Show ANTS AND APHIS ills now la Is a good time to examine the treesia trees in the orchard many people think that when the fruit la Is gathered trees need but little attention during he remainder or of the sea son eon we find a great many apple trees infested with the wooly aphis it Is easily detected the white cotton like bunches are usually found attached to a wound spot on the body of 0 the tree or upon the more tender growth particularly tile me water sprout growth in the center ot of the tree inside the white bunches will be found small reddish parasitic insects hat feed upon the sap of the tree they seldom kill a tree but they do onside considerable rable injury and particularly to young trees not long since s r man told me that the ants were killing his trees we went into his orchard and I 1 aund about what I 1 b expected to find there are many ant mounds on the ree rea row ridges the plow left a ride along the trees the irrigation water did not greatly disturb the ants 11 their mound homes on the ridges the ants were running all over the tree it was not the ants however that was causing tree injury it was iphis that injured the trees the ants serve as host tor for aph aphis island and carry y he aphis down on the roots or under the bark or in wounds on the ody jody of the tree or out on the tender wig growth the ants then teed feed off it f a honey dew that exudes from the iphus A tobacco solution mixed with ime me sulphur spray applied tor for scale ahen the wood Is dormant or mixed with arsenical spray will destroy ithe the iphia the aphis Is a sucking insect and therefore the nicotine concoction as a contact spray la is effective it Is not necessary to mix the licot il cotine lne solution with any other spray but it is 0 of time to ap ay ily when spray spraying in g for will soon goon be re infested by the ants carrying a fresh batch of aphis and deposit iti hem on the tree destroy the ant mounds or the tree scale the spray should be applied at he base of the tree also as the aphis also infest the roots that may be near the surface if irrigation water la Is yet available lood the ant mounds after tho bounds have been opened up with a hovel so water will soak them thoroughly distress the ants in every possible way ray black leaf ad 40 is a good spray tor for aphis then too look the trees over caie ully for scale A few extra bushels if fruit that may be sold after sup flying aring the family needs will relay tor for all control efforts eff oits it is not necessary lec essary to wait tor for tile the over burd burcl ned ined spring days to attend to tills work and pruning destroy the ants the ants mother uie fie aphis |