Show destructive PESTS investigated by prof E 0 bill ball of the agricultural college and county tree inspector prof E D ball of 0 the agricultural college and cj ca tree inspector W 0 knudson returned last sunday from a four days trip through the country west of bear river elver in this va valley mr knudson covered about a acres r ot of or chirds in his work of 0 inspection prof balls principal object was to Juse Algate the beet pests he found fouad some of the gray fly by or hopper that Is 18 so prevalent in bome fome parts of the state elate and in some fields they are doing a great deal of damage while others are left unmolested it looks like farmers would have to adopt spraying lu in beet culture as well as truit culture prof ball also interested himself in the condition of the apple crop both he be and mr knudson ran across some conditions that are annoying and at the same time humorous for lnita ln tance nce one nan man has bas at an orchard in ia which there Is 19 an average of of t f ur or worms to each apple some had lei le e i but ame had as high as two I 1 e ile he was ras asked it if ile ae lad had sprayed and said yei he had sprayed with blue vitriol the inspector told baw that euch a furin formula lula dirt did not answer i he purpose but t the he man insisted that thal the fault did not lie in the formula that he be took a horticultural paper from boci new york and it said there that no one could raise apples without leg ing with blue vitriol lie ile thought that the publishers of a piper paper like that ought to know what they were talking about ile he realize that different conditions prevail and different treatment Is necessary in different parts ot of the country in new york they spray with good effect for scab and f fungus wilh liilie vitriol they hive have ai ot these troubles ours cuts are arc ot of another kind the codlin mo and the crown gall etc but the trouble they found conte came from the kind of trees planted they are y f from turn out ot of the state slate and have been infected before they were brought in ill it if would be a little mulo lumo loyal to home industries they might escape a whole butof lot of trouble and expense kjome biome nurseries are able to furnish all the trees nee necessary essary although allbough perhaps not quite so but it would keep out all this rubbish that probably could not dot be sold at all anywhere but in utah prof ball says that in times past in making reports he be has placed pests in n the order of their de as moth wooly aphis crown gall etc hereafter however he be will head bead the list tree peddlers ile he has bas concluded they are the worst pest the fruit grower has to cope talib fight shy ut of imported trees |