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Show FIOHTINQ CODLINO MOTH. The noise Statesman tells of mot wonderful results attained by Mr Him! son of the United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture in the work of combatting the colling moth The methods adopted bv Mr simpsv'n re slmllur to those r cmmenled for a number ot sears past b the Utah Htate Hoard of Horticulture I e to spray thoroughls with su h firee as to drive the mist-like sprnv int the clx ot the fruit as well ns Into evers crack an 1 crevice of the bark if the tree since It Is In these hidden recesses that the codling moth prefers to lis her egg The stateeman does not state whit Insecticide Is usel I v Mr -Impson but It Is fair to presume that one of Ihe arsenical compoun Is Is employed The great powei afforded b the use nf gasoline engine to operate the pump no doubt adds to the enAolenr of the work Wc di not know of nns gasoline engines en-gines being ued In I tah hut there are n large number of vers strong force pumps In operation These are pro vlled with large ah chambers and give a pressuie of 81 to 1 10 pounls lo the aquare Inch There Is no doubt how ever that In extensive orchards the gnsollne engine w mid prove a moat economical power The Stntesman tells of the work as follows The apple growers are now estimating the damage done to their crops b) the tlrst generation of the codling moth In n week or two ihe second generation will begin Its destiurtlve work since last via mans or hai lists have been sprnslng for Hie Insect under the directions direc-tions of Mr simpain of the Unite! States Department of grictiltuie The best known methods are being used succcssfulls, nnd now Is the time to Judge of the ellloloncs of the methois Mr Simpson states the leaults which came under his obseivatlon were as follow s Wo have obtained our best results In the Wilson Fruit company s on hard Hon Ulgar Wilson who Is In charge of the nrchard this ear Ins been using n. gasnllne powei i raser Both Mr Wilson and Mr ra h have so Imprnvel this machine that I can say that It has no superior foi this work A one and one half hoise lower gasoline engine which can be attn lied to either of two pumps, Is used W Ith one pump n tank of UO gallons cin be title 1 from nn Ir-rlratlng Ir-rlratlng ditch In from four to five minutes min-utes W Ith the other ump the 1W) gal-Ions gal-Ions of spray material can ho spraed out In from thirty to fort minutes at n pressure of loo i otin Is on from fifty to sevent trees I our nozzles are used on two lines of hose 1'iom 600 to TOO trees inn be easlls spraed in a da The spraying solution Is the Kedzle formula which is so well known 1 At this time last sear from 11 tn 15 per cent ot tho fruit wan worm eaten and at picking time fulls 40 per cent of the fruit was worms A few class ago I could And but four worms npples In the m iln hod of Jonathans In the lien Davis I found but three nnl ono In the Home Ueaut On n few rows of un-sprayed un-sprayed trees the fruit vvns found to be M per cent worm Taking all In consl loratlnn I do not believe 1 per cent nf the fruit will he found worm Theso results nre ccr talnl) besond our expectations nnl we will exert all efforts to succcssfulls combut the second generntlon nnl make a demonstration of the methods use I Arrangements ore being perfected whereby all fruit growers can visit the orchnrl nnd become familiar with the methoils used nnd can personally see the 1 enents derived Tho oiehards which were well spraed bs hand pumps show excellent results Three tn Ave wnrms apples per treo Is the nverige of two orchards In .unsprnyed orchards I have founl luring lur-ing the past few dnss from 10 to 70 t er cent ot the npples worms Two orchard with small crops uveraged 50 cr rent worm I rom the results so far ohtalnel It Is er evident that the power spraers will be the means of solving the codling moth problem In tho I'liclflo No'.h-west |