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Show The majority of fanners in Carbon and Emery counties know what it is like to be plagued with mosquitoes. Fortunately, some far men now live in areas where the mosquitoes are controlled, but there are still many counties in Utah where the mosquitoes are a nuisance every summer. should be Mosquitoes controlled because: Mosquitoes often feed on other farm animals and poultry. -- Some species of mosquitoes can transmit the virus which causes Equine Encephalomyelitis in horses ana encephalitis in humans. - Mosquitoes are pests. They plague the farmer, his wife, his children, his friends, his ' , b. Leveling control is Mosquito necessary on farm lands because: eliminate relatives, and his livestock. By constantly annoying and feeding on dairy cattle, they , can reduoe milk production and the amount of the milk check. Many mosquito control will increase Mosquitoes can retard in weight by feeding on cattle making - it necessary to feed the cattle longer to obtain the desired weight. Jiractices by- con- tributing to an increase in crop production. Two examples of this are as ' musquito There are about 45 different kinds ol mosquitoes in Utah. A typical county may have from 20 to 25 different species. These mosquitoes may differ in some ways, but they all share one thing in common, they must have water in order for the egg, larval, and pupal stages to irrigation water. This is especially true in the case of pasture lands and other wet lands used for grazing. Kin of uneven lireeding places, but also helps to make the land easier to farm and irrigate. Many of Utahs important pest mosquitoes are produced on flooded farm lands or in borrow pits flooded with used visiting There are several ways in which mosquitoes can be controlled. The moat effective long range program is good water management. ground not only helps to drain the land and .. ; - a. If fields which are normally flooded with water for several days at a time are properly irrigated and fertilized, forage yields will be increased substantially and mosquito will be production minimized. follows: develop. ponding and Level the land if pending is due to uneveness of the ground. Make fish ponds Use approved secticides waterfowl Unfortunately, there are very few counties in Utah with water good management programs at present. All mosquito control methods should give consideration to water table levels and the preservation of waterfowl habitats. procedures If water can't be drained, pond it so that foe banks will have relatively steep slopes and be free Use the mosquito fish, days. This is very important since mosquitoes must have water to complete the immature stages in their life cycle. Mosquitoes do not breed in alfalfa fields unless there is standing water somewhere in the field. In- - drained. Request that State and County officials drain roadside borrow pits which contain standing water. - that drain railroad Request When practical, drain foe land so there will not be any water available for Mosquito production can be reduced by good farming and good waterfowl management practices. s railway-official- borrow pita which contain standing water. Utah . mosquito abatement districts have agreed to use only those insecticides .which have been approved by foe U.S. Environmental Protection ' - Request that irrigation companies prevent used irrigation waters from mosquitoes. mentioned and Some sloughs swamps which seem to be of little value can be converted into useful fish waterfowl or nds bitata, and in the process they will produce far fewer mosquitoes Gambusia. in standing Itodies or water which cannot in- control above. from vegetation. Irrigate the land, but do not let the water stand for more than four or five to mosquitoes which cannot be controlled by any of foe habitats out of sloughs. . producing mosquitoes. Agency. Garden aids diet ait low cost By Dr. Alvin R. Ramson, Extension Horticulturist Utah State University Overall the expansion accounted for about a 20 percent increase in the area devoted to that gardening. more young people would graduate with an interest for ' Many people appear to be taking up vegetable gardening for foe mental and physical benefits they derive in addition to foe economic rewards they expect. . These benefits will likely serve to keep first time gardeners interested, even if they did not realize as great a return from their garden as expected foe first year. Millions of American families currently without a garden site in comexpress an interest ' munity gardening type programs. Many people realize vegetable gardens provide one of the best means for growing nutritious and palatable foods. They supplement otherwise deficient diets at a reasonable cost. I In 1977 the fifth annual Gallup Poll on Vegetable Gardening discovered that 43 percent of American ' households or 32 million families had a vegetable garden. This represents not much change from 1976 even Currently,' parents are exthough vast areas of the United pressing considerable interest States were beset by , severe to have their children leara about gardening in the schools. drought in 1977. Many of the gardens were If such courses were Included in considerably expanded in size grade school, junior high and in 1977 as compared to 1976. high school curricula, millions . . . gardening. types of people have become serious about vegetable gardening. During the last year we saw a great increase of interest among the higher inAll come, better educated gar-- , deners. 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