The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-31
FRU|TCROWERS HEAR
EXCELLENT PAPERS
DR.. t. d. Ball, Director of
Logan Experiment Station,
Discusses Spraying

Special 10 The Tribune
PROVO Jan 3o-The state borticui
turists held TWO sessions today. both de-
voted entirely to papers and discussions
on subjects OF interest To the fruit
growers OF this section
In The evening concert was given
IN the stake tabernacle in honor OF tho
visiting delegates TO the conventions.
The concert was given by The Provo
city public schools under tine direction
Of Prof j. T. Eoshard,
TWO papers were read at the morning
session, one by DR., f.. D. Ball. director,
experiment station. Logan. on "Effici-
ency in sprsyins,' the other paper was
given hy f.. NJ. Tyson OF Brigham City.
the subject being Nursery Rhymes"
Both papers created considerable dis
cussion, number OF the delegates siv
ing their personal experiences.
DR.. Ball used charts TO illustrate the
most important points he wished 10
bring TO the attention or the fruit
eramme for the evening session of Ian
uary 30, but he did not arrive here IN
time TO respond
In summing UP. he said:
That every effort should be made
TO Kill that first worm.
That Il spray cannot have too
high an efficiency. That under the
recent very wormy conditions a
slight difference i'm efficiency in the
first brood may mean the differ
cnce between success and failure
for the year
That the actual number Of worms
per tree is the only criterion by
which To iHdge an orchard The per
cent wormy in any given year would
depend on the number of apples of
that year, which may and does vary
widely. For example. 1000 apples
with 400 worms would equal only 10
per cent wormH, and would be con-
sidered fairly good. 800 apples the
next wear. with ilp worms, Tie same
wormv and would be considered
very bad: and yet, ii would bc OK
actly the same condition Of wormi-
ness.
reduces The number of worms per
tree each year will hc successful. and
conversely, any system which allows
them To increase will finally fail,
That banding should always be used
where there are more than two or
three per cent Of worms the previous
year, and IL should be remembered
that banding is the best insurance
against loss the year following.
That the effect Of efficiency spray
ing and banding are cumulative, and
that any commercial orchard can be
so handled that iii few years one. or
AT the most, two sprays. Will keep
ii practically free from worms.
lin This connection, II might he
noted that the man who puts ON
extra sprays TO save small crop
from worms and then when he gets
a big crop lets IL go with one or Two
sprays because there will be only
ten 10 fifteen per cent wormY any
way, might as well run up hill and
walk down on hands and knees when
in hurry. 1t would be Just as SEN
Siblc,
Thc secret OF codlinc moth success
is through knowledge, careful at
tcntion 10 details and eternal per-
sistcnCc, and for the man with these
qualities tho problem is easy. too easy
to bc called problem.
4 feature of the afternoon session was
the address of Neil Nelson Of sydney,
Australia member Of the Australian
parliament. Mr.. Nelson spoke at length
on conditions I'm Australia and the effect
Of the completion OF the Panama canal
on the commerce between the United
states and Australia.
Dr l.. u. BatcheIor Of tho state Acr
cultural college read paper Oh Expert
ments in Thinning Fruit
William Prackwnkcl OF Salt Lake de-
Iiverrd an address on cold Storage
Factor IN Marketing Fruit" Howard
G.. Fletcher OF Omaha. treated or Mar
ketInc Problems Joseph NJ, White Of
Ogden. discussed The Utah Fruit En-
change: Its Object.