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Show I i INSECTS TIIKEATEN I'AItM crops- IN MS WARNS ENTOMOLOGIST Insects .should be watched, and control measures applied promptly where crop Injury Uiiviitcn.s, Dr. (leoi'Ke Knowl-l.on, Knowl-l.on, cnl,(imol(ir,l:;t of the Utah State Agricultural College Kx-1 Kx-1 tension Service, advises, j Manpower shortaces, scarcities (if some insecticides, and building build-ing up of pests in areas where control has been neclected during dur-ing recent y-.-ars are some of the reasons that farmers and home Canlenvrs should be alert to protect pro-tect crops from Insect Injury, he points out. L'oi- effective results In Insect pest' control, the following suk-C.esfions suk-C.esfions are Riven by Kntomolo-I'ist Kntomolo-I'ist Knowlton: 1. Know definitely what pest or pests you want to control; I 2. Apply sprays or dusts at the proper time, not earlier and 1 not later; I 3. Use correct mixtures; 4. Apply sprays or dusts I thoroughly, llany insecticides must actually contact the body !0f the insect to kill it; j 5, Do not dust or spray into i blossoms. Avoid killing honeybees honey-bees and other beneficial insect I pollinators. |