Show CROP RAA gt REPORT salt lake lale city AI ay iy 1 1935 good rains and snows with cold weather occurred the first few days and again at the close of the weel eel retarding vegetation growth and causing some frost injury the middle portion of the week was dry and warm being more favorable for good growth grains crops and ranges were improved by the moist ure grain continues good the spring plantings have germinated to good stands rain is needed locally in middle and southern counties livestock are making fair gains though pas burage is as slow sugar beet planting has been delayed by wet ground in the lower fields at lewiston spring crops are growing rapidly at logan and pasture lands are making excel lent growth early garden vegetables are well advanced precipitation 72 inch frost did light damage to fruit beets and some other crops at tie monton grain is growing nicely soils solis are in excellent condition in salt lake valley and alfalfa I 1 as made an excellent showing manti had 0 34 inch of moisture with 1 5 inches of snow which soon melted alfalfa has made a good start the spring grain is mostly p haling having germinated a good stand garden garde n truck is doing well A hard frost laid alfalfa low and retarded other plant growth at deseret some plums plum were killed farms and ranges range s are dry at modena livestock are fair conditions are favorable for ing spring grain is coming up most range cattle have been turn ed ont out on the lower range at du chesne forage is fairly good farm j work is active warm sunny er prevailed at price without rain it was ideal weather tor for farming shearing progressed rapidly under the most favorable conditions local ly the river is rising slowly farming was stopped at Mon lo 10 by storms and cold weather and some early fruit was killed cold windy weather retarded vegetation growth at blanding though leaves are emerging and grass Is starting favorably snow is leaving the south slopes conditions are backward at benmore enmore 3 C al er or |