Show i iA i-I i A 1 f wn I It I Ii R i J 1 1 17 jf t bJ Pl Four l Measures Listed To Curb Elm Disease increasing Toll r Noted Over Widespread Area The dread Dutch elm disease killer of at thousands of at trees it is spreading rapidly over large areas Control meas meas- tires ures should In rt elude 1 I Prun t- t r ing lag ing and burning Ww 1 ti a of at a all 11 dead ma material tenal from elms 2 removing ol oj the bark before j 4 elm woo wood d is b l. l J stored or dim dump u. u 2 ed if the wood hn hnot h is n not o t destroyed 3 piling of stored elm wood in a 3 adry adry dry building or cellar 4 removing n nand and burning promptly all elm trees tree killed by the disease There are three good clues foi foe spotting the diseased trees according accord ing to University of Massachusetts specialists Evidence of woodpeck woodpecker er work is one Where strips ol oj bark have been removed from tree limbs it may Indicate that woodpeckers wood woodpeckers peckers are feeding on elm bark beetles carriers of at the Dutch elm disease Shepherds Shepherd's crooks are another sign of at the disease These crooks are twisted twigs twiss branching out at the end of ot last seasons season's growth Third lack of ot spring buds may indicate that the trees have been attacked by the disease Early detection of at the disease will willaid aid control measures foresters say |