Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-08-15 | Page 9 | Mistletoe Forms Deadly Parasite

IJ j MISTLETOE MISTLETOE FORMS I DEADLY PARASITE WASHINGTON Au Aug 16 15 16 AI W 1 I It if the silent signal of ot the mIstletoe mistletoe mistletoe toe hanging from the chandelier means anything to you next Christ ChrIst- ChrIstma Christmas ma mas mu remember for air an rr Instant that In the southwest It Is a pest and that tor for 12 year yean scIentists eden eden- scientists hay have been studying its deP- deP dep depredations and how bow best to exterminate exterminate exterminate nate It Mistletoe fastens on the yellow 4 pine tree treo check checks growth and fin fin- finally finally tin ally ally causes the tho tree to die DV Bv the tho department of agriculture It itis Is called an Insidious and fly disease and Its eradication t isan Is Isn an n Important problem About the only way to get rid tr of this Is Ie to cut i parasite down the tree on whIch It 11 has fastened The Tho V- V mistletoe die dies with tl ti host hoat the 1 low pine pin I