Show News Notes Motes t tIt Its It's a Privilege to Live LilJe in Utah I Provo Landslides Landslides In Provo Prof 0 canyon can canyon cane can yon during the cloudburst there early Sunday morning damaged property belonging to the tho state the Utah Power and Light company and the Denver Rio nto Grande Western Railroad company company com come pany pony to ap Parowan The The fifth firth anual show and sale of southern Utah Rambouillet breeders has been announced for tor Parowan Pare Par owan September 14 16 lb and 16 This I II I section of ot Utah Is one of the leading breeders bleeders of ot sheep In tl the e United States and this event brings out exceptional Individuals In all class es os Helper The The Denver k Rio Hlo Grande Wee Western tern Railroad l company Is winding up Its Us gravel and ballasting work on this division this week and anel when completed com com- pitted the line will bo be newly ballasted from Colton to Grand Junction Colo Tho The double track section between hero here and Colton Is al already eady finished Hundreds of men have been working on tho the stretch to Green River where tho the now work joins that afew a n tow few years ago between Green River and Grand Orand Junction The The swamp lands of tho the Mantl l Mantl water control district of co county nty are proving to be bl bemore bemore more valuable than the most optimise optimistic tic had supposed observed C. C S. S Scott Sanpete county agricultural agent Exceptional Exceptional Ex Ex- results have been obtained on a small area devoted to demonstration tion purposes the agent reports One One- seventh of an acre of canning peas yielded ninety boxes of ot shelled peas and a test of barley is expected to yield an average of seventy bushels to the acre Fort Duchesne When When Harden Ben Den nion state commissioner of ot agriculture agriculture ture and President E. E O. O Peterson of I the Utah Agricultural college leaders of ot the tho two forces which are combining combine ing In a fight against the noxious weeds on Utah fauns farms visited the basin at this years year's convention held beld last week they found tho the weeds and other Impurities w were we're re b being chopped chop chop- ped pod and pulled and burned from basin fields at a fast pace Salt Lake City The Tho numbers of livestock grazed on national forests continuo continue to decrease it Is la shown In Inthe Inthe inthe the annual report of the United States forest service During the tho calendar year 1925 there were a total of ot 1696 cattle and horses and sheep and goats grazed on the tho nation national al forests of the United States This compared with cattle and horses and sheep and goats the year previous making the decrease de de- crease In one year amount to cattle and horses and sheep and goats Salt Lake Lako City Although Although showers with a precipitation of 52 2 of an Inch fell feU in Salt Lake City and near vicinity vicinity vicin vicin- ity Hy Saturday afternoon and evening the downpour was not nol general throughout through out the state and Ogden in the north and Provo to the south reported nothing nothing noth noth- ing more than a slight Blight grizzle However How Itow ever over reports from Provo Indicated that a heavy downpour tell fell late Friday night and early Saturday morning Salt Lake City City Despite general complaints of drought precipitation during tho the month of ot July In the Salt Lake valley was 67 Inch above the normal according to tho the monthly meteorological me mo- summary of the weather bureau The mean for the month was Inches incites while the normal for Jull Is la given In tho the report as 54 Inches Salt Lake City Road Road disbursements disbursements disburse disburse- ments during the month of July amounted to a total of according ac ace cording to announcement from the office office of of- fice ice of John E. E Holden state au auditor Ot or the total amount went for tor general maintenance for equipment and for adminis The Tho report shows also 3 spent for special maintenance I work i I Salt Lake City Nearly Nearly early acres of ot alfalfa are expected to be bo harvested ted in Utah Ut during luring the year ear of 1926 1920 indicating indi I i eating cating an increase of ot acres over I tho the crop of the previous year ear according accord I I ing to the report of Frank Andrews Androws agricultural statistician for the United I States department of ot agriculture issued is sued suell on August 5 E. Tho The actual acreage harvested during the year ear is subject however to climatic conditions during the next two months Salt Lake City A A substantial Increase Increase In In- crease In tn production of alfalfa for tor seed Reed in Utah over last year was forecast fore fore- cast east for tor the season by the United States department of agriculture i Thursday It is 8 estimated that the tho the acreage this year will be or or more than last year I Logan For lor For the purpose of stimulating stimulating lating Interest among cattle breeders I of the state to Ins Insure lire the entrance of ot ofa I Ia I a Utah state herd in the tho Pacific In In- livestock exhibition In Portland this fall tull I Earl arl J. J Cooper r director di die II rector of the extension service se of the Holstein Association of America Amer lea Ira and U. U n E. E l field man of tho the association for the northwest met Tuesday art afternoon with members of II tho Utah State Holstein Breeders Breeder's as sedation at the Logan Logun chamber ot of I commerce |