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Show USELESS TREES NOT ' WANTED IN WEBER "Four thonsaad trees have beea cat, down in orchards of Weber county aiaea tha beginning of tha present year," said J. Edward Taylor, state horticultural horticul-tural inspector, this morning. "Thia haa beea in line with the policy of entting out all unprofitable and infested trees aad bringing the orchards of that vicinity vicini-ty to a commercial basia. "Nona of theee trees had a commercial commer-cial value of aay importance, aad they were a menace to the orchards around them because they harbored scale aad other peata that might eaaily apread. Tha owners had ia many instances done what they eeuld to keep down the peets by spraying and the like, but they fpuad it more profitable to get rid of the trees entirely. "Ia thia thev were assisted aad Instructed b. R. N. Baemuasea, the county horticultural inspector there, who aaa done goodsnyork ia thia regard, aad ie still keepinjf it up, to the lastiag benefit of tba fruit industry." i |