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Show REVIEW OF THE CROP SEA50M OF 1902. 1 ( fall nf 1001 was too dry to give Wi n good start The following r hrwevcr, was mild nnd the crop (il the growing season of 1902 In tondlHon. Iruarj -Orchards were pruned ilLrlng the Inst week, ploughing tesun In several localities Kail ilniprovid nnd at the close of tho li was In good condition Sheep ed In some localities on account ttliortnirv In moisture, but, on tho i stnek pasi-ed thiough the month 'rll good condition Muny nf the lint' wore, klllid In Weher cftun-" cftun-" o J int tcsult of the extended & of ilensi fog durliu- the first n the- low temperature during 'l r pnrt of Jnnuiry With this It 01 the fi nit crop pissed th the winter without Injury. fh The old stormy wenlher of wnlli held back vegetation nnd In-il In-il v Ith farm work The month "W in tlio senson nt least ten diyo tnnii u ual A little ploughing was 1 ill grain made some gmwth tontituieii In pool ronditloii Krult eri welling rapldlj at tho cloic tnnnlli but hid not opened. Psnl nttlc were In good condl- rl Two or three iinusunlly cold ': irred ilurlnr the month Light lorinr l on sovirnl mornings, nnd inernlnrs of the 10th and 15th B innpcritures wero general liie nm The tool wenthei and ' (ri vented rapid growtli, but w m damage. Tho henvy rains, o uirel over tho northern por-" por-" lycd fnrm work In some cases, ' vety benothlnl to vegetation Pr tt.lt lion of thn iiouthern sec-las sec-las iuir nKlti )Ut KCerniy mf in liep glowing uops In good ni'in l'loui'hltig prjgressed rapld-"r rapld-"r t hilf of the month, bpilng i, rnln' "f whlih wns torn-' torn-' e nit the IV h, lamii up nicely, i r, ",frc P'onteel liming the ' ic mics and were coming up ' " lutei part of tho month " r sown nnd enrlj potatoes I" 'Jed during the list decade "i at bnrlej, lucerne nnd grass -.-, --'-'-j.-.-Ji-i-jtv.-i-ij;tl. msdo good growth. Apricots, almonds nnd penches came Into bloom the second sec-ond week nnd chenles and plum the third week Tho fruit crop passed through the month In excellent condition. condi-tion. Miy While the mean temperature for May wis practlculli normal the month was one of extremes several davs of unusually low temperature alternating al-ternating with n like period of unusual-1 unusual-1 warm weather. Heavj frost was nulte peneral over the State on the mornings of the 3rd, Cth and from the Ulh to 21st The cold snnp of the lHh to 21st did considerable damage to fruit nnd tender plants In parts of Juab, Mlllnrd. Heaver Iron. Sanpete Sevier flarfleld, Carbon, Tmerj, Ulntnh and Fan Juan counties. In some parts of hanpete nnd Sevier counties sugar beets were so bully damayed that replanting re-planting wns nieeskary In other portions por-tions of the statu very little damage resulted from thu trusts The precipitation precipi-tation was clpfUlcnt, hut sulllelent to keep rrops In i,ood condition On the whole, crops did well. Tall wheat, barley bar-ley and re wero In good londltlon nnd leglnnlng to head nt the close nf the month Srlng wheat nnd osts made rood growth Tho tlrst crop nf nlfolfa was up to the average, and Its harvest begun in lhe southern section Sugar beets were In excellent condition and thinning completed Potatoes and corn, whleh wero planted during tho first two decades came up nlcclj. Apples Ap-ples nnd pears bloomed during tho first wck On the whole, the fruit crop pasted through the month In very good condition June Spells of unutuallv warm neither occurred from the 8th to nth, md from 21st lo 24th, but there was inough cool wenlher to make tho aver-ngo aver-ngo temperilure for the month only slightly eceslve, Light frosts occurred In elevated legions of the State on the 2nd nud 3rd nnd nf the northern counties coun-ties on the lSth I'otato vines nnd other fndcr plants were nltped but no ie-rlous ie-rlous dnmago done On tho whole, the lemperaluie conditions of tho month were fnnrnb!e for growing crors. With tho exception nf the north-central portion por-tion nt lhe State, lhe rnlnfnll was tno llRht tn be of service l)r land wheat was general! badly damaged b the drouth. The Fupply of Irrigation water decreased rnpldlv during the latter half of the month but there wns generally suPlclent wnter for the usual purposes, except In parts of Juab Millard Heaver und Iron counties Irrigated crops rrnde rapid growth Spring wheat and catB did well llarle and rje were being be-ing hnrvested during tho Inst week, nnd fall wheat wns ripening rnpldlv. The dry weather was favorable for haying nnd nn average first crop of alfalfa was stored In good condition Corn nnd potatoes po-tatoes did well rnrl potatoes were lendy for use during the last decade. A gool crop of strawberries and gooseberries gooseber-ries wns harvested during the first two decades, nnd