Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

Another precaution which must DO
taken to successfully guard against
the moth Is the screening OF all cellar
openings with wire screens. This APP
n!lcs to packing and storing houses
whore apples have been held over. as
we'll The larva crawls from tho apple
and cocoons in any crnclt or creVlce
in the building or between boards ~
I'M; around. In the spring. these places
being protected, the larvae change into
moths ana these come out from the
cocoon and deposit their eggs. by
screening these places the few which
hntch arc kept under control The
killing or keeping under control oil
% at this stage will more than pay
the fruit raiser for screening these
Places. In most cases. there will be
but ono wipdow and one door to
screen and one moth. IL allowed to
get away. VIII in tho season. multiply
many thousands Of times, 1t is the
moth which Is caught early which
pays.
The average fruit grower furnishes
the moth eggs Il place to incubate,
cares for II until spring and then turns
ii loose only TO fight i all summer.
WORK IN WINTER.
still another good occupation for
winter days for the fruit grower Is
To scrnpc all loose rough bark from
the trees. Bs' doing this he exposes
amy larvae which may be protected
beneath the bark to the cold ana tho
pest IS killed. The scale OF bark of
an annie tree. particularly an old one,
fits snugly against the tree and fur-
nishes an ideal place for the larvae to
incubatc. In Scraping this rough Dark
from the tree, il Is Sood idea 10 al
ways scrapc up, as the lnrva. leaving
the apple on the ground, crAwis l"
tFl INpn
the under edge Of the first piece OIL
rough bark 1t comes to. The birds as
Sist greatly in the destruction of the
larvae. but the embryo insect knows
its enemies and hides in crevices
where the birds bill cannot reach, so
the matter of larvae eXterminatioh
cannot he left to the birds alone
Bv doing this work in the winter.
suraying in the srring will be more et-
fectivc.
Fruit growers Of this vicinity, rs well
MS those from other sections OF the state
are to be complinentcd on their success
in marketing SO much fruit that nus
been practically free from worms. Many
of the Utah fruit growers nave beeli
able to market all but about per cent
of their crops in foreign markets by
educating themselves against the en-
ernv they have to fight and With more
study and more careful application OF
rules laid down FOR the fight against
the several pests. this per cent can DC
reduced to at most . per cent. some
few have already reduced the percent
age they have to market in home mar
kets to less than 2 per cent.
There are few investments which pay
so well as the Investment of time ana
money in an apple orchard. This, OF
course, when the orchard Is properly
cared for.
still another very essential qualltica-
ton to success is the renewing OF the
strength of your ground. Heavy crops
taken from orchards for few years
will entirely exhaust the fertility OF
the ground and this must be compen-
stated. There is nothing better for this
than good hnrnyard manurc-somc more
winter work. Some growers value
load OF manure at % cents. while others
hold the worth of a load OF first class
barn yard manure at So. When they
are hauling one good load u day on their
land they feel they have earned q
good days wages at each sunset rms
10 the proper way to feel about 1t ana
a good way to prosper.
1t Is as necessary, declares the In