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Show THE PEAR BLIOHTr The enormous and rapidly Increasing Importance of the ueir Industry ln Utih la sufficient reason for frequent ind repeated warnlntn to the people to vigorously fight the blight which threatens to destroy the pear trees Tho Inter-Mnuntnln Tormer nnd Hnnchman has mide extensive Inquiries Inqui-ries by letter and through personal visits vi-sits to penr orchardi and the concensus concen-sus nf opinion of prnUlcnl penr growers grow-ers is thnt the bll&ht ma) be cridicit-ed cridicit-ed from thc orchards, provided !gor-ous !gor-ous means be cmplo)ed In every Instance In-stance wherein the Instruction Issued by the Male Hoard of Horticulture have been fnllnwcd the blight has been stn)Cd In Its progress. Some county inspectors have recommended that the blight be cut away nnd burned, but they stop there In addition to the cutting out and burning of the affected parts fie treo shoul 1 be treated to prevent pre-vent further spread of thc disease The most effectual preventive la to cover the wound whero n cut Is mide with kernscne nil nnd then enver every portion por-tion of the tree with nordnux mixture accordlng.jo tho formuK prescribed by tho btate Board of Horticulture These Instructions have been carried out successful!) suc-cessful!) In ft number of nrchnrds, notably no-tably so In tho orchard at tho Agricultural Agricul-tural college. Again tho Inter-Mountiln Farmer and Itmchman urges prompt action which nlone enn save the hundreds of valuable pear nrchnrds ln Utah. |