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Show 1 u. , ORCHARD PESTS. Of pests, orclmid and otherwlso there nro many ,aud during tho' past few years Utnh has had her sbaro. Wo havo had the pear blight, tomato blight, alfalfa weevil, and others. And notwithstanding tho .advancos made in science, and tho vast amount of money spent In the equipment ot experiment stations still tho pest Is with us. Not that tho expenditure' ot all this money ts not productive ot good, but from tho" fact that our areas ot fruits and vegetables are Increasing, Increas-ing, and our crops becoming more dl versified, and wo pes haps will not be contradicted when we say that In splto of tho advancement of science, and tho lavish expense for the equip inent of experiment stations still the pest will bo with us. Sometimes wo think the orchardist becomes impatient impa-tient and would llko to wlpo tho scientist scien-tist off thu map. Wo recall an In stance wherein n lnrgo fruit ralsei submitted thu condition ot his fruit to ono of tho state's most profound bdentlsts, and was told by tho scientist scien-tist that ho would write a bulletin on tho matter some tlmo during tho coming com-ing winter. Tho orchardist who was asking for Immediate rellof looked upon up-on tho situation with disgust, and lott feeling that ho would havo to rely on his own efforts for Immediate rellei. Hut wo must remember that wo niv not living for today, and If through application and study tl(e bulletin brought roith during tho winter per formed tho work for futuro years thousands and thousands woro saved. Now Cache Valley Is branching out in tho apple Hue, and iu tho minds or a great many tho homo of tho Jonathan apples is not an unlikely name for this beautiful valley of ours. From repoits the fruit raiser In thu east Is going up against nn orchard pest tho llko of which has not boon seen for hundreds of years. Of this destructive im,cct tho Evening Telegram Tele-gram speaks as follows: "Our fiult raisers must bo on tho aloit this year for a post tho llko ot which thoy poi Imps havo novor' seen before. A strungo Insect was captured lecentty In a West Orange, N. v., groonhouso which tho scientists claim wus "an outrldor of tho groatest Insect In-sect arm (of locusts) that has visited this country since 1CD0, and the equal of which will not be soon ognln mill 2182." The bureau of entomology entomo-logy ot tho agricultural department has already announced that both tho thirteen and soventecn-yoar locusts are duo this year, but this now insect, in-sect, tho authorities Bay, is not properly pro-perly a locust, but cladus, and comes only once overy 221 years The full ', description of his evolution from the time ho Is laid first as an egg liy the forks of n tree; how ho drops to the ground, sinks Into tho ground as deep as two feet; then In tlmo comet to tho surfaco; then finds tho tree from which ho fell, seizes a rooW.nnd hangs on until his shell bursts; then shakes his shell; then cultivates his wings; grows a mustache, changes color soveral times, and, performs several other sleight of hand tricks, until he blooms out a real destroyer, is most Interesting. Dy tho tlmo ono reads tho full description a creepy feeling goes up and down his spine, but the comfort comes later when Informed In-formed that frequent spraying of tho trocs with Uordoaux mlxturo or a v lime wash will fix him. It would be (l good Iden to both whitewash and spray tho trees. Tho region In tho cast where the scourge will appear this year Is carefully designated, and perhaps the same has been done for the west, but wo havo seen none. Tho best way will bo to fight tholr coming and all tho tlmo to koop wntch." |