Show B A C instructor GIVES information ABOUT TREE DISEASES this article Is published at the request of 0 mr sumner hatch ln in agriculture at the branch agricultural college at cedar adar city it has to do with disease ot of trees prevalent in this county this year and we are using it in III the hopes that it 11 might be ot of hep help to ato some of our readers or ya ili 11 wing nt fit lifs and shrubs Is very widespread in iron county this season insect injury Is some times responsible tor for the foliage ot of trees and shrubs turning 1 yellow but investigation by the writer shows that lie he common cause in this locality Is a failure ot of the implant plant tissues to absorb iron from the soil this usually occurs in spots where there is a considerable degree ot of alkali lime or gypsum in the soil and under these conditions very frequently regardless of a liberal content of iron in the soil the plants are unable to absorb the necessary iron with which to build the green coloring material 0 of the leaf known as chlorophyll there are several treatments for or the most direct Is to apply iron compound directly to the plant tissues this may be done in trees by boring holes in the trunk about one third ot of the depth from tho the bark to heart wood and partly filling these holes with powdered ferric ammon ulm citrate and plugging the hole on the outside with grafting wax for shrubs vines and plants plant too small to be treated in this manner a spray of iron sul chato solution may be applied to the leaves and bark this solution I 1 should not exceed 15 per cent in strength 0 still another method of applina ap i tion is the placing of iron sulphate in the ground near the roots when this Is done holes should be dug on all sides of the plant to a depth sufficient to come in ill close contact with the feeder roots of t the lie plant the iron sulp sulphate bate may be applied rather liberally in this manner tests have recently been made at the branch agricultural college capus ca pus demonstrating the efficiency of above mentioned methods on honey locusts and weeping willow trees miss aliss beth lyman is employed by the utah parks co at bryce canyon it is understood miss aliss hazel haze adams Is visiting with her sister mrs lucile switzer in burbank california i mrs airs marva green peterson and her children 0 of park city utah are visiting here tor for a few weeks with her mother mrs ella green and other relatives and friends mr page knell and miss bliss zola ward enjoyed a few days trip during the week they went out to newcastle where they visited tor for a day or two with pages people then returned home by way of zion national park and bryce canyon |