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Show v,j FIELD WORK AIDED BY MILD WEATHER Mild and dry weather of the last we k has been favorable to rield work and. Itarveeting wus iarn ly complel d In practically all sections of the state, according to the weekly weather, crop and range report of the Salt Luke branch of the Fnited States weather bureau. "Rain Is rather .urgently needed In mcpt sections to Improve the past U rage and tin- condition of the soil for sugar feet digging and fall grain growing. Grain threshing has progressed rapidly. rapid-ly. Range fee, continues ample and livestock are In falrK good condition generally, being excellent In some localities lo-calities Tattle have mostly left th" summer range areas and are moving out toward winter pastures The calf crop Is good, the calves having been largely gathered from the range. "Highways are generally dry and r.iii'h nff thi paving Winter wheat m . ds moisture tor k'ermlnotlng at j0-Kan; j0-Kan; the third cutting of alfalfa has been mostly completed; rain Is needed for beet dtKKlng Killing frosts were reported from Richmond and Clarks-ton Clarks-ton on September 3i. "Siitfar beets ate ready to die In the Salt Iike valley, and grain, potatoes and tomatoes ir. mostl) gathered Ex cellent crop f apples w 1 1 1 toon in-rea in-rea ly to pi-k at Provo and Oak City. Livestock are looking well at Deseret: some alfalfa seed is still green but the crop has been mOGtly gathered. Heavy beel shipments have been made from the range north of Ducheam "The ranges anil pastures continue unusually dry In the Moab and Mun-ticeUo Mun-ticeUo . Hons and feed and livestock live-stock onditlons are only fair. I .. : ijraln planting Is progressing In I he southern part of Rush valley, but the ground ( dry. This ha.s been on espe- , i-iHv good year for corn ot pkrowan J Th fitlds me umtintf dry at Nnda, I i Beaver county " |