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Show i Experimental Farm Gets Good Results from Spraying. Thu Utah Ceiitral Experiment Farm al iIiIh place has shown most satlt-fa satlt-fa lory results I rum spraying for codling cod-ling muih aid clliti li.ficlton that destroy a apple crop. Tbo orcburdaou tbU ftrm afforded uxcelleul oportunltl lui u gtiiulno test, iromthu fact that until thlHspiIng wiiou tno farm whs puioliaxou lor a state experiment, the trees hml practical!) prac-tical!) mil wlia ihruiigli luck of cam. I'rof. IO. I. Hall, uiiiouiologlst of Agricultural Cohugeof Uluti uxp.:il-iiiutit uxp.:il-iiiutit t tllou has iiml full eh rge ol the sprayimtund exumlnatlous which havo bueu very llioioiuh auJ at a complo-t complo-t uu of me 10'iyoaterUiy a grttilliiit at ihu rt sul to shown, Tho following nhiiwi. the pcri'ontaura o' r-pr y.n a til not s, raying. The trots hiu luKuti right t.iruugli the oii'hard, ouu liulng sprayed and ouo mls d and by actual count of ail Hppks I uiu uvtnge uuuibur or eoUllug moths p rlrcu on utuprajed trecp billig l,'i; I uu thi h, lajiil lites the avorMga but 8. Ihu aveia;o nunilur ol calyx worm mi iiusprayuil tree was 17, on-t on-t io rirayni liees iiiilio Miru futliid. , AveiUe iililllberof wormy upplus Ml u ispiay d trees wai.2 M'rcont. Avei-ugo Avei-ugo per com mi sprayed treui, 21 pel ceil . Two of the Rpriynil tices had iiuwoimsat ah; while one ot the uu-spruyud uu-spruyud trees huii 30 peii'itil wormy apples. The spraying killed all calyx worms (worm that eiiur the bloum end) and 7l! 1'iiruent of the worms Hint inter Ihu s do of the apple. I Tho trice weru sprayed tw'cu. and the percentage ol wormy apples on spra) od tries Is much greater than it would have beun If theiu wt. a larger y luld nf apples as the number of wotrun per tree oiild have Wueu the same. O a Mirson. manager ef the farms reHirts that one naif of the remaining worm will bo caught under the tree bind before the season is over. he work of harvesting the grain oi the xperlin nt farm buglus udy, |