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Show APPLE-LEAF ROLLER IS UNDER CONTROL Expert Spending Time Aiding Farmers of the Insect-infected Districts. H. R. llaeran of the T'tah Agricultural' colk-Re reports that the apple-leaf roller. , whi'-h has bvn doin fo murh damage : in Rnelder eounty, is now nearly under ' control. In rmnpanv with It. E. G. Titus. .Mr. Hauau ha s pent the past two weeks apsis tint; the i rniers of in-aet-inff-stL-d distrlr-u of the stale. Tlie ailalfa loopt-r wns lirst lo demand thflr attention, but the 'all came too late for them to i;ive much assistance to the farmers aftected. The apple-leaf rolier, however, Iibs been carefullv studied and the complete life history of the pest observed. With this information informa-tion the scientists expect to successfully : combat the insect should It appear another an-other year. Spray in j?, he Pays, has done considerable consider-able good where used in lime, but In most instances . the farmers were not well enough acquainted with conditions and methods to make it effective. The time which these men have spent in the he;d will do much to acquaint the farmers farm-ers with methods and means of caring for the'r crops. Dr. Titus is stilt in the field, where Mr. Ha j,-an will join him on Tuesdav. They expect to remain until they have secure-i information relative to the behavior be-havior of the pest under certain conditions, condi-tions, which they have so far been unsuccessful un-successful in observing. |