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Show By Louis A. Jensen County Agricultural Agent Summer activities for girls 4-H clubs in the county are being be-ing planned. Existing clubs are reorganizing and new ones are being started. All clubs that have not held a first meeting should do so in the near future. This is necessary in order to complete the project work in time for the county fair. All club reporters are encouraged en-couraged to write up news of the activities in the club and send it direct to the Roosevelt Standard or to The Uintah Basin Ba-sin Record where it will be published. ' Club leaders who do not have all of their supplies should contact con-tact me. If there is any club 'without a leader, this also should be reported to me. Leaders of clothing clubs will be glad to hear we are making plans for a county leaders training train-ing school devoted entirely to clothing problems. The school will be conducted by Theta Johnson, clothing specialist, and will be some time during the week of June 18. The date and time will be announced later. At this time of year hundreds of insect pests are making their appearance. Some of these will be little more than a nuisance, while others will cause serious losses unless controlled. Great strides have been made during the past few years in the development devel-opment of insecticides. There is one or more good method of control for practically every insect in-sect pest we have. The wise person will find out how to' control those insects which bother him, or his animals or his crops. Detailed information informa-tion on insect control may be obtained at my office. Foiipwing are suggestions for control pf a few insects: 1. Codling Moth This is the insect that causes most of our wormy apples. Use two pounds of 50 per cent wettable DDT plus 1 lb of 25 per cent par-athlon par-athlon in 100 gals, of water. About three applications are usually us-ually used. The first one right after the petals fall, the second one about 15 to 20 days later, and the third one about 2 to' 3 weeks after that. Do not apply spray to tree's before the petals fall becauge this will result in serious bee losses, 2. For most garden insects DDT is effective: however, this should not be used on vegetables which have the edible parts exposed. ex-posed. Rotenone is safe in these cases. 3. Horn Flies and other flies on dairy cattle and in barns ' Methoxychlor or Lindane mixed according to the manufacturers directions should prove effective. effec-tive. This week L. L. Hall will return re-turn to this area to assist seed growers and beekeepers with their insect control problems. This is a service similar to that which was provided last year, Mr. Hall will have his headquarters head-quarters in my office. Anyone wishing his assistance may con- Itact him there. |