Show DESTROYS mAlO fORESTS Bureau of Entomology Advises Minute Beetle Beete Be Cremated I I WOULD SOON RUIN TIMBER S MII N I I Harm Harmless Ij less its I Looking I I Pest eSt I JI Hibernates I I C r rJ In J tin tin- tie Hark Bak BI Boise a Ida lel March arch 12 Time The The ravages rn of or u bugs s upon Ulon the tle forests crests of oC Idaho has hS become during the past imse few w years year a avery avery very nr serious maler matter and amid th the bureau of f entomology of or the department of oC Agriculture which has chal charge of the UH experiments looking to 10 time the t eradication of fOI forest St pests such Mleh a. a as th the Black Hills beetle a n species of which I Is believed hel to 10 be e responsible for serious ellous loss los to th iV lumbermen of this 1 region lon has Ims taken n up UI the tile task taRI of combating tho the work worl of f time the destructive Insect The p pestiferous and destructive in infect insect In- In sect is a tr very harmless hanneR looking little fellow not fellow not clUne a quarter of or on nn inch long long lInt But lut the small lu Clint chap with his wife and apiti nil all n their relatives 8 makes mulls up in energy Y what he lie lacks acl In size He doesn't amount to toeY very eY much It Is Js true ue taken b by himself clr but hut he 1 becomes a a. mo most t formidable problem when considered con con- In iii connection with a few fete mil mi- mi lion more mort molo or I Ic less s o of his progeny anti and a. a 3 m. m similar n number of or brothers and sis sl- tE t E. 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M 1 Hoover of ff if nol Boise I general mana manager man mitan- a ager of the Payette Lumber it Manufacturing Manu Mann company which has hns laA large tracts of timber laud land lant at various places through the state stale antI and especially 01 the of or the lime along upper waters voters Il Payette river liver has HS n J greatly Interested In Iii he time work of the lie representatives of or th the Pot For the time past imst two seasons th tIme the bureau of or entomology has hos had hal a man In time the tl Idaho forests th the hO habits of uC he lie beetle that lint is making wa way with wih he tIme Ino and amid other forests nr of nC the state and el endeavoring t Ia to prescribe a ci 0 matilie man man- lie ler in lii which to encompass his defeat ind ui aOl prevent P him front from doing nn any great grat amount of damage I SI Suggested At last the thc bureau has hns announced that It has a n remedy the the lolling of the time Infected trees during the period that the tH he beetles U hibernate in tho time bark I o f lh time the trees anti and time the burning of or th the lie irk that lint has b been n peeled from tho the main trunks thus destroying the 01 largo large c number lumber o of tf insects that are arc nC in the tue tw bark barl Professor Profesor A. A D. D Hopkins In charge if of forest insect Investigations tons of the bureau Im in a n recent communication ti to II Mr Mm Hoover Hoo cr gave gave- ave the details of or th the tho worl of the bureau burau exp experts and amid Us its is results as follows Our OU special field agent J J. J L. L Webb has las submitted his report on forest in insect In- In sect l cl In Iii the vicinity of le antI and Smiths Smith's Ferry Forry Idaho luring during the Ihl past mist summer and It II will vilI wi merest interest you OU no mit doubt to tn know that ho tho Insect which is primarily to blame OI for or the ihie death of pine trees was located el and amid thoroughly studied b by him n. Winter ill in hum lie tho ti ii I r l hc t lL of oc th the t Instructive O specie Th I iii the ho lie grub SIA In iti II the Uw hark of or if trees which ll die ln du luring during th time summer ummi nl mid amid l to fall all I and n that tIle they do un not no transform to the iii form forni anti and until after winged ane ern emerge c af r rIhl Ihl he lie first of or May Ja Therefore the meth- meth oti HI d of nf the pest Is simply pi Lout lo to lout cUt ut th the infested lell trees any ny time line bo- bo th tIme the first 1 of or October anti and the thi fr first t of May n 1110 remove the time hark bark from the time main nain trunk and ant burn hurn it i. i It lt I is necessary ary to burn hurn tho the bark in order to kill ki the tile broods bec because e the they occupy th the tue Intermediate portion he- he u the tho Inner surface and the tho outer cal caie alQ v portion hence th the tho drying of tho ll bark will 1 Ill not kill 11 them as It I would If th they iny occupied th the tho Inner moist molt portion porton io n. n The Infested trees tree can be he located first by the yellowish and light reel red dish brown biown color of the fola foliage e second see sec ec ond tid h by cutting In the tho bark as high tip up tipon tipon upon on the trunk a as 3 a man can cnn reach with an au n ax axe to lo determine if the mid mid- tile lie portion of the bark h is infested ted with wih th time he small smal white while grubs which are about sixteenths of or an Inch long If I these are ar found It will wi be he conclusive that the tree has hns been killed hy by jy the beetle anti and Is with wih I. I Its woods It I must be in remembered thai thal there here arc are hundreds of other kinds pf C which occupy the lie Inner Innel portion of or the bark and wood of tuchi luch trees jut but none mione of the lie smaller mn ones p pass ss time tho winter vinter In the tue outer bark barl 1 The habits of or this western destroying de do- beetle al' al are very r similar to that of the eastern pine Plume destroyer Perhaps the lie most Important thing thins for or you to lo do a as a n preliminary lo to o any definite action acton you on mi may talc take In fn t the matter Is to have ha e a n number of gent cruisers make a survey df if your our holdings for Cor or the the pur purpose o e or of locating the tho lie principal sections In n mm which trees have haw died leel during the past summer and amid time the location o of tho ho larger el clumps and patches of InC Infested treC Oe such sections It I Is Js not n necessary eo t that till all scattering scOt scat II rin Infested tre trees should be be felled and barked ared but hit it Is of pr the greatest Ilat l Importance that al aH of oC the tho larger clumps and patches within the worst Infested areas should be thus treated within th the period I mentioned el i It If this thiN cannot bo be bl lone done this er h lie vork of or locating Infested areas should houll he be conducted con con- dueled ducted next summer In order that the more important s sections t lons ma may re receive re- re Il eive elv attention next fall fan and acl winter t by Mr iii h Homer In Iii his reply to tt this IC letter er of Mr rr Hopkins in Mr Ir Hoover sold suid 1 We Ue are arc most gratified C with wih th time Iho in- in given hn us lS and all feel fot fe that It will wi bo bt of much flinch value to 1 us us- in our woods operations operations- Mr Ir l h n was certainly cr very ory much int interested In his work and attended to ti It I In iii a careful and amid manner And nel VI wo tio have o ha I Ign great groat at reliance on oil 01 the Iho rc result of his 1 In investigations ii vest i ga t I 0 Ii 5 The Tho ferreting out nut of the he in IH post pest t rind and I a advising a a. way to lo cOI combat hat It I Is a work olk o value to lh lie country and of 0 special Interest to nil all al Jr In Interested Iii tn- d In iii forests and amid wo we wish wih to add nehl out our word ord word word-or of appreciation of If time the service sect cn ice of y your your your- ur bureau bl 0 |