The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-05-13
HOW THE FARMER CAN
USE FACILITIES OF j. s.
DEPT. OF AGR|CUL TURE

| most types Oh COUmeTcial iuseCticiues
have been determined and new prep
arations as they are put on the mar
ket are tested as soon as practicable.
Spraying apparatus Is subjected to
similar scrutiny, 1t being the desire
OF the office to determine the most
economical type for each particular
problem.
Cranberry Insect Investigations
The method of flooding boys now in
vogue is being investigated to deter
mine its value and to improve the
method il possible. Additional rem.
edies are being worked out as well.
Orchard Insect Survey-Informa.
ton Is being gathered on a large
number of orchard insect pests at
present Of minor importance in the
United States and should these pests
at any time become dangerous the
information will be Immediately avail.
| able.
Cereal Insect Investigations-Such
dangerous creatures as the Hessian
fly, the corn leaf aphis, cutworms,
rootworms, wireworms, army worms,
and the white grub are having their
fields Of action greatly limited by
the activities Of this office.
Forage Insect Investigations
Pests infesting alfalfa, clover, soy
beans, eowpeas, ETC., are Of interest
to this office.
Other Offices deal with insects that
injure cotton, tobacco, rice, and sug.
arcane. Still others look into rene
dies for pests that damage forests
or forest products. The Mediterran-
can fruit fly has offered such a dan
gerous meance to the United States
because of the fruit yearly imported
from Mediterranean countries that
one office devotes its energies to
controlling this undesirable importa.
ton and to take any quarantine &C.
tion that may be necessary. The
great number Of tropical and subtrop-
ical fruits growing in our Southern
States has made 1t necessary for an
other office to deal with their parti-
cular enemies Thus, in Florida the
white fly is being combated, while in
California methods Of casing citrus
groves to drive out scale insects are
being developed, and in Arizona and
Texas date palm pests are studied.
The work in each case Is done in
cooperation with the interested
States.
There also are specialists detailed
to help the grower of such truck
crops as potatoes, onions, spinach,
tomatoes, melons, cucumbers, beans,
peas and lettuce, Sugar beet pests
receive special attention. Even the
busy pests that seek out agricultural
products after they are stored are
fought by other specialists. who
make up special office devoted to
this purpose. New methods Of ster'
ilizing such products are being devils
ed as we'll as for making insect proof
cartons and containers for cereals
and dried fruits.
Finally, there are three very i'm
portant branches OF the departments
Bureau of Entomology:
/. Bee culture investigations.
2. Investigations of insects affect
ing the health of man and Of ami
mails.
3. Investigations OF the devastating
gypsy moth.
The first of these endeavors to i'm
prove and encourage the production
| of honey and wax as commercial pro
| ducts; the second bends its energies
toward the eradication Of the spotted
| fever tick in Montana, the malaria
mosquito In Louisiana and elsewhere
the universal typhoid fly (bettel
known by the euphoneous title o.
house fly) as well as the tick, stable
| fly, and other creatures which re
duce the efficiency of live stock; thu
third endeavors to prevent the spread
OF the New England moth pest b!
quarantine. inspection, and treatmen
OF infested areas.
This Is a mere skeleton of the de
partment's activities in fighting IN
sect foes of the farmers family, liv
stock, farm and orchard.
If you have an individual probier
which falls under the branches ont
lined, you may call on this organic
ed army of specialists known as tn
Bureau Of Entomology ="
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