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Show COLD INTERFERES WITH HARVESTING Cold weather, with storms, interfered inter-fered with alfalfa setd threshing, su-Kar su-Kar beet digging grain seeding and g neral outdoor work during the last week in practically all agricultural sections of the state, according to the weekly weather. rop and range report re-port of the United States weather bureau. bu-reau. However, the moisture has been beneficial to Chi grazing ranges and i.. early sown cereals. The grazing ranges are in fairly good condition, and livestock, ulso in from fair to good condition, are moving farther out onto the Wlntei areas. 1 he mountain moun-tain highways have been temporarily snow blocked in places, but are improving; im-proving; elsewhere the main highways high-ways are fairly good. Some cattle have suffered and feeding feed-ing has been necessary In southwestern southwest-ern Wyoming -Most or the apples have been picked at Ogden. The winter win-ter range Is fair at Lucln. The lake Is salting much cattle pasturage near Gr&ntSVllle. Highways aro muddy but the valley Is bare at Tooele; livestock are doing nicely. Winter ranges are fair In tne Mosida section and some sheep are moving westward Range cattle are fairly good at Oak City, j winter wheat sowing was stopped by the snow storm Stormy weather has been unfavorable unfavor-able for sugar beet harvesting at Delta, Del-ta, and the. factory was closed temporarily. tem-porarily. Snow fall is ample on the sh?ep range west of Deseret; much alfalfa seed remains In the fields as j the weather has been too wet for j threshing In the Deseret, Sutherland and Hinckley sections The dry land grains are in nrst-class condition for' 'the winter at Fillmore. The roads Have been very muddy, but they are Improving at Kanosh. The storms have been good for the winter ranges !in the Cedar City district, j Fall grain is not yet up at Mo-dena; Mo-dena; stock are fair lo good. Com-; paratlvely little fall plowing has been done at Blantl, The dry land grain Is poor or lair at Moroni, as the weather has been unfavorable for L germination Alfalfa seed threshing has been delayed In the Duchesne basin ba-sin by stormy weather, the roads arv 1 improving. |