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Show CEDAR VALLEY CLIPPINGS. Heavy Rainfall in that Locality Dts-if Dts-if troy some of the Crops. VaWo havo had n heavy rainstoim every day for nine consecutive dais beginning on the 11th iust. nnd the fanners weie beginning to think tluic might be ''too much of a good thing" Only part of the whent wns cut nnd that was iiul.inger of tproutlng. On .Monday the l"tli theie whs such a heavy rainfall in the Held that it mined . ten acre field of lucerne that was cut, by washing it full of tnud nnd mud; beside doing damage to other 1 parts of the-tlcld that lay in the course of tho flood. Tho North Ditch was nl-5St nl-5St dry before tho storm but it bus been '1 wniMg since hi enking through the dam linl-'iott Cieek, which W its natural channel, ami running into Utah Lake. The lucerne crop is turning out quito different from whnt was expected. The frequent rains havo canted the second cutting, in some instance?, to excel the first. Hon A. J. Evans and W. II: Winn of Lhl visited our placoon Siiuduy Ittth. They at tended mi otiii it nnd ndd i e-sstd the congicg.ition. which was duly upprcei.il ted. Tlio weather is very warm during the day but the nights are cool nud tileuH.int. The fiirmeiB nro making thebatof the line weather. They nro busy cutting and hauling grain mid hay whilo the wives and daughters arc Just as busy cutting nnd drying apricots and npples. There has been more apricots raited this year than ever before; somo raised by David Berry would be bard tobeat for size and flavor. Cedar Fort Aug. 2.S, 1S0I. |
