Show U na CROPS reports from all parts of box elder county point bounteous harvest first crop alfalfa ready to cut dryland farmers ot of box elder county are rejoicing over the heavy rain storms ot of the week which have been very beneficial to farm crops generally and especially to grain accard ing to reports the storm has been general and has reached out over the vast dry land farming section ot of the northern and western part of the county reports from fielding plymouth holbrook boothe and pocatello valleys promontory and other sections are very gratifying and in each district it is said that prospects tor for a large harvest never looked better the dryland grain stands high and green and is heading out in splendid shape the lay hay crop it is said is much larger than usual and one farmer stated the other lay day that lie he would raise tour four times as much hay this year as he did last year on the same acreage some damage has been done to first crop alfalfa al talta cut before the storm and left in the fields the sugar beet fields throughout the country bare are looking fine and the beets are in a thrifty condition and gro growing ang rapidly the prospects tor for a heavy tonnage per acre are very favorable thinning is well under way and in a short time this work will be completed according to reports the i farmers have hav e been able to secure ample help this thiis season in the thinning of theirs theia beets and much of this work is being coneby organized bodies of boy scouts under the direction of their scout leaders the stormy weather however Is not so ab favorable to the picking and marketing of the strawberry crop in this vicinity the picking has been retarded on account ot of the heavy rains of the past few days and the growers are a lif little tle discouraged over the outlook to them a few warm sunny days would mean much in dollars and cents as strawberries will not stand too much moistures mols moist the berry crop in brigham city and vicinity is qui quite to large and the berries of 0 a very tine fine quality by reason ot of the loss ot of the peach crop in this section this year due to the extremely cold weather during the winter a larger acreage ot of tomatoes has been planted than in former years plans have been made to ship tomatoes this year in car load lots to the eastern markets according to reports some ot of the farmers in the vicinity ot of corinne have entered quite extensively into tomato gr growing owin expecting to profit by the car lot shipment plan |