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Show Spraying for the Codling Moth The aucceaa or fallnrn of weatern orchard tnethoda ia ulmoily connected connect-ed with the aubject of aprayiuic. Weatern orehnrdiaia inuat have perfect per-fect fruit, ami perfett fruit iiininn nhaoliite freed. mi from woriua. Aa a remili methoila of aprnyiuir for the codlliiK moth have been moat rnii.lly developed ill I he weatern alalea lilllil nt the prenent llm by following theau methoila accural. Iv nml thoroughly, thor-oughly, the orchnrilUt la iihle to : guarantee hla crop to ba prnctlcally . free from the peat at hnrveat time. The KtM.'.ral piirpoeof the method la tu place the moat polaon where the moat woriua will get It. t'pon looking Into a joiing apple, juat binning, It wilt be noticed thai there la a little hollow .called the Calyx ou; covered over by the circle of tameiia and that thla In turn will he covered over Boon afler the apple forma. Hy the Calyx lobea forming an aluioat impenetrable roof la made over t lie cup Immi.'HIIi. The rgga of flmt brood nre inoaily laid on the lenvea aurrniiudltig tlienpplecluatera When the little worma hatch out, which will lie k.'V, Till weekaafter the Utile apple forma, they Immediate ly aeek a biding place, which from hi to Un per cent of them llnd In the hloaaom end of the npple, ciuwliug down between the Cnlyx lobea pann ing through the .tnmcn, ami back to the very bottom of the t'ntyxcnp, from which place they atnrt to bore directly down lulu the aeeda. Now If the iiolaon haa been lodged III the Calyx cup prevloua to thla' lime, their llrat lli.ml will be their ! Inat nml the trap la atilloieu lor any 1 more Hint mny follow. To be aure' that the Cnlyx cup la filled with polaon, pol-aon, it la ncccaxiiry that the aplny-lug aplny-lug he done before the cup cloaca, and in audi n manner na to drive the polaon down Into the hack of the cup. In nil of the experlmcnta carried car-ried on by the Utah Kxperlment Mali. mi, from irj to H percent of all of the llrat brood of woriua have been killed. tow TO HI-RAY I III order to place the polaon In the 1 Calyx oup It la neceaanry to drive It with conalilerahle force, the natural 1 raindrop doea not enter the cavity, I 1 1 la neceaanry therefore to uae a1 anrny of Hue dropa driven five or alx feet before it breaka up into a IlllaL and then to hold the tinxxln within a1 foot or two of the bloaaoma while aprnying. l II K AI'I'AHATUa NKCKxaAHT i Kur codling moth apraying It la neceaaary to have a pump alr.uig' enough to furulah preaaure of from to ampoumla. Thla pump ahoiild be nttnuhe I to a Inrge bnrrel to hold SO or more gnlloua, llile inakea the heat aprayliik' out drawn hy hand or1 power. I WIIKN TO apiiA v Kroui the day the petals fall from ' the niile bloHaouia, thv green Calyx I. ihea begin to chme nnd within ten dnya have completely roofed over the cavity. Therefore It la neceaanry to do your "praying during thla lime or I lie cup will be cloned. W HAT l-OIHONa TO I'HK Five years of can. till leala aide hy aide have shown no (inference in the killing power ul nrsenall of lead iiml I'liris tircuo .Vi only two pnlsons uaedat the pre.. t ii.. Kor form-1 ulna and mixing, etc, seethe Kxper-Imenl Kxper-Imenl Station li.illetln. It would be better foril rchard-1 lata of Siiinniil County I tnmeucej apraylMK '"r Hi Hiuk moth this, aeaaon, where necessary, and posit pos-it tile. The law is g to r, j trimly enforced lM regards to sell-Ing sell-Ing and ftlspnaiug of wormy fruit and therefore H should he the fruit j grower! to move In the direction of, havlnir clean fruit, The State Hoard of Horticulture nre anxloua to have every aePt'oii of our state y,-,, f,,r the eradication of fruit pesta and' are ready "d willing ,i c..ine Into our orchards to nssisi M the work of any given liitrucll..ns In regards to how II aln .ul, I l,e properly done, j I will b- ph ased I., give advice I and Inairiiction. mi nil points con-nected con-nected with the growing ,,( trull mid general horil. iiliiire. W. J. Whiiiii r. Ilorticulluriil lnp. einr for Siiiumlt County, I'tah. |