The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-23
A TIMELY TOPIC.

1t will be remembered that great
storm of indignation was aroused
among the farmers and fruit growers
of this territory, especially in Utah
county, over the horticultural bills in
trodueed by Mr. Varian. Mass meet
ings were held and protests were for
warded. and ultimately the obnoxious
and oppressive measures were killed.
That something was necessary, how
ever, to redeem the territory from the
destruction that was evertaking the or
chards from fruit pests was not denied.
IT was the absurd and despotie way of
providing a remedy-whieh was decided
to be worse than the disease-that
aroused the hostility and Indignation of
the owners of orchards everywhere.
The introduction of the codling moth
has been followed by other destructive
insects, until the orchards in all the
counties contiguous TO Salt Lake are
veritable breeding grounds for the
pests.
A bill was therefore introduced in the
Legislative Council by Mr.. Seaman, of
Weber county. which struck directly
at the evil, without being encountered
with harsh provisions or loaded down
with roundabout sentences. Everybody
could understand it was introduced by
a Democrat, and is now law. We
publish its full text in another part
of this issue of The Herald We COM
mend it to the attention. of all our fruit
growers. The county courts should also
take notice and carry out the require
ments it imposes upon them.
1t may seem an onerous task to
place upon owners of orchards, to spray
their trees when required by proclama-
ton of the probate judge of the county.
But this is essential to the fruit inter
est of the territory, which have so
greatly declined and which are threat
ened with still greater destruction.
And if people in the various districts
will cooperate, they viii find the trou-
BILE and expense not SO great as they
might imagine. while the improvement
that will be made in the fruit grown
after the spraying will more than COM
pensate them for the outlay.
To spray trees effectually machine
pump arranged for the purpose is the
proper thing. Such apparatue is not
expensive. From 80 to SIS. according
to size, we believe, is the cost. There
are two ways in which economy can be
used in the needful work. First, a
number of neighbors can club together
and buy a sprayer, to be owned in
company and used alternately as de-
termined by lot or agreement. Second,
the owner of a spraying pump could
engage to spray trees at a given price
for his work per tree furnishing the
material or using that provided by the
person engaging his services.
Paris green and London purple are
considered the best disinfectants for
the purpose. The proportions, we be-
lieve. are a pound of each to forty gall
Ions of water. But the proper formula
viii be published with the proclamation
of the probate judge as required by the
new law.
When tie codling moth was first
found to be spelling our apples in this
city, a famous pioneer advised com
bined and systematic effort for its ex-
termination. His plan was followed by
a few. but was neglected by the many,
and now we see the result. This time
the method OF attack comes with the
force of law, bearing penalty for its
infraction. 1t was time that this was
done.
When we think Of having orchards,
once more, bearing fruit without
worms to mar its beauty and spoil it's
favor, determination to make united