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Show I County Agent's Agents ' Column ColumnBy - ( By J . , F . , parrish parrlsh , County Aent Agent ( ) ) ElhnJnatc Eliminate Ants by the Use of ofCyamde ofCyanide Cyamde Cyanide . ants antsal antsaie harvester If the red thClf their stinging beds or in your yards yardsor al aie e making the followingmeasure following youronte control controlmeasure onte 1 1or farm land , or measure is recommended by the utah utahstate UtahState state Extension Service ServiceDissolve ServiceDissolve of water , one oneounce oneounce in one gallon Dissolve cyanide cyanideLocate cyanideLocate or sodIUm potassium ounce of and andthrust andthrust the center of the ant bed Locate , . Pryforward pry pryforward thrust a shovel mto into it full depth the shovel handle and pour pourhalf pourhalf forward 011 on into intothe intothe solution of the cyanide half a pint Withdraw WIth- WIth WIthdraw - the shovel the hole behind draw the shovel as carefully as possible possibleto to avoid dlSturbmg disturbing tl1e trie dirt Best Bestira ira- ira irasuits re- re results - - sults suits are obtaine'l obtainel obtained ( ' when v . hen 'tt1e tt1e ' tie applica- applica application app apption - To Totreat Totreat following a rain tion 15 is made just lust treat the entire ant bed this process processshould processshould should be repeated by working workingward for- for forward - ward from the center of the bed The Thecvanide Thecyanide ants antsat antsat cvanide cyanide should extermmate exterminate the at the first appl1catlot'l appl1catlotl application ' , but should a afew afew few remain , In the course of a month monththe monththe the process shculd should be repeated , usIng usInga a smaller quantity of the solutIon solutIonI solutIonIn solutionIn I In handlmg handling cyanide caution should shouldbe shouldbe be taken , as it is extremely poisonous . Care should be used always to keep It Itflom itfrom flom from coming in contact v.1th v1th with . the skin skinFor skinFor For contlolling contiolling the small black gar- gar garden garden - - den or lawn ants a small quantity of ofcarbon ofcarbon carbon dl di sulphide may be mjected injected in- in into into - to the entrance of each nest . Press Pressthe Pressthe the foot down on the entrance to con- con confine confine - fine the gas It must be remembered rememberedthat rememberedplants coeinontactwithhschemical theycoeinontactwithhschemical that plants are injured ntkilled or kllled , If they theycome come in contact with this chemical coeinontactwithhschemicalLime . . . . , Lime lUay May be Used to toPreserve toPreserve Preserve Eggs . The wise ' housewife wlll will begIn dur- dur durmg during - - mg ing this season of tbe the year to store the thenecessary thenecessary , necessary family supply of eggs insome in insome some type of preservative that wlll will wlllnecessarily willnecessarily necessarily reduce the average cost of ofeggs ofeggs eggs , needed for the famIly consump- consump consumption - tion , to a mInimufn minimum throughout the theyear theyear year Carl Frischknecht , extension extensionpoultry extensionpoultry poultry speciahst specialist , has outlined the fol- fol folI following following - I lowing procedure Although glass glasswater glasswater water Is the most satisfactory egg pre- pre pregervatlve preservative - - gervatlve servative there is another method whIch whIchcan whichcan can be used when the water glass Is Isnot isnot not obt.ainable obtainable obt.ainableDissolve obtainableDissolve . Dissolve 2 or _ 3 pounds of unslacked unslackedlime unslackedlime lime in 5 gallons of water , that hM hMprevIously hMpreviously prevIously been boDed boiled and cooled Al- Al Allow Allow - low the mixture to stand until the lime limesettles limesettles settles and the liquId Ifquid Is clear Clean , fresh eggs should then then'be thenbe 'be be ' placed In a aclean aclean clean earthen or wooden container containerand containerand and the I1me lime water added until the theI thetop thetop I top layer of the eggs is covered with withi i about 2 inches of the solution solutionThere solutionThere There have been incidents where wheresalt wheresalt salt has been added to the lime but it ithas ithas has been found by experimentation experimentationthat that the lime used alone has been moro more morosatisfactory moresatisfactory satisfactory . , If the housewife houseow ife v . tiff tIT use only fresh , clean , unfertIle , unv.ashed unvashed unwashed . eggs in the thepreserving thepreserving preserving hquid liquid thev they may be kept in inthe inthe the home for 8 months or more moreS S . . . . . Plum , Prune and Cherry Trees TreesInfested TreesInfested Infested wIth AphidsFarmers Apluds Aphids TreesI I Farmers may fmd find It