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Show Coddling Moth Can : lo Coolied f . - --fara BY FOLLOWING SIMPLE SPRAY-, SPRAY-, ISO DIRECTIONS T1IIS PEST t ' CAN BE DESTROYED The coddling moth, wlncn causes the common wormy apple, is a serious ser-ious mennco to every apple raised in ' Utah. It need not be, If proper control con-trol measures are exercised, states Pi of. II. n. Hagan of tho Entomology department of tho Utah Agricultural College. All that It takes to prevent coddling moth damage to tho applo crop of Utah Is correct spraying. j The. first spray should ho applied V, threo to 'five days aftor tho applo JBVr blossom petals begin to fall. If you )2 havo a very small orchard, uso a ' '' hand spray apparatus, but If tho orchard or-chard Is of any considerable stzo a good power pump, maintaining a pressure or about one hundred and fifty pounds is necessary. The hose 11 should bo long enough if posslblo to reach all parts of the tree easily and j efficiently and strong enough to stand the pressure. The spray rod should be a ten foot bamboo pole fitted with a cut-off valve at the base and. & drip ring and a fifty-five degree onglo at the no-ale no-ale end. The noule used should be one that gives a good driving fan-like fan-like spray that breaks up about five feet from the noxxle. Ueo arsenate of lead for spray." About three pounds of paste, or one and one-half pounds of powder to fifty gallons of water. The object in spraying should be to fill each calyx out with the poison. Tho thing to do Is spray so that each blossom gets its shaie. It Is absolutely essential to get the poison poi-son lto tho calyx cup to achieve results. re-sults. A second spraying snould follow tho first, about ten days later. At tho first spraying some of the calyx cups were not yet open, and slnco It Is essential that all of tho calyx cups bo filled, it becomes Imperative to spray again. A good method to follow fol-low in applying tho spray is to stop tho outfit just beforo tho men reach a point opposite tho center of tho first trees of the first two rows. Two men may spray, and they should spray tho nearest third of tho tree oppostto thorn In each row Then dilvo tho outfit f oi ward just far enough en-ough to bo ablo to spray the remainder remain-der of tho first two treeB. and the first third'of tho second two trees. Continue until tho end, of the row Is i reached and then turn down the second row. It matters not if tho tipray overlaps a little. Tie spraying will not be effective If any calyx cups are missed. An inspection should be made aftor af-tor the spraying. If more than ten per cent of the apples are wormy, spray a third time, about the first of August. This should be a tine mist spray applied at low pressure. The object is to cover the apples with a fine coating of poison. |