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Show 1 -a Frost on Monday K Morning Finds Most of Seed Cut j j !; ft; Farmers Get Almost 10 Days ' Extra ior Ripening of Late Seed ' l, :i 1 I The killing frost, that most fa:; ." 8 mers hoped would give them tim' " to ripen their seed this fall, cam1 t m the early morning of Monda;, , Sept. 27, almost ten days later tha 'it the average. The farmers who ha ' iv , seed still standing had two wan ings, one Saturday and the de ; :f ' inite one Sunday, that frost woul , i 1 : come Sunday night, and so littl i '. seed was standing Sunday night, ii 1 . The extra days given the farn' ; " J, ers this year amounted to mail' , , U i thousands of dollars in extra pr ' M t duction and income. With see , ' selling around 50c a pound, it i . ' ! a valuable crop and a good cro ; will put many farmers out of del 1 r; , and well established finacially. j ' , t Mr. Carpenter, Weather Man Visi ; j : f Tuesday evening Mr. Carpente ' of the Salt Lake Weather Burea was in Delta on a visit to see coi I ditions here, and why the peop! , were so anxious to get full info ,l 1 mation on the frost. He met i, ! ,. : our office with Clair Acord, assist , 1 J ant county agent, and took noti ( for next year on what the farme . would want in the way of fro: I ' I and weather forecasts. It was e; , plained to him the value of , . good alfalfa seed crop, and wh: it mean't to the farmers. It wt !: f suggested that next year the bul i j."' etins we receive give the f oreca , of that particular day, and al: : some indication as to what to e: j: ,', pect the following day. It was e. Ii plained to him, that a light f probable frost would not wor I t, seed growers too much, if thi C -Lf knew the following night would I ; i I warmer. Also he was asked to gi' : I ' definite information on all ha ,y winds, so that farmers could tal ;i them into consideration also whi I figuring when to cut. j ; 111 Mr. Carpenter -was glad to ri : ,i( ceive this information and said tip , -weather bureau was operated fi; i f all the people and to give the mc'' i ; benefit it could. ; i. He explained why on certa j nights the forecast was quite ; jj : i long way away from the actt temperatures. He stated that m times when there is no danger ' ; any frost, only one check is ma ' . to forecast the expected temper I , . ture. In a case such as happen! : J on Sunday, Sept. 19 when a pre 1 able frost might come, all repor j and information were checked !'. j three different men to determi, if a frost would come. He stat; j that on this particular Sunday ' of them checked the forecast, s- i 1 j that it was 32-35, and then debat j "t ( for some time whether to relei j the warning or not.They knew fn , ! past experience, that a "probab 1 ; i frost warning caused much anxii , ' j and like a week ago Sunday, qu J ; j a few losses. On the other ha 4 had they not released the warn' f and it did freeze that night, tl ) 1 . would be in a worse position tr h 'j they were. ' I Temperatures May Vary J 1 Mr. Carpenter said temperatu ,'r j in a radius of 15 miles of De may vary as much as ten degr f and he asked that farmers sti I their fields, taking readings t j checking them with the local i 1 tions to see if they are genen in a warmer or cooler spot tl " 3 the places of the official readii J Asks Farmers to Write a Note ' ....Mr. Carpenter asked if we wc . 1 I have the farmers write to him 1 I the Weather Bureau,.. Salt L I Airport, Salt Lake City, and t him if the frost warnings and L weather forecasts did any g f and were of any benefit to growers. He said he would welci any suggestions to better the , t vice and help the seed growers 1 : . they could ! j We Have Learned a Lot I ' i Here at the Chronicle office . f have learned a lot about what . j; farmers want in the way of tl ' J forecasts, and we hope to in . '"' porate them in next year's hi j ling. It seemed to be a pop j : thing, and one that the seed g- i, ers wanted. When we were in i midst of the telephone calls, j i, three phones we have, averi almost 200 calls a day, which H eluded the many people who c; 1 ;A" in the office. i Well, it is just 28 days age ;!T, were sitting in the office deci : to report the weather forecast ' ' that time we were sweltering j ' , frost looked a long way off. T' ' 28 days later, we are still si' : ,: in the office ,and still swelteri I ' ,' j wondering how it ever did get . j. : , enough to freeze when it di( ; '? |