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Show , j News Notes 2 It a Privilege to Liv in I I Utah $ CEDAR CITY Iron county ranks third in production of. sheep and wool. Tha county lias 180,000 sheep, worth $2,016,000. The wool clip in 1927 totaled to-taled 1,584,000 pounds, valued 4t $526,400. MOAB Juab county ranks first In production of silver, second in copper, third in gold and third in total value of minerals mined. With twenty-eight producing mines operating in 1927, the total production of gold, silver, copper, 65S.852.25. MORGAN Morgan county produced 10,000 tons of alfalfa hay, valued at $92,000, in 1927. It also produced 62,-000 62,-000 bushels of barley, 60,000 bushels of potatoes, 49,000 bushels of spring wheat and 30,000 bushels of winter wheat, besides good crops of other grains and vegetables. MYTON Horace W. Shelby of My-ton, My-ton, water commissioner for Uintah basin, reports that the present duty ot water, one second-foot to 220 acres, will continue until October 15. Thereafter There-after Indian land will be entitled to one second foot to 1000 acres, and the balance of the water will be divided, according to acreage, among irrigation companies." OGDEN Weber county beet raisers are immensely pleased with tha weather conditions which have prevailed pre-vailed for about two days. The rain which began falling has been continuous continu-ous and a heavy snowfall is reported from Hunlsville. The greater part o the snow that has fallen in Ogden has melted almost as it fell, hut the moisture mois-ture remains and is appreciated. SALT LAKE Approximately 2000 carloads of sugar beets will be moved to the various sugar factories over the Salt Lake & Utah railroad, A. J. Anderson An-derson traffic manager announced. This will be an increase over last year of about 200 or more carloads, he said. Besides sugar beets, apples and green tomatoes are being moved east and west Mr. Anderson said the apples are going to California. HEBER CITY The report states that the crop in the state is now estimated esti-mated at 6,S92,000 bushels, as compared com-pared with 5,67S,000 of wheat for 1927. Hay production is estimated at 1.G12,-000 1.G12,-000 tons. Records show the estimate in October, 1927, was 1.5 17,000 tons. Mr. Andrews' report indicated that the potato po-tato crop has reached 3,260.000 bushels. bush-els. The potato estimate last year was 2,970,000. CEXTERVILLE Among the winners win-ners from Davis county at the Utah state fair agriculture erchibit are Thomas Thurgood of Cl:areld, first piaco on wheat and barley; William Totter of Farmington, first place on : corn; C. R. Egbert of Cer.terville, first ! place on walnuts and a!:r.onds; Wil-' Wil-' liam L. Rigby of Ccnt?rviil3, first placa on melons, she::f grass?:?, Eiberta peaches ar.d bumper crop ots. RICHFIELD The boet harvest has Just started in Sevier valley. According Accord-ing to S. R. Boswcll, county agricultural agricul-tural agent, the favorable pr Twins season of the past few weeks h: .s materially ma-terially helped the crop to mature. It Is anticipated tha sugar beet factory, near Elsinore, will commence, opera tions oy uctooer iu, me usual ume for opening the bins for hr-et storage, j Cutting and sugar refining will start at a later date. j TROVO The outlook for this sea- ! son's crop production in Vtah hesed I upon Information available up to Oc- I toher 1, is for larger production the.n : that of a year ago, Frank Andrews agricultural ag-ricultural statistician for the Vnited States department of agriculture, announced. an-nounced. "Th3 wheat crop of the stute ; Is now estimated at G.S.12.000 hush-els. 1 compared v.lih 5.G7S.000 In 1927. All hay is estimated at 1.612.000 t ins, as i ro.nrnred with the final crop .of 1,- i DiI.OOO tons for last year. ' (MIHEN District Forester R. H. ' R-.iiledge. and his assiste.nt, Raymond , I-l. drey, have returned to Ogden from ; a visit tJ the Kaihah forest In northern Arizona, vhero they made an insooc- t'en of the summer and winter ranges. ! The ntllrir.ls report that the ranges are J In poor com! it ion and that does and fawns tiro In correspondingly hrd ! she.po because of lack ot forage. The ' forest also is said to be overcrowded 1 will deer, which prevents the young i trees from getting n S;ait. On the j opening day of tlio hunt ing season about forty bucks were killed, accord- I ing to tho otllclals. The hunters mini- I bored about ISO and 50 per cent ol J them were from California, IIA1LEY Tho sheep industry has more to do In Illalne c unity with tha fanners getting out of debt, buying ail- ! tomohiles and educating their chl'iln n ; than anyth'ng else, aeci:'.!:i"; ' i P.. II. -Ncul, cashier of tho First National ; bank, of Il.-iUey. ! lUnir, - October 1 Is the dele when turkeys nro slutted on the fall Miing process, which lasts ah.iut three wee'-.s, I providing birds for the marl.et Loui throe (o four weeks ahead of the linio desired. William 1 1 :i -aril et l.,i'tl, first vice president of the 1 'sho Turkey Tur-key growers nss iciallon, has h ul n flock rani.ii'g In the grain lleMs his ranch lu SneAo River ca iyoa n 'iih-west 'iih-west of hero for several e'.s -;u.l hes Jn-L put them on fallenl-.v: fe d In order thai ihe first clio'c h;;!s may bo l esilj fur tho Tlimii.:. :l ing m,i '.-( I |