Arizona republican., 1917-06-03

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 funds for the soldiers orphans in
 France.
 control of grasshoppers and, with the
 lemons omitted, for control of cut
 worms. See Timely Hint No. 104,
 Ariz. Agr Exp. Sta. or Press Circular No. 35, Ariz. Comm. Agr and Hort. Paris Green-Sold only in powdered form. Recommended for use in Ari-
 zona in connection with poison haits
 for grasshoppers and cutworms. It is
 also used against the Colorado potato beetle and lister beetles on potatoes.
 See Timely Hint No. l05. Ariz- Aer. Exp. Sta. and Press Circular No. 30, AriZ Comm Agr and Hort.
 London Purple-Sold only in powder
 ed form Recommended for use in Arizona against harvester ants It can be substituted for Paris green in roi- son baits or used on potatoes for po- tato beetles. See Timely Hint No. 105. Ariz Agr. Exp. Sta.
 Carbon Bisulfid-A liquid which evaporates rapidly producing highly explosive gas. Must be used with care. Recommended for use in Arizona for destroying weeyils and other pests of stored grain and other food products, also effective against certain ants
 Sulfur-Sold in dry form also as liquid in form known as Atomic Sul-
 fur" Recommended for use in Ari- zona either as dry sulfur or as a spray (atomic sulfur) against red spiders on
 trees and other plants also against
 H., nd ora Timely Hint No. 107, Ariz. Agr Exp.
 Sta. Directions for use of atomic sul- fur on package.
 It should be borne in mind that 1t IS
 not only necessary to use the proper insecticide jr fungicide but that the
 material must be properly applied to
 be effective For further information the circulars and other publications
 mentioned should be consulted or spe-
 cial advice should be requested from
 the office of the state entomologist in Phoenix.
 REVIEW OF ANNUAL
 The eighth annual report of the Ari- Zona commission of agriculture and horticulture is now being sent out ] R the office of the state entomologist f. { Phoenix. This is an illustrated reDor, along the same lines as those of pre
 ceding years. Pages 19 consist of tn annual report of the commission to tic governor Of the state This includes
 a brief statement of the business con ducted by the commission at its five
 meetings held during the fiscal year also a list of the personnel of the com mission, state entomologist's office and the crop pest inspectors of the several districts The financial statement shows the amounts expended in the
 several sections of the state for inspec- ] tion and other work
 Pages 11-57 of the publication consist of the report of the entomologist of the commission Part covering matters
 related to inspection work and routine work of the state entomologist's office {, Part II consists of notes on important insect pests of the year and Part III
 consists of information concerning
 three plant diseases in 1916.
 The inspection records show that during the fiscal year ending June 30
 1916. 255,972 fruit trees and vines were purchased for planting in Arizona | This is d falling off from the preceding I fiscal year when there were 31S,313 fruit trees and vines purchased for planting in the state. Peaches, olives. grapes and citrus trees in the order named were the most popular fruits
 for the state as whole. The only marked increase in the planting of any kind of trees was shown by olives which increased from 24, l45 to 44.93l l Home nurseries produced 5S per cent of the total number of trees planted dur 1 ing the fiscal year
 Ninety-six and ht-tenths per cent
 of all plant importations inspected were | passed as free from insect pests and 1 plant diseases. This is the best rec i ord since the inspection of crown gal | and other plant diseases were added te
 the duties of the inspection service by the revised crop pest law in 1912. i Importations of nursery stock ano ] other living plants during the fisca i year came from thirty five different 1 states and from three hundred anc seventy shippers. A table IS givef
 showing the relative standing of the forty nurseries which made more thar ! ten shipments each into the state dur ! ing the fiscal year. Twenty one of the 1 forty had no shipments condemned as a whole or in part while the other nineteen had frem one to thirteen ship ments each condemncd as whole or ir
 part repre- senting frcm f.2 to 40 pel
 cent of the shipments made by the in | dividual nurseries.
 l The paragraphs reporting results o1 1 inspection of parcel post shipments are of especial interest. A total o1 1 543 parcel post shipments of plants were inspected in Arizona during the 1 fiscal year. The results showed thal ! parcel post shipments are proportional : ly more dangerous as regards the
 transmission of plant pests than ship
 ments by freight and express. Of the
 2432 shipments by freight and express 1 two and one-half per cent were found
 to be infested or diseased as d whole
 or in part while of the 543 parcel post shipments A per cent were thus in-