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Show Station Publishes New EulleJins for Utah Farmer Information on a variety of subjects that should be of interest inter-est to many in the state, may be ound in live new publications recently issued by the Utah Agricultural Ag-ricultural Experiment Station. These publications arc: "The Pale Western Cutworm", bulletin bulle-tin No. zlJ7; "Wool Scouring Tests in Utah," bulletin No. 29b; "Control of Chlorosis in American Ameri-can Grapes," oulletin No. 2U9; "Fertilizers for Utah Soils," circular circ-ular 116; and "Lawn Weeds and Their Control," circular 117. The pale western cutworm has periodically caused damage to ary-l'arm grains in Utah during the past 2o years, according to Professor C. J. Sorenson and H. F. i'nornley, co-authors of the oulletin. There is nothing that can be done to save the crop, once the ground has become infested in-fested with the cutworms, the authors conclude. Control consists con-sists in preventing the moths .rem laying eggs in the fallowed land the year before the crop is planted. Under the triple authorship ot Alma C. Esplin, Ralph W. Phillips Phil-lips and Milton A. Madsen, the publication on wool scouring ,-o.nis out that scouring tests of each grower's wool should be used ai a basis lor estimating the yield of clean wool in determining determin-ing the price of grease wool. The rese.u metnod of basing tne price of wool on estimates of s.irmkage that are believed typi-. typi-. ai oi an area are unfair both to the producer and the buyer. Grafting of Concord vines on vinlfera (European) rootstocks, oi'fers a permanent method for control of chlorosis in these grapes, reports Dr. F. B. Wann in ne publication or control of chlorosis in American grapes. vmle other methods of control ofier only temporary relief from this nutritional disease, grafting erous trials throughout the state, has proved successful in num- The fertilizer circular, written by D. W. Pittman and D. W. Thorne, contains recommendations recommenda-tions on what fertilizers to use on Utah soils for maximum pro duction. Methods of applications and amounts to use are also dis-ti.b.-.td. In. the circular on lawn weeds arid their control, Professor D. C. Ti.'.gcy and Dr. Bassett Ma-amvc Ma-amvc discussed cultural methods or the destruction of weeds and the roJjctiun of beautilul lawns. Any of these publications may be obtained free by writing to the Utah Agricultural Experiment Experi-ment Station and listing the bulletin bul-letin or circular by name and numbci. |