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Show OPPORTUNE PERIOD NOW FOR SPRAYING Horticultural Inspector Issues Letter Of Instructions To Fruit Growers. Salt I.ako City, Juno 22. A notice was Issued yesterday to growers of nursery stock In tho county by J. C. Stay, county horticultural Inspector,' in refcrenco to the spraying of their trees. Tho notice Is ns follows: Would ndvlso putting tho cover spray on tho apples nnd pears Immediately Imme-diately and not being later than the middle of next week In finishing. This spray should bo put on bo ns to coct the fruit as well as tho foliage with u fine mist spray. In working the solution so-lution for this spray, use tho arsen-nto arsen-nto of lead nt the rate of two pounds to forty gallons of water, thoroughly mixing the nrseunto of lead In a small quantity of water before pouring Into the barrel keeping well agitated after pouring In the solution so as to get oven strength on all trees and parts sprayed. Tho codling moth Is now busy lay-lug lay-lug Its eggs, and some of the eggs being advanced as far aB six days will be hatching into the larvao during dur-ing next week. Do not let them penetrate pen-etrate the fruit, as when they arc once Inside It Is Impossible to reach them by spraying. It then becomes necessary to pick tho fruit and destroy de-stroy it In order to get rid of tho 'ar-vne. 'ar-vne. If let remain It will become full grown, and unless caught under the bands that are placed on your trees would change Into a moth and lay a number of eggs that will mako your fight harder later In tho season. If ou nro troubled with any nphlds. ' would bo well to ndd threo quarts ot "Black Leaf sheep dip" and stir In tho above mentioned solution. |