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Show THE PEAR BLIGHT. The seeming Inexcusable neglect of the orehnrds nffeUed with pear blight call for lepealed warnings to nil persons per-sons Interested I'ttll Instrin tlons have been frequently given by the Intcr-Mnuntaln Intcr-Mnuntaln Foriner and Knnchman In regard re-gard to the means nf checking the blight In overy Instance where these dliertlonn have been folio .veil the blight linn Inen cheeked mid the orchards saved Hut there are Hundreds of or-i or-i hards throughout the State where the disease is allowed to spread unmolested and the trees are dying by tho thousands. thou-sands. ' Again wo repent thit the blight mny bo absolutely checked by cutting out the disensed brnnches nnd burning them Ihe stub or wound made by tutting tut-ting out a brunch Miould lie covered with kcosene oil Then the entire tree should be 'proved with Iloideaux mixture, mix-ture, according to the formula Issued by the State Hoard of Horticulture. The HordeatiK Is a preventive, not a cure No Irrigation nor cultivation should be given the nffeited trees after this date, but nil weeds nnd grass should bo cut nnd removed front the orchard It Is possible to absolutely control the blight and theie Is no excuse for the whole-salo whole-salo desliuctlnn of pear trees that Is mm Kolng on In Utah. |