Show YO YOUR U R U lions Jon Seasonal on preparation dally daily advice o of or and tatI sol soli s m I L. L 0 nine planting and anti flOwer er cn P Pone Ia I. I S one of ot time the foremost i I Salt Lake City Question GARDEN G A R D E N t I c I to promptly name this and column when ben address will iiii both b be o of or i iT v b I I II be omitted I upon t. t INSECT PESTS rESTS Besides plant diseases there are in insect insect In- In sect pests which play havoc oc with plants There are two general kinds or of Insects Insects chewing and sucking The chewing insects such as leaf eating beetles grasshoppers and caterpillars cat the plant tissues ues or leaves They arc are best controlled by the poisons they take into their stomachs As soon von as such plant enemies enter the garden carden you ou notice the ragged l appearance ap ap- ap of leaves or even cven their entire entire en en- tir tire disappearance In Iu order for these Insect pests st to take poison into their stomachs it should be applied to the lc leaves of the plants Some of the most satisfactory poisons arc lead arsenate and calcium arsenate Various Various Va Va- rious bus others in common use ure arc Paris green and Sucking insects pierce the leaves or other covering and suck the plant Juices from Irons within to so they must be killed by tome some contact poison petron which kills by its burning action poisoning through the breathing apparatus or orby orby orby by suffocation Among these in insects insects In- In sects are arc aphis scales and mealy bugs When they appear on there ma may be a tendency for forthe forthe forthe the leaves lea to curl the plant turning yellow or appearing w wilted Ute If It the Insects arc are not destroyed they will cripple the plants even causing them to die 1 Tho The chief In insecticides are sulphate dust iaun laUndry pYrethrum powder dusting ow lime sulphur glue gluc kero kerosene nc emU sion lubricating oil oU miscible oils The m miscible oils I aa be purchased cd and ma are used on dedd Gus ous trees shrubs and evergreens everge control aphids soft teale In to u ml mites teSt tes an For control of insects df diseases eases much the simplest and t hr Procedure in n the average sized d home gar to lo purchase the chemical garden 1 ne the prepared form fonn onn under tinder trade n nai Ti and arid use these according to Hirers Hirers' directions Be sure of Si COurt to 10 read labels and directions on tv the package before b buying Much can be done indirectly lly u In controlling pests First keep d d weeds that serve as plant hosts pS off oct diseased leaves or cut out di dl dk eased limbs Pull PuH out wilted H f- f plants clean up fence ov i-ov rows and ad doj dO Id lust Just vacant lot lots that might hark har harbor both uth insects and host hot plants plat oi of ell cn eases cases In the fall faU clean up and u any tops or r residue idue in cardea i A C god od control is 15 to Spade th the i roua in the fall faU and let It lie tm tin spring Sun wind cold and bird will destroy many i ine ecta this way |