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Show LOGAN Codling moth can be controlled effectively by the use of "hootch pots" and supervised spraying, spray-ing, according to the annual report of , Lyman P. Rich, agricultural, agent for Utah county. During 1935 the Utah county experiment ex-periment station, cooperated with Mr. Rich and the owners of seventeen seven-teen orchards throughout the county. coun-ty. The experiment station furnished hootch pots, rope, pulleys, funnels, bottles, and slip malt to be used in making the bait. Some farmers sprayed from seven to nine times and still harvested badly infested crops, others in the same community commun-ity sprayed fewer times and harvested har-vested cleaner crops. This was due to the improper spraying dates used by the former group. Improper thinning and pruning, which prevents thorough spraying, together with old infested trees and brush heaps which act as brooding and hibernating places, interfere with moth control, Mr. Rich pointed point-ed out. The report shows the worthwhile use of hootch pots and timely spray dates in the control of the Codling moth.- |