Show HIM I 1 BRINGS TOTAL WELL BEYOND AVERAGE nine storms in month is of great benefit to crops and pastures nine distinct storms during the month of august brought much needed precipitation to this vicinity according to the records of S R boswell local weather observer and brought the years total to more than the normal average and to over twice that of last year with still one month to go in the customary crop years which extends from october I 1 to september 30 this was the wettest august in the past eight years with the exception of corresponding months in 1929 and 1930 when it was very little more inestimable benefit resulted to sugar beets third crop alfalfa range lands and fields planned for fall plowing september is the month when the beets add sugar content and plenty of water is essential to this process very little second crop hay was down so that practically no damage was done in this region the normal precipitation for the year ending Septem september iyer 30 is inches but the total to date is already with a month to go the records for august of the past eight years show the following rainfall in inches 1925 86 1926 1927 96 1928 87 1929 1930 1931 45 1932 last years annual total was only inches the precipitation for the nine storms this past month was recorded as follows august ath 14 06 11 04 02 04 50 45 43 I 1 21 inches the outlook for the best beat beet crop ever to be harvested in this valley is most favorable according to mr boswell bosdell Bos vell county agent and D H field man of the gunnison sugar co A conservative serva tive estimate places the average yield between 18 and 20 tons to the acre in 1928 the average was only 11 tons in 1929 15 tons in 1930 11 tons in 1931 5 tons the acreage planted is fully equal to that of any previous year so that a record crop is assured under the existing generous contract with the sugar company the farmers will get the advantage of the h various rises in the price of sugar since the contracts were signed |