Show Storm Bequeaths Chaos September 17 is one Friday that will long be remembered in the he minds of the residents of Sanpete This date marked the almost entire loss of the summer crops by the local farmers and the home garden garden- ers The sheep and cattlemen were also faced with the ithe job of bringing their livestock out of the thc mountains in the heavy snow The turkey men did not view the early winter with much delight either The snow started falling around midnight and by 6 a am a.m. m. m over sev seven n inches was meas meas- on the tops of Yf the cars The heavy wet snow also took its toll on the tree population of the city Leslie J. J Anderson local Weather Bureau cooperative cooperative cooperative tive observer measured inches of moisture in the days day's storm Mr Anderson also reported that the Manti ManU weather station had received 1640 inches of moisture between October 1 1964 and August 31 1965 Mr Anderson noted that inch inches es of precipitation have been received so far this month making the grand total since last October 1 1872 inches The all time record stands at 1895 inches Trees throughout Manti Manta were left with many of the branches broken off by the tremendous weight of the snow The town looked more tike like it had been hit by a tornado tor tornado tor- tor nado than a snowstorm Temperatures for the day ranged from a high of 42 to toa a low of 17 above zero The storm wrote a finish to the grain crops which hadnot had hadnot hadnot not been harvested One farmer farm farm- er who owned a combine and was going about doing the work for others reported that prior to the storm he was booked booked booked book book- ed solid for the next month Now his calendar is completely complete complete- ly clear Hundreds of acres of alfalfa were hard hit also Some of the hay was still sitting in bales on the fields while other other other oth oth- er fields had not been cut cutas cutas cutas as yet Farmers report though that if the thc temperature goes up and storms cease the alfalfa alfalfa alfalfa al al- al- al falfa crop can still be salvaged The turkey growers were plagued by the usual problems of wet cold weather They report report report re re- re- re port that the mortality rate always always always al al- al- al ways goes up when the wet cold weather strikes Turkeys have been plagued by vitis outbreaks The sick birds then fall prey to the other turkeys turkeys turkeys tur tur- keys if f they hey are not quickly separated At this stage of product production on every bird loss is isa isa isa a severe blow ito to the producer Another problem raised by bythe bythe bythe the winter snap was the difficulty difficulty difficulty culty of getting the feed to the turkeys wheel Four-wheel drive conveyances were the only type of vehicle which could be used successfully to haul the feed along the muddy roads This necessitated putting the feed into bags and then load loading loading loading ing and moving it The sudden weather snap also placed the sheep and cattlemen cattlemen cattlemen cat cat- in a tight pinch Their livestock was on the mountain and would have ito to 1 o be brought down immediately Kay Frisch- Frisch knecht got his sheep herds off ithe the mountain on Tuesday and andLee andLee andLee Lee Barton reports that one of his three herds should be down on Wednesday with the other two scheduled for Thursday or Friday Mr Barton reported that the sheep owners are having having having hav hav- ing great difficulty moving because of the depth of the snow He said that it took Mr four days to tomake tomake tomake make a trip which ordinarily the sheep could travel in two days It was reported that there was wag about a foot of snow on nn n the level areas in the moun moun- A measurement was taken at the head of Lake Fork with the measurement showing 30 inches of snow inthe in inthe inthe the original storm The cattle also are making their way down 1 ito to o the valley as rapidly as possible Mr and Mr Barton spent six hours Friday night coming down the can can- yon They stated that there were many trucks belonging to elk hunters which were across the road blocking travel The actual loss of lambs and sheep was reported to be low but the animals had lost a alot alot alot lot of weight through their hard ordeal and this would be bea a heavy loss for the growers |