Show F RM l 8 M J UTAH STAIR DOME ECONOMIC Dy fly Lawrence C C. Davis County Agricultural Agent One of the most beautiful gardens of the state provided the reasons for lor many and from a group of garden club enthusiasts Saturday afternoon after after- noon The garden club met suet at atthe atthe atthe the home of Ida Nichols to study land and appreciate the very beautiful beautiful beau beau- garden with which she has landscaped her home Many beautiful varieties of roses irises Irises Irises Iris Iris- es poppies etc are arc are blended together in a 0 land fairy-land of ot color Mrs Nichols Is certainly to be complimented for her fine garden garden garden gar gar- den and for her hospitality to the group which visited her place Saturday Identification of varieties pruning practices soil fertility practices and insect control were subjects of discussion at this meeting One of the problems contacted by ay all the members present was Iron or the yellowing of plants As was pointed out at the meeting there are two reasons why plants turn yellow One Is Js too much water and theother the theother theother other Is lack of iron in the plant Probably the first thing to do doIn doIn doin In the case plants are yellow Isto is isto isto to cut down on the amount of Irrigation n. n If this does not help then the application of sul iron phate on the soil soU or sprayed on the leaves will often times help the situation The only permanent permanent permanent perman perman- ent cure of is the ad addition addition addition ad- ad of lots of organic matter matte either In the form of barnyard manure or green manure At times it may have to be supplemented supplemented supplemented supple supple- with commercial Another serious problem occurring occurring oc oc- In n Moth Moab In n the roses especially is the presence of which infests the buds and the mature are very small Insects and hard to detect but the damage they do is very easily detected If It they become numerous in the bud the buds fail to open properly properly prop prop- erly oily If at all and those those- which do open have a burned or wilted appearance The next meeting of ot the club Has lias not been scheduled as yet Notices will twill be sent out to all members and prospective members members mem mem- bers with the hope in mind of Increasing the members and the Interest in the club Mosquitoes Dr G. G D. D Knowlton extension extension exten exten- sion slop Utah State Agricultural Agricultural Agricultural Ag Ag- College spent the morning of the at Moab on mosquito q it abatement problems Many of the mosquito breeding grounds were visited Mosquito larvae were conspicuously absent absent absent ab ab- sent Dr Knowlton stated that tha the tho mosquito abatement program program pro pro- gram being carried on In the county must surely be e live Uve Of the many acres of swampland swamp swampland swampland land occur Ing in and immediately lately west of the city one would surely expect to find an ar abundance o of mosquito larvae i II If there were no program being carried on Two years ago when Dr Knowlton was here many larvae larvae larvae lar lar- vae and adult mosquitoes were found around all the breeding grounds This year very few adult mosquitoes were found foum and mosquito larvae occurred In only one of the several areas area visited |