 139 percent for last year on this date ' Temperature maximums averaged 4 degrees above normal while minimums averaged 2 degrees above normal St George recorded the highest temperature reading of 85 degrees Moab was next with 8 degrees and Green River with 80 degrees Zion National Park and Arches National Park reported highs of 79 degrees lanksville had a high of 78dcgrees and Callao completed our list of highs with 77 degrees Silver Lake Brighton recorded the lowest temperature w ith a readScofield was ing of degrees next w ith a low of 3 degrees followed by Panguitch with 16 degrees Woodruff and Bryce Canyon National Park reported lows of 7 degrees f interprise Bety had 9 degrees and leber had a low of 20 degrees The Heating Degree Day accumulation stands at 89 percent of normal 1 his is compared to 9 percent for last year at this lime STOMPED? Don’t know what to do with those ugly tree stumps in your yard? WE DO! A Ut us bring our portable stump grinder and turn jour stump intoa pile of savxdust! Our machine is small enough to lit through narrow gates to get into backx ards We can remox e stumps next to sidew alks sprinklers) stems homes and other close objects! Call Lynn Pickett Small trencher available for trenching VVVOUttIttHO 528-327- 8 power lines and sprinkler svstemx! ESennansen Mill is here to serve your farm and garden needs! §gg ibs to Fertilizer Seed Grains Alfalfa Seed Corn Seed Seed Potatos Gardeners: Buy your seed here - Bulk or Package! Hermansen Mill 204 South 100 East - Gunnison 528-313- 6 J |
