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Show I! Harvest Season In Weber County Most Promising Hi1 j With the final harvest season a few Hi ri.iys off, crop Indications tor yVebe: - county, despite dersi writer eoncil-I eoncil-I t.inns and excessive drouth, are co ' j siderably belter than anticipated I i All fruit crops h:i been bandied with a tali df-si-n r.r snci rss, all h.i -I ing been harvested and placed on the : market with the piion ol appl I and erower, f fruit have profiled I l .much from this pari i uhir . mi The tonia'o piospeit- tor a prolong -I i ed reason Offsets th- effect that d H )ios had In n I a rd in.- 'he develop-H develop-H mem 9! tins produi I While ih H. son as an Average has nol been con-HI' con-HI' ducive to ihu raiin.i of this crop, 1 II ris thought by exports that goad weat I er for the next few weeks will aim. si completely overcome any handicaps suffered thus far In the season. Tile rain in the county, while n-jf Of great volume, beine a minor prop osilion among the farmers of the COCO-ly, COCO-ly, was affected considerably by )?k of Water, especially In district.", where water for irrigation was not available Although the stalks of the grain we; e somewhat shorter than in other ye.rs, the beads were fairly developed !W:d yielded well Sugar beet prospects are also fairij good. While this yeai's crop is not expected to equal that of last year ilii t will he a fairly large yield which, should Btorma bold off Bhould be fairij fair-ij easy to harvest. In regard to the apple crop ship inents for eastern and other markets inre expected to .start during the first Ipart. of October. Indications are that this crop, while not as large as USU&1, win be good, with r good quality of fruit ollered for sale Regarding the apricot crop, which was harvested some time ago, it is reported re-ported that in many instances the fruit ivae picked from leafless trees, dry conditions having caused the leaves to shrivel and hlow away Considering Consider-ing this fact, the success of this crop la thought to be remarkable Truck gardeners have had a ve y successful season Vegetables that needed short seasons in which to mature ma-ture were greatly assisted by ihe hot weal her conditions, while In almost ever instance truck gardens in he vicinity of Ogden were supplied w'th adequate water for Irrigation purposes. |