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Show CR0PC01TK ICR JSPR0I1ED Splendid Growing . Weather Prevails, Says Weekiy Crop Review Crop and range conditions have Improved Im-proved during the past week, according accord-ing to the weekly bulletin Issued yes-i terday by J. Cecil Alter, director of the Salt Lake office of the United States weather bureau. The report follows: ' "Splendid growing weather prevailed prevail-ed over the state', though the season is still somewhat backward. Spring; seeding is practically completed cx-j ceptlng in some nrfrthcrn, counties, and i the general crop prospect is consld-j cred excollent. The alfalfa weevil is; beginning its work In some middle and southern counties though alfalfa generally gen-erally is making a "very fine showing. Winter grains are flourishing, many rye fields having afforded considerable consider-able pasturage, spring grains are also presenting a good appearance generally. gener-ally. Corn has been planted rather -extensively for silage. "Sugar beets arc In fine condition generally; there has been little replanting, re-planting, and, thinning is now well advanced. ad-vanced. The bloom on apples, pears and plums has been usually promising, promis-ing, but the peach and cherry crops are patchy; some peach orchards will yield heavily, and others vory light. Spraying Is progressing rapidly. "The pastures and hillside grazing ranges have yielded abundantly this1 week, and range animals aro gaining satisfactorily. though heavy cattle losses are still reported due to tho failure of hay supplies to carry stock! into the grazing period. Shearing Is. practically completed excepting in the' northern counties, and some higher al-' Ititudes elsewhere. Soil moisture and, water are ample, ajid flood waters' are receding generally1 In most streams, though Price river Is still high and! doing some danjage. "Highways are fairly good as a rule, though they are becoming rough in places. Some scattering bridges are out on the higher roads, and other re-i re-i pairs aro needed locally, because of tho floods." nn |