Show notice to fruit growers CODLING MOTH this insect does more damage than all others with which the appe apple grower has to contend the worm worms pas pass the winter in tough cocoons hidden underneath the rough bark of the trunk or larger lambb in crack cracks or knot holes or under rubbish in the orchard or chaid tho the moth is nearly the color of the appio apple bark and flies with a zigzag ziff zaff motion it never flies to a light and is rarely sen seon tho tile moths hatch batch out about a week after blo blos so som ms fall and lay their agga eggi on the th upper surface of the leaves or an appie apple here th thi fuzz has been rubbed off the fac pa 93 of if the second brood are nearly all laid on the apples the great majority of the little of the first brood go in ae a the cal x while about half of the second brood go in at the side of the apples the norms worms remain in the apples about twenty days and then crawl down the trees and hide under the rough bark it takes about fifty dacz da for one complete generation and there are but two broods in a season in most sections of utah the worms of the second generation remain in the cocoons over winter REMEDIES spray with arse boate of lead or paris green as soon zoo after the blossoms fall as possible repeat repent in nine to 14 day days if the orchard has been badly infested or is I 1 within a quarter of a mile milij of other j infested ones from which moths may fly in spray for the brood never spray a tree trea when in bloom the first two sprays should be ile thrown from above down and from the bide IL L so 30 as to force the poison into the cilvy cups for these prays sprays use a bordeaux nozzle giving a coatse fan shaped shape spra that will carry six feet boewe it forms i t mist the tile two sprats should be continued until every flower lias has been thoroughly soaked and the trees are dripping heavily for the latter use a finer mitt mist like spray and stop as soon a as the trees begin to drip put band on the a month after blossoming and remove every ten day s sand and destroy all larvae until the of august then leave on until picking time remove bands band after fruit is picked kill baiao and put bands away gitil next year scraping the bark in the spring screening the fruit house houie and picking off all wormy apples about two weeks after the first worms come under bands will also aid in controlling them do not put binds on trees unless 3 you ou intend to caro care for them every ten days for if neglected they will do more haim hairn than glod spray for second brood between july ad and formulas the tile formulas for th the control of insects and pests as adopted and recommended by the tato state cortical tural commission are as follow follows ARSENATE OF LEAD lead lud arsenate 5 ibs lbs water gals or two pounds of of icid to a 8 barrel of valer vater this mixture stays in to suspension better alil than n paris green and is less likely to burn the foliage arse nato of lead will adhere to the tho foliage longer and therefore should be more valuable vala v able for lent leaf and fruit eating cating insects PARIS GREEN paris green 1 ib lb water gal gals place the poison in a fruit jur jar half balf full of wate water cover tightly and shake until thoroughly wet then add to tank of water ind agitate to thoroughly with a jl hose lose or agitator this inix mixture ture mus must be constantly agitated while spra ing to prevent settling where evening dews are frequent use one pound of fresh lime to each pound of pans paris green to prevent burning this noticed s hi a to chapter Cli apter 48 section 19 0 ses es sion aaers of uenh 1011 1911 and is binding doon all 1 fruit HENRY FIACK horticultural inspector for carbon county utah |