Show TO KILL THE BEET PEST recommendations of prof ball of the agricultural college the presence ot of the insect pest la in the beets ol of the amalgamated sugar company ltd led agricultural superintendent oten to inquire of the agricultural college of logan as to a reme dy mr E D I 1 ball head bead of 0 the entomology tom department ot of the agricultural college has baa written the following lo gletter letter job pingree Pi Pl ogree ogden utah etab dear sirs sir toe the insects that are injuring your beets belong to the leafhopper leaf hopper family in part and partly to what we call false chinch bugs anese insects do not bite but simply imply stick IQ in their bill and suck nuck they draw the sap of the young beets and cause them to wither tle little warts that you see on the beet stems are their engs eggs it Is a little late now I 1 am afraid to do anything with the brood they are about done and most of the beets that they have bare injured are too far gone to help there are two broods in a year and they may get numerous enough to do damage again in about a month asti ally bowe ver by that time the beets bare become so large that they do not materially hurt it if the beets have water anter enough they can be destroyed by spraying with kerosene emul emulsion slon to do successfully you would need to rig a gas pipe long enough to cover tour four or six rows with an attachment for a spray nozzle tor for each row by hang log ing this behind a wagon or cultivator about a toot foot from the beets with the nozzle pointed forward and down and then drawing a stick along in front so as to turn the beets about the time the spray struck them roost most of these little hoppers could be killed robert kobert wilson the county fruit tree inspector io can give you valuable information in regard to pumps pun aps regulating the apparatus and making the emul emulsion slon on a large scale if you so desire I 1 am going to sanpete and seller seiler counties to examine the work of this pest and if I 1 have any further suggest ions when I 1 come back I 1 will wid drop you a note 1 I might be able to call and look the dald over in about 10 days dayi if you could arrange to have some one to take me around sincerely Si signed goed E D BALL BALI deseret fanner |