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Show Taylor and Titus Talk Give Interesting Lectures Before the Large Class In Horticulture Tho Horticultural School and Pack Ing course began at tho Agricultural Colloge Monday morning. By Tuesday morning 27 persons had registered for the pourse. J. Edward Taylor, State Horticultural Inspector gavo a lecture on the Possibilities of Utah Horticulture. Horticul-ture. Most people think that Utah horticulture means pcehes and ap-rles. ap-rles. This is a mlstako, said Mr. Taylor. Small fruits, ornamental nursery nur-sery stock, etc., may bo mado of great importance. Ho declared that tho fruit diylng and evaporation Industry that has boon noglectbd may bo mado n great success In Utah. Canned beans which wo aro Importing In great quan-titles, quan-titles, should bo put up at homo. Mr. Taylor took tho stand that if Utah hortlculturalists and business men would awake to tho possibilities in this line, they would bo money In pocket . Dr. E. G. Titus In his lecture beforo tho same body on Insects In general that attack fruit trees and gardens called attention tc some Insects like tho centepedo, that nro supposed to bo harmless, but which attack garden I'lants. Various spraying solutions designed for tho control of Insects In general were discussed. Tho speaker said the tobacco solutions have been knowp to' Injuro young farm animals, but that ho did not take tho stand that it should not bo used. Such a menace aro unsprnyed, unclean un-clean neighboring orchards that it would really pay an orchardlst to spray and clean up his neighbor's orchard or-chard . (Continued on pago eight) Taylor and Titus Talk (Continued from page one) Orchard ami nursery Inspection was discussed by J. Edward Taylor. Ho said that first of till an orchard in tpector must know his subject. Make n campaign of education. Mnko a spray ing demonstration In someone's orcli aru and get tho community Interested by seeing what cun bo dono and what ought to bo done. This Is much bet tcr than using tho policing method. caslonnlly may bb advisable, and Is often necessary, but educating tho farmer up to what cught to bo dono is tho ono effective way. Most likely the people will soon bo seeking after Buch an Inspector's advice and Information. Infor-mation. Tho Indifference of some growers, howover, declared Mr. Taylor, is tho real curse of tlio business, and tho real reason why tho movement for better fruit has, not been moro effective. effec-tive. Tho sight of nn Inspector with n spray pump spraying a recreant or-chardlst's or-chardlst's trees at tho latter's oxpenso will usually got most of his neighbor's Btarted with tholr own spraying apparatus ap-paratus to avoid tho expense of tho stato doing tho Job. Some complaints, It seems, however, have been mado for spectacular effect alone, and tho Inspector should make a critical examination of the complainants complain-ants orchnrd to r.eo If his Is not as bad or worso than tho party's complained com-plained against. Most likely thoro will ho fow mon mnko trouble of either kind. Most furmers. If you Impress the Importance c! cleaning up and spraying, will go cl ead and do as lie Is wanted, rather than bo a monaco to tho community |