cherries, raspberries nnd bliekborrles were plentiful the latter part of the month The ranges were generally In roor condition. Jul j, Freezing tcmrerntures and henv frosts oecuired ln the elevated vnllevs of the 'tnte on severnl mornings morn-ings between the 2nd and 9th badly dnmaglng corn whent and nlfnlfn In plnces Light frosts occurred In Cache, Morgan. Summit nnd Carbon counties on the mornings of the Sth nnd 19th. but did no damage The temperature conditions of the h it two decades were renernlly favorable for trowing crops Tht rnlnfnll of Ihe northern section wns confined to the first five dnjs and wns therefore rot nf ns much service ns It would have been had It been better distributed dis-tributed The precipitation of the middle mid-dle and southern sections while better distributed, wns generally too light to lie of much service. The supply of lr-rlsntlon lr-rlsntlon wnter diminished rarldlv nnd In some places was not sufficient to cover the usual nrea Irrigated tn such rases n pnrt nf lhe crop wns badly damaged dam-aged On the whole growing crops did fairly well Wheat hirvest was well ndvanced nnd threshing begun Dry jsnd whent irnrte n fair jleld In Cnche, Weber nnd Davis counties, but In other lncnlltles wns n fnl'iirc, or neirlv so much of It bring cut for hsj Irrlrnted whent mnde nbout the average yield Onte r'Bi'e n full crnn The 'econd crop of alfrtlfa wns vcrvllirht: mest of It was rut and 'toreel In mo 1 condition th latter pnrt of the month. Alfnlfa seet wns nlso n short crop on account of the drouth and grasshoppers A flip crop of timothy wns hnrvested In the nnrth-rentnl nnrth-rentnl rourtles Sugar beets nnd corn did well Tomatoes were In good con-t'ltlon con-t'ltlon md lipenlng durlne the list dpc-ade dpc-ade Apricots apples peaches, rears nnd plums were beginning tn ripen. High winds on the 2nd blew cansldcra- I bio fruit from the trees The ranges became very dry and, In several local-Itlcs, local-Itlcs, stock was suffering from shortage of feed August Heavy fiost occurred In the clovated vnlleys of the tiorth-central 1 ortlon of the State on tho mornings of the 22nd nnd 31st, doing some damage to spring grain, potatoes and other tender plints. 'With this exception, the temperature conditions of the month were fivornble for growing ciops The preelpltntlon of the northern nnd mid-die mid-die sections was too light to be of any service. The rainfall of tho southern section greitly Improved growing crops und the ranges The supply of Irrigation Irriga-tion water was generally very scant and In some localities part of the crop suffered Harvesting was completed and thrashing well advanced Corn generally did well and was In car during dur-ing the last decade. Late potatoes were not up to the nverare. Sugar beets did well Tomatoes tlpened nicely und canning progressed rapidly, Apricots peaches, pears and plums made a good yield High winds on the 10th blew considerable fruit from the trees The ranges were very dry In the southern and middle sections. umcrn September The rainfall of the north-ern north-ern nnd southern sections was goners . I) too light to be of service and that of tho middle section rnme too late to ba of very much benefit to the ranges The ground was generally too dry for fill ploughing and seeding Heavy fro.t occurred In the northern counties on the mornings or the 12th and 17th On the mornings of the 20th and 27th kill. Ing frost was quite keneral oier he State Late crops were well advanced nnd but little dumag was done by th. frosts Corn mado a good yield aid wns cut and stored In flrst-cliss condl. ? . ""P"'""' digging , b"un-Potnto b"un-Potnto digging was sllll In propress ai the end of the month In n fw looali ties n light third crop of alfalfa,?": harvested Thrashing was practically completed. Tomatoes ripened nicelj nnd mnde gool teturns Apples mid. i fair yield The ranges were In very poor condition r Octobcr.-The ground wns generally oo dr) for ploughing nnd very lltti. if this was done The dry, mild weather was very fuinrable for other kinds of farm work The harvesting of potatoes was completed, but sugar-beet dlgclmr was still In progress at the close of ths month. The dr) weather was unfnvora-ble unfnvora-ble for the Termination and growth of fall fcriln The ranges wete In very poor condition In all parts of the State. November Sugar beet dlgalnn was completed during the tlrst dei mle ntul about the average rleld secure 1 The lest two iWades wsie loo stormy anl i old for iiitdour farm work Tho heavy precipitation placed the uround In gool condition sn furnished plenty or water for stock Itsngs feed was very scarce and cattle were beginning to show the J effects of the shortage Fall grain was only in fnlr lundltlou L II. Mt'ltOOCH, Section Director, U, S. Weather ilil- renu. |