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Show RAINS MAKE FARMERS CHUCKLE The rains of last week proved a blessing to Beaver county farmers. After the downpours of Friday and Saturday, Sat-urday, wreaths of smiles were much in evidence on the faces of the dwellers of the farm land of South Milford, and one farmer remarked that he believed in the efficacy of prayer. Irrigation had hardly started from the reservoir, and spring weather had been particularly backward. The changed appearance of the alfalfa fields is quite noticeable since the rains, and not only the farm lands look better, but lawns and trees in Milford have responded to the magic toucli of spring. One field invariable draws comment from passersby on the main highway south of town. That particular patch is a large alfalfa field lying to the east of the road about a mile out of town. The stand is heavy, and since being washed off with water, is the deepest hue of green. Across the road from this field is a field of sage, interspersed with bare patches of land. Barely fifty yards separate the two fields. The field m the west could present the same appearance as its neighbor, neigh-bor, if properly cultivated and watered. All of Milford valley val-ley can be made into the richest farms of the country. But the rains have made even the sage look good, after being dusted off by the water, and the distant hillsides have taken on a new appearance too. The only detriment of the storm in the county that we have heard mentioned, was that the rains of Saturday night were accompanied by a hail storm, over around Beaver, which damaged the blossoms on the fruit trees to some extent. |
