Show UTAH STILL sm i NEEDS RAI RAIN I I Moderate 1 but beneficial show shower ho ere era occurred locally oter 0 er th the elate particularly In the tha th mow mom tall tain area areas I which have temporarily Improved 1 the condition of ot the grazing ranges some gome field crops ha hate hae e Iso also ls been ben ed by th Ih the showers howers and cloud skies sides though I ran lan nn Is still greatly gre needed and the Ih in le ilo lon water hater supply is till still dangerously short In most moat Irrigated l districts district districts I says saya th the weekly ekly r report port tor for Utah by the ho U S department of ot agri- agri agriculture culture D Di Dr land grain erain cutting culling has be- be begun begun gun In a few ew places but the crop has hae shrunken considerably because of th the drought Irrigated grains how r howe er ar lire are looking rath rath- rather rather er r well ell and the second growth o of alfalfa Is le doing well iv ll Sugar beets beeL are ar still In fairly good eon con though with water ter short short- shortage shortages age ages Imminent the th poorer parts part o of the fields due to a bad bud start In Inthe inthe litho the spring spring- probably cannot fully full develop Irrigated Irritated grain I Is doing well ell ll In Ogden valley vany but spring grain erain on dry land Is burning Vegetation elation Is making slow slav growth In Inthe inthe I the th Salt Lake Lae LaK valley canning peas pea are being harvested tho the crop befog be- be beIng be fog Ine light blossoms blossom and flowers for bee be food are arc also scarce on account of th the drought 11 Uon tion water ater continues to dwindle Grain Is fairly good g at Elberta where 70 70 Inch of rain ten tell on the fifth apples and pears ate afe arIn In good condition Cattle and an sheep heep are ar doing doing- very well Mell ell on the national onal forest beneficial I showers hating ha on the th range ranee sugar beets peas and othe other crops In the alley ally arc are greatly In i need of rain spring spring- wheat le Is heading well In some torn places place Irrl- Irrl Irr cation gatlon water wLter is very low Gen Gon- General Gen eral oral crop conditions condition hav have been ben ln im proved at Richfield by moist cloudy weather Sam Some grain Is 1 being cut at Kanosh nooh and the first i alfalfa crop Is la up livestock JI and ranges ranee are ar fair Alfalfa red seed U t doing fairly well en at Duehesne Duchesne and an It I Is iv good rood at My ton Though the file Ben la in beets beeta beet II In li Utah hi his year was as increased to 98 I compared to 83 3 las lat last year production of only onlo 00 tons of beets beet I Is forecast A total tola of at 1075 tons was MI wn harvested I lat last year the nation as a i whole hole the acreage is la one fourth II larger larrer but an Increase In production tion of o only fI the fIe e per pr cent Is h antici- antici anticipated a outlook Is 10 The Thi I acreage was wa raised from to 62 but the in Indicated pro pro- production production pro le Is I likely to fall from ton tons la last t year ear to tons toni 00 00 |