Show Utah Sunday November Fall rains have hurt soybean crop r4 ssssa WASHINGTON (UPI) — Untimely prolonged fall rains nave delayed crop harvests in much of tiie nation and while the lag has had little overall impact on the size of the nation’s corn crop it has hurt "t" sno iS-SS- la fRkzjn PDrO the soybean crop The impact of the wet fall was reflected Friday 11 1984—23 Srf in the Agriculture Department’s estimates of 1984 crops The corn crop was projected at 753 billion bushels up fractionally from last month’s estimate and 81 percent larger than last year’s drought-stricke- n crop The estimate of soybean crop by contrast was reduced by 4 percent over the past month to 19 billion bushels as yields declined But the crop remained 16 percent larger than last year Both crops are expected to be the fourth largest in history Only 64 percent of the corn crop was harvested by last swofflL sSgspgjL rnTMroaecECT iwnifcjil C3: E UNIROYAL IrttHUMi Til ll II 1 "fmmt UNIROYAL 5r riUD - i I WINTER & snow ADIAL PATROL weekend which is short of a 72 percent average for this time of ITREADS The department’s Crop Reporting Board estimated the national average corn yield would be 1059 bushels per acre this year compared to 1055 bushels estimated in October and a dismal 81 bushels P15SI0R13 BELTED! year Mounted ttt-ctt! ’TV than three-fourt- ALL CEDQQCECZ? c SEASON UNIROYAL a hs bushel from last month’s estimate Last year’s yield was 262 bushels and the crop was 16 billion bushels The record soybean crop was 23 billion bushels in 1979 when the average yield was 321 bushels per acre The department estimated the grain sorghum crop at 813 million bushels up 1 percent from last month and up 70 percent from last year v The cotton crop was expected to be 133 million bales the same as estimated a month ago and 71 percent more than last RADIAL pi:stcsi3 £ : MountedFrco siEELTrrrr1 dg ’ STEEL 'D!US CZLTZ3 The rice crop was expected to be 141 million hundredweight slightly below last month’s estimate Last year’s crop was 997 million hundredweight The department estimated the peanut crop at a record 44 billion pounds up 2 percent from last month and up 34 percent from last year The tobacco estimate was 174 billion pounds down fractionally from last month’s estimate and 22 percent more than last year The department will revise its wheat and cotton estimates in December and issue its last scheduled estimates of most 1984 crops in January ' v 155SRI2 TT8 Is yrrm rrrm W2Q '' ' i - V'1 : r ' r urnJEVZ:- — t - tv TRACTION RADIAL I 659x16! ' ‘ SjjjQ8 v Amounted libraries ior the district said Friday the books were banned after a review by librarians teachers and administrators The three books removed are: “Then Again Maybe I Won’t” concerning a boy's sexual awakening “Deenie" the story of a girl’s sexual awakening and “Blubber” a story about a fat girl who is teased by her friends Robertson said after the ‘ Free v 23575 Exchange Plus r - '-- " STEEL BELTED - ‘V Mounted ' ’T RlJi V' v : ’l ' f:w ' ' : nmnnrwgnc 12 VOLTS MOST SIZE GOOD scattered throughout the system’s 30 elementary schools he said librarians expressed concern with six of the books 3 YR BETTER 4 YR BEST 5 YR 133 M3 M3 0 - v nmr SNOW TIRE CHANGE OVER BATTERIES school system received complaints about the books he directed his librarians to read them Of the 12 Blume titles Set Camber Caster Toe-o0 Set Toe-i- n 0 Check Steering ut I e Road Test The Car Discount 2 tires (5 3 Remount 2 U snow tires Pass Car mm of teachers and administrators then was formed and members recommended that the three titles be removed Robertson said FINANCING STORE OPEN NIGHTS 10 am to 9 pm Doily 10 om to 4 pm Saturday FMOICS S LAREDO Earl Robertson director of instructional materials and 4 - iUNIROYAl LUG said 752-418- 4 UNIHDYAIt Mounted Free - 138 No Main Free 17 r Three PEORIA 111 (UPI) books by author Judy Blume will no longer sit on the shelves of elementary school libraries in Peoria District 150 because of “concern about language sexual content and tone” officials a SmiSH 155SR12 Mounted V Blume books BEBNOU : ns 00 Library bans serening i- - C33DQQI0C? (E35Q33BQ2Q year committee Jl S! :07PL0W tf'mmmmj - M - U1TEVALLS The department projected the national average soybean yield at 285 bushels per acre down a A p 'fr waiHail ntliin Fr 'V rrrrrm h - VUttwal tUwfW STEEL EELTEP : was 1132 bushels The 1982 crop was 81 billion bushels and 79 billion bushels were harvested in 1979 Soybean harvest was a little more than half complete last weekend short of an early November average of more recapable it'- - f 'C-- with C: cosings harvested last year Last year’s crop was slashed to 42 billion bushels by the worst drought in a half century on top of the largest acreage reduction in history A record crop of 82 billion bushels was harvested in 1982 when the record average yield ‘ F roe? I MAM Bum JV PRODUCTS aTpISCOUHT PRICES HOURS: aturdayJ mastercard VISA’ ‘j |