Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-27
THE NEW HORTICULTURAL LAW.


DOCS Il pay7 Two years uro whom
the now State law Of horticulture was
enacted. thu old territorial statute had
Just been declared unconstitutional on
tho ground ~ the want N power cun-
fcrrod by the territorial organic act.
many people having heard Of that de-
ciaion two years ago seem not to gnoN
that new State law has been plsb,I
since, modelled after the California law.
which has been tested b. the courts
over and over again.
The main foaturca OF the new law
and what We consider tho beet ls that
"a state board having general authority
thruugh tho state IL substituted br
The old probate court. IN horticultural
matters, and what Nv OF even more i'm
uurinnco 81 this that In The old law thn
Inspector could summon AMI nfrtHt
people, which they cannot do under
thu new law. hut under the new law
the county inspectors can enter any
place that ia neglected. or whofo the
owner " the notice fails 60 clean up
and spray, or whore no owners eau be-
found after dlllgent search The county
Inspector can clean w the property
uud spray the trees. charge u W
nruinrt the property ~ lien, or un
delinquent taxes o. charged. the county
advancing money In the meantime. un-
~ tn lien IN collected. This Dr. much
better than 90 Try TO arrest 70 muu tor
neglect VI duty when said man may be-
Ia London or Paris or San Franchise
Or Sew York enjoying himself. when
the bugs ana insects Matched Dn his
property o. eating hiH neighbours ~.
II such lH the law why has not iuoic
euuft been made a. enforce ~ First.
thotc was uu county Inspector appoint
"a 10 salt Lake county M 1896 before
the season was Far advanced. ana There
was nitlc chance tp DO much sxccnt a
general tour through the whole ceun-
y.
This yehr some test cases have been
made with the desire 90 enforce the
law without vntalllnr too much ga
pUuHs On tho county These cases nfa
being carried forward under tie dire
"n 81 the county attorney. aa directed
ny the county court uu the facts tup.
piled hy the frult tree Inspector 1ns
case Il the case VI John H. Duoiy. !
agent Tor Wells Fargo company
h1nkotH, property southwest corner Of
intersection " Sixth East and seventh
South streets. Anrr repeated notices /
To- clear up and spray JAILED 10 produce !
result the county Inspector entered. |
cleaned up ana sprayed about 10 large I
trees uud had ID rhlfrtd ngalpst IN. /
banks property, Another h IN, ga.
OF the Midland cnmuauyH Ga Denver /
cufpprationl property i've acre lot |
north Of the Copper Plant. treated IN |
same manner Tor thr same reason. /
Another eases against the property Of I
AiH' Ann n splam, absent. adjoining .
INC John u. booly property
Ih'.e carea WiII lko'y all 20 into
court 49, test cases.
In the meantime some spraying has
been done, but not fu extensively nu
u may be wished Where II has boon
done properly. good results have fol-
lowed.
In this regard We may say that old
IDEAS about HpuyluF have 10 ho modi-
lied, Formerly egUrYbldy Hpravri
when the apples worr frsri tha Hlze Of a
pea 20 the Hlze ~ 4 small walnut, ana
thon stopped. That was Just the time
no spraying WA needed, 40 the first
crop Of worms Was already safely In
the calyS OF The apple and tho second
crOp had not Matched out yet.
iiy practical experience II a. shown
that h. frat spray should be put on "a
soon as tho hl1FFlWH turn dark, rain
OF no rnlni the F"goul 10 or 10 days
later The reason lH that by tho time
the blossoms turn dark and the bees
leave the trees the irHt or earliest bios
som Il already fallen ana the caiyX has
commenced t0 clos' on such apples as
the blossom was out on FIRST. and these
mark that. ar the only apples that ever
comes IN perfection. Ihht II, the iirat
two ur three blossoms in every blossom
cluster NJ seven 0r eight blossoms steal
the strength from all the rest OF the
cluster ana virtually Kills them within
"a month. leaving thr two or three nrst
blossoms In possession of the field, and
mono 60 dispute,
Now. remember, by the time the ciua.
ter ~ blossoms turn dark, the two or
hreo advanced blossoms are already set
and ~ thry aIr th0 ones you must fig
lro to Do preserved from the ravages
N the worm, you Gao easily see the i'm
portance attached Go ggtiing the Paris
green In tho cup or calyN before Il
closes. which viii De- long before the
General blossom lrnps. though they ait
in tho tree black and dry. Now do
YOU sec the reason why you should
pray early 30 that you may preserve
hose few out ~ every cluster which are
really the only lnrs GO trouble your
selves about, ar 0Il The rest fan 20 the ,
srlund either Wlth.tfl W. ha pufholhH
ir as small, hmm euro fruit
II Won rpr1y early as directed you ,
,eod NOT bother about praying In Salt (
.ake valley again before the 10th or
9Th of July, That % Usually The time Q
when everybody stopped spraying Tor I
Oar OF polsonlnr th5 ruiL That rs tho
line Ia atari 10 spray Tor the second I
rop % worms Th.u aslin In the hrst I
Il August and again no the middle of ,
.urtiat Tor ain ntU can ana winter T,
'ppiss. such aprlying viii count, sure ,
,ut n YOU don't rlrt 90 do the nrHt A.,
praying before thH worms are W. the ,
'pplrs. and spray two or three times
.urlur ihr limo they ore Hafc In the
ruiz. and then stop. when the second ,
ron of worms COM. do not go around !
an easily understand the reason for 4
Tho spray should b. one pound Of q
'arls green and four pounds OF lime 10 {
% gallons ~ water See To II that