Ogden Daily Standard | 1903-05-09 | Page 11 | Gas Baths for Trees Section

gas baths for trees in california the business of waging war on insects to vegetation hab been regularly organized they now blonak whose outfit Is scientifically complete in every particular and whose may be engaged not by the day but by the night or the process ot extermination by gas must tabe place at night as sunlight or heat makes the gas anaed to as well as to insect the aumen of acid gas i acid as are deadly and the tree must be nc lod in a gas tight receptacle during its application tb method used Is to drop a tent over the tree to generate the gas la a bloh of chemicals under the tent nd to allow the tree to remain in its gas bath tor some time while one tree Is being others are being tented and BO the work proceeds A number of men and feats are required in a single gang usually a half dozen workers and fifty tants and there are about thirty professional outfits hi southern california ench outfit costs about 1500 including and lagona one los angelas farm has invested in the or gassing business the cot of treatment depends epou the size of the tree and contracts are made with growers at steed rates usually about twenty alte cents a tree operators have foaud it not only expedient but profitable to secure the beat machinery and and the highest expert knowledge ns well in this berrr and effective warfare upon the enemy to the hya sous prosperity the caterpillar