profitable to go through gothrough tbelr their orchards and e'Camine eCamine examine e'CaminetheIr examinetheir ' theIr plum , prune and cherry trees in inorder inorder order to obsen obserti e a whether the under- under undersIde underside - sIde of the leaves on the trees are cov- cov coy- coy - covered coyere3 - ered ere3 with numerous green 01 or black blackaphids blackaphids aphids These insects ( aphids ) w111 will be befound befound found thichly thickly clustered clusteredon on the under- under underside underside - side of each 1af ltaf ! For control measures measuresthe measuresthe the same ratIo formula that was sug suggested suggested gested for peach trees 1 teaspoonful teaspoonfulof of Blackleaf 40 to one gallon of water waterwith waterwith with ordinarylaundry a small quantity of ordinary ordinaryI I laundry soap soapThose . . Those who neglect to take care of thIs ofthis coptrol measure w111 will fmd find some dwarfing somedwarfing foliageon and dfsfigunng dlsfigunng of the foUage foliage someI I on theIr frUlt fruit trees treesS S . . . . . I1elps Helps in Plantmg Planting Cucumbers . whonre whoare In order to aSSISt those farmers who I nre are in doubt as to the proper method methodof . of plantmg planting cucumber seed , under the thecucumber thecucumber cucumber prOgram , it Is urged th that t the theground theground ground be thoroughly worked so that thata a good mulch is obtamed obtained The ground should groundshould not . . be cloddy and should con- con - contain tain Itis a large amount of moisture If It is thought by the farmer that the theground ground is not moist enough to com- com coin- coin - mence commence coinmence growth , the ground should be beirrigated irrigated and worked to the proper seed properseed bed before the seeds are planted . . theJ Mr Gramllch Gramlich , the field man for the J C Robinson Seed hassuggested company , has suggested that "it it "If If " sumcient sufficient moisture surface , seeds may be beplanted 1e : ) is close to the or by byshovel hoe or orshovel planted with a planter 30 to toi from frominches hUls hills in inches shovel ( by hand ) 36 Inches InchesplefelablY (30 30 ( to i 48 Inches ea each eachdsyshould Seeds h dsyshould waY should be covered coveredfrom coveredpreferably . ) plefelablY preferably but butnot deep inches 1 1-2 1 2 1.2 12 - . to 2 12 deepspike from A spike- spike spiketoothed spikenot - inches deep deeptoothed 3 1 2 not over with the teeth sloping slopingback slopingback harrow , toothed the ground groundat over be run back , should the plants come comethrougn comethat at least twice before suggests suggeststhat 5011 18 18seeds , He further througn the be beplanted that from 5 to 8 seeds seeds be planted to tothe tothe the h111 hill " method methcid . After the seed seedbed seedAnother Another contents of thl the thesoil ) bed and the moisture for the planting of the theseed theseed soil are suitable planted from 50 50to 50to seed , the rows can be from seeds and the to 6 60 inches apart within the row rowBy rowhavethis By 10 to this 18 latter inches edmethod edmethodgrowing method apart , after , ththe ththee ththepweak the plants plantsI plantshave pweak weak , havethis havethiscommen have commen commenced growing growI g , the e be removed lent lenting leav- leav leavIng - I Ing unthnfty unthrifty the plants strong can ones as permanent permanentI permanentplants I plants plantsI fann- fann farm- farm fannors farmers - plantsIn plantsplanting It may be wise for In planting I numbers of seed seedI seedand seedconserve to plant larger I and ors ers thin onhse the hse hsed hseand d plants , berather rather ratherwith than to topoor to toconserve . conserve conserveon conserve on seed and be sorry wIth withto n nI stand standFurther standFurther poor from week to toI toweek tocucumber I Further informatIon week wIll be rele scd , relative to thLS thLScucumber I cucumber cucumber project , , through thIs column columnt t . . . . 1\IetIods 1 IetIods Methods \ , for Destroying AlfaUa Alfalfa AlfaUaWeevIl AlfalfaWeevil WeevIl . Farmers are urged to make a clo close closeinvestigation investigation of o1 their alfalfa fields to towatch towatch watch and observe the numbers of ofnewly ofnewly newly hatched weevil larvae ( worms ) , . The color of the larvae is greenish greenishyellow greenishyellow yellow with a black head When full fullgrown fullgrown grown the larvae are about 3 8 of an anmch aninch mch inch Jong long and arc are lighter green in color colorthan colorthan than the alfalfa Shortly after hatch- hatch hatching hatching - ing flom from withm within the h hollow l10w portIon of ofan ofan an alfalfa stem , the young larvae larvaecrawl larvaecrawl crawl up to the buds where feedmg feeding feedmgtakes feedingtakes takes place At . this stage the greater greaterportion greaterportion portion of the damage IS done by weevil weevilon weevilon on alfatta alfalfa There alfattaThere alfalfaThere is but one generation of weevIls weevIlsin weevilsIn in a year , but they hatch from the theeggs theeggs eggs at vatle va-hei va hei - { i times throughout the thegrowth thegrowth growth of the first cuttmg cutting of tho the thoalfalfa thealfalfa alfalfa This depends on weather con- con condItions conditions - dItions They hatch rapidly in warm warmwea warmweather weather wea ber and slowly when the weather weatheris is cool and cloudy cloudyAlfalfa cloudyAlfalfa Alfalfa weevil may be contollea contolled by byindividual byindividual individual farmers on their heir own farms farmsregardless farmsregardless regardless of even heavy infestations infestationson on surrounding farms This is because becausethe becausethe the spread of alfalfa weevil is com- com comparatively comparatively - - paratively slow and gradual gradualClean gradualClean Clean , v . well ell cultivated farms afford affordless affordless less favorable conditIons for the winter winterhIbernation winterhibernation hIbernation of adult weevils than do dopoorly dopoorly poorly cult1vated cultivated or neglected farms farmsStands farmsStands Stands of old , thm thin alfalfa proyide provide : i I wee\ wee \ lIs WIth almost Ideal conditIons conditionsfor I Ifor for their reproductIon , whereas young , thick , vigorously growing stands af- af afford afford - - ford there these insects a much less favor- favor favorI favorable favorable - able environment for i tlT'iir tlTiir tIr ' Increase IncreaseThis increaseThis I increaseI This dIfference is due to the higher higherI highertemperatures highertemperatures temperatures preva1l1ng- preva1l1ng prevailing preva1l1ngIn - In fields wIth wIththin withthin I thin tands stands than in those havmg having havmgI I heavy havmgheavy havingheavy stands standsInvestigations standsInvestigations Investigations have demonstrated demonstratedthat demonstratedthat that by cuttmg cutting th the fIrst crop of alfalfa alfalfaJust alfalfalust Just lust after It begins to bloom most of ofthe ofthe the unparasltlzed unparasitized larvae ( worms ) and andmany andmany many unhatched weevil \ eevil eggs still m in mthe inthe the alfalfa stems are destroyed star- star starvation Starvation - - vation and the sudden increased tem tem- temperature . - fromthe perature on the ground , resulting from the removal of the crop , kills most of ofth ofthe th the . weevil we n larv larva and young pupae . mOUld weeVIl damage threaten to I become tobecome seuous serious in those alfalla alfalfa Iields fields Iieldsof fieldsof of the community which are not tall tallenough tallenough enough to cut , the weevil may be ef- ef - - fectively effectively destroyed by dusting or orspraY1ng orspraying spraY1ng spraying with calcIUm arsenate at the therate therate rate of 2 pounds per acre If it is de- de desired desired - - sired to apply It in the form of a spray the spraythe calcIum arsenate rsenate is placed 111 in a aspray aspray spray tank at the rate of 2 pounds to toeach toeach each 100 gallons of water . This spray is sprayis applied at the rate of 100 gallons to toeach toeach each acre Hand dusting measures are arealso arealso also avallable available , v.here vhere where . one can dust dustabout dustabout about an acre per hour , but these are thought arethought smanacreage smallacreage best to be used only on a sman small isused acreage When a dusting measure is dustform used calcIUm arsenate is 'used used ' in dust form but is mIxed with an equal amount amountof of dusting sulphur The calcium ar- ar ar- ar - - senate arsenate and sulphur mixture can be purchased bepurchased already aheady In preparation . , thereIs In some cases , in fields where there Is an excessive weevil damage and the theearly early cutting has been neglected , it itmay may be advisable to subject the field fieldto to the followIng teatment a1falfais alfalfais : The a1falfa alfalfa is cut t and emoved from the field as quickly asquickly as possible , while the field is isdry dry thefield As soon as the hay is of off ! the field and while the ground is still dry , springtooth sprlngtooth "the the " the ground thoroughly , fo11O\ fo11O fo11Oed followed \ , ed by draggIng wIth a spike spiketoothed spiketoothed toothed harrow or wIth a prepared preparedbrush preparedbrush brush drag If the spIke toothed har harrow harrow row 15 s used , a wire or barbed WIre en entanglement entanglement tanglement underneath the harrow will willprove willprove prove very satIsfactory . BJ thIs means meanspractically meanspractically practically a 100 per cent kill oj of the thev theweevil v . weevil eevII larvae will result |