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Show r-- 1962, we find an estimate of News and views from your county agent Are bugs bugging you? Blaine Jones by USU Extension Agent Here is some information on insects in crops and gardens. It worry too much about the holes in the foliage of ornamentals. He did have plenty of pests, and so did and In was adapted comin in Bible Joel the fact, from material plained that which the palmer-worreceived from hath left the locust eaten; E. Arlo Richand that which the cankerworm ardson, state hath left the caterpillar eaten. climatologist. It is quite true, however, that Farmers and Blaine Jones the number of species of insects gardeners are always complain- in a particular locality is ining about the number of insects creasing. With rapid transpornow as compared to the number tation has come the rapid movein the good old days. ment of plants and, all too freI have heard people say, Our quently, the insects for which grandfathers didnt have to be they are hosts. No one knows exactly how continually concerned with pests. Grandfather, however, many kinds of insects there are. was not accustomed to the un- In the fourth edition of Desblemished fruits and vegetables tructive Insects by Metcalf, of todays market, and he didnt Flint, and Metcalf, published in great-grandfath- er m Dear, Editor: City's got the ball rolling Dear Editor: I noticed that Nephi City has again decided to issue some funding from UDAG. I feel that it is miraculous they have finally caught on to what other communities have been doing for years. It is sad that it has taken them this long. With all of the advantages that this community has to offer, there is no reason why this is not a center for all Central Utah. With the power department to work with, they could use that as an incentive for all business, and that could be used especially to bring in in- dustry. At the present time, I feel most of the consumer areas are pretty well serviced. I would challenge the city to offer NRP all the power they can use at the same price that the household consumers have to pay, and see how much difference that makes to the productivity of NRP and the increase in revenue to the city because of the extra power sold. Maybe some people out there dont know, but the kilowatt that you use in your house costs a business just two times the price. Think what an incentive it could be to a business if their power bill in Nephi was one half what it would be in Santaquin, Provo, or Orem, but our officials have not learned how to use this advantage. But the people need jobs, not necessarily more places to spend their money. Why not use the money for a steel fabrication plant, chemical manufacturer, a battery plant, or a pipe yard? Why finance things that will cause hardship to people who have at least their share of problems in trying to better the services and people in the area. Lets see if the city cant stop the small stuff about water lines. Just get the job done and get working on another Martin Marietta or NRP and the city gets their power basically for all the same rate regardless of who uses it. Mont Kay Jensen and dusting operations, but the crawl only a short distance. In a future column we will multitude of modern chemicals Some cannot stand bright sun- - discuss various methods which species of true insects. About has almost made us overlook light and others are active only can be used to limit or reduce 100.000 species of these are the fact that chemical control is during the warm, bright sum- - the impact of insects on our found in the United States, and only one facet of an integrated mer days. crops. about a tenth of these are program. Thanks to the efforts designated as public enemies. of environmentalists, we are The rest are either harmless or now recognizing that we must redouble our efforts in the decidedly beneficial. Without insects, life as we reduction of the use of chemicknow it today would not exist. als which are detrimental to the We depend upon insects for the environment and expand our pollination of 85 percent of our knowledge of natural methods 19 North Main, Nephi, Utah, 623-163- 1 fruits and many of our vegetabl- of control wherever possible. es. They play a large role as Natural control comes from Pre scavengers. They provide food the climate, the physical for birds and fishes. They give characteristics of the region, us honey and wax, shellac, and the presence in the area of cochineal, silk, and even have a natural enemies. Georgia. minor role in surgery and As the climate of an area off medicine. Practically every in- changes, so do the insect pests sect order contains some useful with which the home gardener V species that live on destructive must compete for an often 30 " insects. It is only in the last limited harvest. Mild winters or 40 years that we have begun and cool wet springs such as to hear about the importance of have prevailed over much of Shirts the role played by parasites and Utah during the past couple of predators in reducing harmful years are conducive to the survival of many insect pests insects and mites. Knit Shirts In 1868 our crop loss due to which are frequently limited in insects was figured at $300 numbers by more extreme conmillion. Today, the annual ditions. Not many insects can arcfigure is something over $4 live in all climatic zones control and without and billion, tic, temperate, tropical. Sox measures the figure would be Winter temperatures restrict astronomical. In general, we some, summer heat limits othHi feed about one tenth of our ers. Some insects prefer a Socks crops each year to insects. This warm, moist climate, others like value is, of course, variable and it warm and dry. Some insects depends upon the control mea- can fly or be carried by the wind Levi's sures taken by man, the over long distances, others can weather conditions that prevail, and the impact of predators and The Times-New- s parasites. 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Garbage containers must be brought out to the street on the days of collection by 7:00 a.m. rTi nh ATTENTION PAEENTS? safety for children walking to and from the high school, middle school, and elementary school, Nephi City has installed sidewalks on 4th East, 7th North and 1st North streets. It is very hazardous for students to walk close to traffic along these busy streets. Please encourage your children to use the sidewalks when travelling these for their own safety. streets In the interest of |