| Show CONTINUE THE SPRAYING Because Became of the c 1 circulation or of your paper in Weber county I beg for for- pace space to say lay a few words word to our fruit growers on the subject of praying spraying Fir First Fue t I d desire ire to compliment Weber county citizens for the very cheerful compliance with the requirements of the horticultural law 1 I venture tb the the- assertion that no county in Utah has hal had less trouble arising from enforce enforce- enforcement ment Anent of the law than in Weber county While it is true that some lome som persons have bare sprayed prayed in a carel careless manner merely to comply with the tha tb law still the large majority of ot Weber county fruit growers grower have bave conscientiously tried to make the spraying ef ef- ef effective t Just as some men pray in a mechanical manner without the true spirit or souls soul's sincere desire de ire so 10 have some lome sprayed without any heart in Inthe inthe the work But Bot God is II not mocked looked by mere lip Up service neither Is la the answer forthcoming to such prayers So 80 it 1 is fa in la the matter of spraying praying as with aD any other undertaking the undertaking the result is II pro pro- proportionate proportionate to te the thought and oar owe care exercised Therefore I look on most moat gratifying results in this ibis county for tor the first nt years year operation of ot tee new Dew law However I wish to lo ore urge a continuance of the work Starting the work a as late in the season a oa as a we old did this talc year it is Ia but natural that some lome worms worm should escape the first spraying Then Thea too teo I have bare found newly hatched hitched worms worm wor right along up to the present pre ent time Aaa As Aa Asa a consequence there are sore some worry wormy apples now upon the trees Those worms are lust just now be beginning to go through the transformation and will wUl turn into moth like the original dur duro during during ing the next month Every wormy apple left lett upon the tree or In the orchard will wUl produce a flying moth to infest the apples that are now without worms Therefore it is imp that the rule of the county court which reo re- requires quires re-quires quires that all fallen fruit be removed from the orchard shall be bu enforced Not only so but all wormy fruit should be at once picked from the tree and destroyed In addition to this the trees trets should be thoroughly sprayed twice with London purple during July to kill the second crop of worms While some hold to the theory that the be begg egg gg of the moth is deposited only in inthe inthe inthe the calyx or blossom end of toe apple yet all careful observers-know observers that the moth will Jay the egg in the ba base e or on the side of ot the fruit Depend Denend upon it this second crop of moth will not be disheartened it if they fall faU to find Ond a blos- blos blossom blos blossom som for a nest The will simply do dothe dothe dothe the best they can and lay an egg In some other spot on the fruit truit Another reason for tor this July spray spray- ing spraying is the very peculiar season reason we are having The successive warm and C cold Jd spells have caused great reat irregular irregularity ity fly lo to the hatching batching of ot all the injurious insects Not only the codling moth but the plum continue to hatch during this hie month Therefore I 1 wish to urge upon all the Importance ot of cleaning the orchards and spraying a as indicated above s sIf If It the be good work already done Is sup sup- supplemented supplemented by careful attention now the result will wUl be most mOlt favorable On the other hand band Jack lack of effort at this time greatly reduce the percentage of sound apples at picking time 13 some gome were incredulous incredulous lous ous at the start sad and have yielded a hearted halt bear hearted half d compliance with the law while all aU the time they have longed for forthe forthe forthe the apples to be wormy as usual so 10 they could say lay I told you so 9 so But ButIn Butin Butin In opposition to these there is a ma majority of painstaking fruit growers who will demonstrate beyond all q question that spraying has come to stay For Forthe Forthe Forthe the benefit of the doubters and faultfinders fault CI Anders I wl wish h to say that there has not Dot been an Instance in Weber county of injury to any useful thing by spraying a as directed Respectfully J A WRIGHT Inspector Weber County OGDEN July 1894 |
