Show Prolonged Drought Kills Winter Wh Wheat aJI J Damages All ff Tall Fall tl Range ge 1 A 1 bt ft t L f 1 I The winter wheat crop la is gone and spring and fall fait range have ha I been seriously e effected f f e c t e d b by y drou drought ht conditions according to t o 1 Moroni Marchant Unit Con Conserva Conserva- erva 1 t and Vern ern Boyer Poyer chairman I lof of the Summit County ABC com Summit County hB has had no moisture since April 23 Even In the high country the range Is unusually dry especially I a 1 j on the south eduth south and w west st slopes elopes Fall Fail and spring seeding of range grasses greases have hare been pretty much of ot a failure due to the extremely dry year Its the driest I t have Gave ever er seen It II reports Mr Marchant Well managed dry land Is standIng standIng stand stand- Ing the drouth better than land th that t has been abused he ob ob- serves Farmers that have put In ditch dUch linings overnight ponds and other aids to water utilization are wring better than those who do donot donot donot not have these water saving deI de- de I vies es Quite n a a few few people have turned sheep on to their dry land grain In an effort erfort to salvage something There has been ery very little re- re growth on spring range Irrigated crops are doing fairly I well veil but the hay crop has been spotty The level of the river Is la about one month ahead of last year in its reduced flow It is re reo ported Some farmers will soon be on reduced water There has been sufficient w water up to now t |