Show news notes not es zei a ivil 1 ego to fo live lio in r utan i aw w 7 proem provo POVO canyon during the clo cloudburst d there early sunday morning damaged property belon belonging ging to the state the utah power and light company and the denver deny er rio granda Web western tern railroad company to approximately carowan parowan the fifth anual show and sale of southern utah rambouillet br bre eders has veen been announced announced for or par wan owan 0 september 14 16 15 and 16 this section of utah is one of the leading bleeders breeders bre eders of rambouillet sheep li ill he united states and this event brings out exceptional individuals in all class es helper the denver rio grande western railroad coin company pany is id winding up its gravel and ballasting work on this division this week weak and when completed the line will be newly ballasted ballested bal lasted from colton to gra grand n d junction colo the avable track ecklon between here and colton la Is already finished hundreds of mete men have been working on the tha stretch to green river where the new work joins that a few years ago between green river and grand junction ephraim Ephr alm the swamp lands of the mantl manti water control district of sanpete county are proving to be more valuable than the most optimistic had supposed observed C S scott sanpete county agricultural agent exceptional results have been obtained on a small area devoted to demonstration purposes the agent reports one seventh of an acre of canning peas yielded ninety boxes ot of shelled peas and adest a test of barley is expected to yield an average of seventy bushels to the acre fort Duche duchesne sae when harden bennion state commissioner of agriculture and president E 0 peterson of the utah agricultural college leaders of the two forces which are combining in a tight fight against the noxious weeds on utah farms visited the uintah basin at this years convention held hed last week they found the tha weeds and other impurities were being chopped and pulled dulled and burned from basin fields at a fast pace salt lake city the numbers ot of livestock grazed on national forests continue to decrease it Is shown in the annual report of the united states forest service during the cal calendar nd ar year 1925 there berea A total of 1696 cattle and horses and sheep and goats grazed on the national forests boresta of 0 the united states slates this compared with cattle and horses and 6 sheep and goats the year previous making the decrease in one year amount to cattle and horses and sheep and goats salt lake city although showers with a precipitation of 62 52 of an inch fell in salt lake city and near vicinity saturday afternoon and evening the he downpour was riot not general throughout the state stale and ogden in the north and provo to the south reported nothing more than a slight drizzle however reports from provo indicated that a heavy beavy downpour fell late friday night and early saturday morning salt lake city despite general complaints of drought precipitation during the montfa mona ol of july in the salt lake valley was vas 47 inch a above ov the normal according to the tha monthly meteorological te summary of the weather bureau the mean tor for the month was I 1 21 inches while the normal tor for july Is given in the report as 64 inch aches Qs salt lake city road disbursements disburse I 1 during the month of july amounted to a total of according to announcement from the office of john E holden state auditor ot of the total amount aj went for general maintenance 37 for equipment and for administration tra tion the report shows also spent tor for special maintenance work salt lake city nearly acres of alfalfa are expected to be harvested in utah during the year of 1826 1926 indicating an increase of acres over the crop of the previous year according to the report of frank andrews agricultural statistician for the united states department of agriculture issued on august 5 the actual acreage harvested during the year Is subject however to climatic conditions during the next two months salt lake city A substantial increase in production of alfalfa for seed in utah over last year was telecast tor for the season by the united states department of agriculture thursday it is estimated that the acreage this year will be or approximately more than last year logan for the purpose of stimulating interest among cattle breeders bleeders bre eders of the state to insure the entrance of a utah state herd in the pacific in national ter livestock ech exhibition in portland this fall earl J cooper director of the extension service of the holstean friesman association of america and R E everley field man of the association for the northwest met tuesday afternoon with members of tho the utah state holstein Holst eln breeders bleeders Bre eders as so clation ocl atlon at the logon logan chamber 01 ol comi commerce erce |