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Show Farm News and views from your county agent Hard-to-contr- ol TOUGH-TO-CONTRO- L BUGS tinue to be a major pest in home gardens, he warns, as long as vacant, d lots are allowed to exist near well-kegardens. been a big year for: some of the list of in- in-- 7, home and V I t garden, says V Vi S. B. Jones Reed Roberts, Extension entomologist at Utah State University. He puts grasshoppers ai the head of the list. 'Home gardeners have experienced much difficulty trying to control the hoards of grasshop- pers migrating into their yards from nearby vad lots cant, and hillside grasshopper breeding areas. Most of the conventional garden sprays have not provided satisfactory control. Grasshoppers will con- From page four - . garden pests n cludes the the raspbersquash bug, ry cane borer, and the whitefly. No satisfactory control seems to be available for the white-fly- , which has been weed-infeste- Fire preven- tion week aware of fire hazards, and that the town has an improved fire department. ,The fire equipment is now being maintained in first class condition, says Spring, but there are still problems. For one thing, the department needs air packs so that the firemen can enter smoke-fille- d buildings. The department also needs protective clothing, such as become boots, helmets, and jackets, and the chief is planning various fundraising programs to earn the money to purchase this equipment. Levan has not yet received its new fire rating, but with the leadership of Lee Spring and the help of the Levan community, the rating will soon change. Shop Nephi Merchants damaging bark tonwoods and poplars. Home bug, which annually migrates in tremendous numbers off desert range lands into residential areas, is often a cause for walnuts both and peaches, is also a difficult insect pest to control. Roberts expects that several other insect pests will soon be added to the list of those which are difficult to control. He says many other pests infest homes and gardens. Many of them, however, can be controlled fairly easily with cultural or biological methods or with approved insecticides. SAVE WITH A PUBLICATION Whether you are a concern. However, Rob- erts says this insect is not known to damage garden crops. It may be considered a nuisance, but not a pest. The notched leaves one frequently sees on lilac bushes, peonies, and some hedges are probably due to various kinds of root weevils. Roberts explains that these pests live in the soil during the day and feed on the plants at night. They rarely kill the plants, but they do make them un- sightly. Conventional methods of control are often unsuccessful. 108, Nephi, Utah Oct. 8,1981 fungus gnat is often a pest of potted household plants. While the adults are easily controlled with an aerosol spray, satisfactory measures for controlling the larvae are lacking. Roberts noted that the various insect pests which attack Utah shade Ferg's , Service North 1010 Opthalmologist & Eye Clinic Nephi Variety Thursday, October 15 1 i 22 South Main, Nephi, Utah to 5 p.m. CALL FUR AN APPOINTMENT 623-077- 5 BRADSHAW AUTO PARTS INC 656 North Main Nephi, Utah 84648 j & S PLUMBING AND EXCAVATING Prices effective Oct. 8 thru Oct. 17th Alex lohnson. Owner Now with three locations to serve you 8s0 S. 4th Nephi S8 . E. Main. No. 7 Delta Vj 864-322- 8 1 Fountain Green 1 V 445- - i37 i suburbanite, farmer, homemaker or consumer, the Cooperative Extension Service at Utah State University has a publication that can save you time and money. The variety of popular extension publications provided at cost may be seen in this sample listing of titles: smoky-winge- d Venice Theatre CJ COME IN AND COMPARE OUR LOW PRICES BEFORE YOU SHOP ELSEWHERE! THEY WILL SURPRISE YOU!!!! will be conducting an orchardists often find the codling moth to be a difficult pest to control. Most commercial growers can control it satisfactorily with restricted use insecticides. The walnut husk fly, which attacks George area. The tiny, false chinch - Utah State University, Logan. Utah 84322. ; The Times-New- s publi- Room, UMC50B, Room MODEST BODNAR, M.D., P.C. moth, whose larvae attack cot- garden trees are often very difficult to control. This is especially true qf.the in-sect borers. For example, the bronze birch borer, which attacks and destroys beautiful birch trees, has proven to be very difficult to control. Similarly, box elder bugs seem to be immune to most approved insecticides. Roberts pointed out that there is no known approved pesti-- . cide to provide satisfactory control of this pest. 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