Show I Beetle r In Infested f ested Trees In Dixie Forest To fo Be Destroyed 1 Forest Ranger William M. M Hurst Hurl t from Panguitch was In Cedar City last hut week conferring with Forest Supervisor Dlaine Betenson on plans plan s to continue Insect control work u uthe in inthe r the Ponderosa Pine on th the e Sevier Division of at the Dixie National Na floes Forest as soon as the sno snow w receded sufficiently to begin this s work which will be about May 1st It Is estimated there are arc 1000 tree trees s i ss Infested with the Black till II Hills Ills s j Beetle which must be destroyed l before June 15 15 in order to prevent t the new adult beetles from EmergIng emerging ing lag and attacking new living trees Studies indicate that the rate o n of attack on living trees each suc sue succeeding year is on the increase Therefore unless methods of ot control control con con- trot are arc followed up the Insects insect s are a a. to a large part o othe of f t the Ponderosa Pine timber on th e southern Utah Forests the Supervisor Supervisor Super Super- Supervisor visor reported In order to locate the beetle beetle In ln foaled trees and trained trained train train- ed men are arc required to cruise th the e timber stands on an a percent basU bast and after the affected trees are an e located the trees are cut down ani and the bark hark is thoroughly burned ii in n I order to make sure the larva an and I new adult beetles are arc killed before they emerge and attack ck new trees tree s and begin the process of ot developing develop develop- ing big new beetle broods As many as five new trees rnA may be killed by the attacks of ot beetles which were reared in one tree the th pervious year Therefore It Is apparent apparent apparent ap ap- parent that unless control methods are adopted in the early stages of I the Increase in the Infestation a large volume of merchantable timber tim I ber ter Is a threatened and if 11 delayed too long the cost of control work is increased materially The beetle control work this spring will be bI largely done by and relief roll labor although It will wll be necessary to a few trained men t to act as foremen of these crews In order to Insure a thorough Job of 01 II I destroying the beetles A representative of the Bureau of Entomology will be on the Forest For Fo est project when it is s started He will give technical advice and as as- assistance In hi the control work |