Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-28
10000 TREES FUMIGATED.
County Horticultural Inspector Soren-
sen Tells of Work This Month.

County Horticultural Inspector John
port with the county commissioners in
| regard 70 the work of his department
FOR the month OF February.
In the month OF February in one
nursery. $1,000 trees LETT over from No
vember and December We're fumigated
aud partly inspected, also some 200. 900
seedlings We're tumigated, In another
nursery 5000 trees besides soma small
parcels was fumigated and Inspected
and 10000 young seedlings for grating
There We're siN large parcels OF trees,
besides 1000 rose bushes imported from
outside the state. inspected and fumi-
Beted according 10 law. A lot OF Unit
cd states government seeds, about 200
packages were received and distributed
and remailed. An article about spray
ing, which is essential that shoudld be-
come generally known. ! also incor-
pUrate IN this report for your consider
alton.
Spraying as now conducted is of
many grades and varieties Most of
the spraying IL done to clean the trees
of insect pests and to preserve the fruit
from worms. scab and scale. But
there is still some of the old style of
work going on, which Is simply to spray
TO comply with the law, never mlnding
If it does any good or not. But that
Kind of work is happily decreasing and
In another year or two VIII be a curl
osity to find. But there is a great deal
of work required 10 instruct people how
TO spray. wh3t to spray for. when to
sYay. and WIZ formulas and remedies
ID use In thNdirreront sprays for DIFF.
ferent pests, and how to mix ND these
formulas so they are not spoiled in the
making. always remembering that the
formula OF arsenic, though perfect for
one class Is useless for another For
this purpose it is necessity that the
inspector or instructor Is thoroughly at
home and posted In these matters him
self, and years are required to become
an adapt and thorough on all these
questions, and in practise as well ar I'm
theory
The spra ying that should be attended
10 from now in February until the buds
begin to break here IN salt Lake and
surrounding valleys should be the So
called winter spray. Thirty pounds of
fresh lime put In a barrel. then add is
pounds of sulphur on top OF said lime,
now add 10 gallons Of boiling water. stir
half minute look out SO you don't
get line in your eyes, cover quick with
an Did blanket nr carpet, inYert a tub.
over the top OF the barrel put a weight
on the top 10 keep the top from blow
Ing IN. now let stand say ono-half hour,
lilNt III sbhA IdIItl MlID wafer. the
barrel to hold about 40 gallons strain
and spray with Il. Some advocate to
boil the spray for an hour afterwards,
but II made properly 1t Is not needed.
The heat generated by the boiling water
Stacking the lime is so much stronger
than ordinary boiling heat that boiling
afterwards Is only a waste OF time, ex-
cept you have steam TO boil with under
pressure This mixture sprayed on a
tree 50 II is Wet all over, Will de-
stroy all kinds Of scale especially the
dreaded San Jose scale, The elm scale,
the cotton srale, the peach curl.
he peach twlg borer, the wooley aphis,
the eggs Of the green aphis. the red spi.
ders II VIII destroy by the millions II
VII also destroy fungus diseases. and
cleanse The orchard from all pests that IL
can reach. The reason that all cooling
moth larYa and all borers are not do.
stroyed by this spray Is that they are
hidden away under the bark and In
holes where nothing can reach them
before the warm spring weather causes
them TO come out We have no spray
so generally effective for all purposes as
this lims-sulphur spray. We used in
old times TO add 10 pounds OF salt, hut
experience shows that the salt liz not
needed. Lime az 90 cents bushel and
sulphur at three cents a pound, mskes
this effective spray very cheap. Say
about IN cents 4 gallon.