Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-07-15
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T LpA III up u vast new home 70
ElSJ ~ man but for insect pest
kNX % OF cultivated crops and dc
Isl SM nestle animals as wen. Full
E6SJ ~ one hundred of thes,
foreigners have made thei
way 10 American shores, and inciden
Tally to American gardens and fields
| up TO the present. They have multi
plled so that today their destruction
oI orchards, gardens and crops is esti
mated at approximately $500, 900 900 ,
year. Their havoc would be mucl
more than this were it not for tht
quarantines and control work con
Quoted by the federal government and
| activities of the states.
! The group of federal horticultural
experts pictured herewith has lust
been discussing in Washington an eff.
receive method of fighting the plnl;
Doilworm which now threatens the cot
ton Of the United States. 1t came
mere from Mexico in 1917 and approx.
mately 100000 has been spent "a
stamp 1t out. 1t Is estimated that fail.
ure to control this insect menace will
mean the annual loss of 20 TO 40 per
cent of the cotton crop-which means
loss Of hundreds Of millions.
These specialists are Cleft to right
DIR. *. f. Kellerman, plant physlolo-
gist, federal horticultural board :
George Il. SudwOrth dendrologist. for
est service; {. l.. Marlatt, entomolo-
gist, bureau of entomology; w. ID. Hun.
ter entomologist, federal horticultural
board, in charge of field work against
the pink boil weevil.
These Imported pests keep on COM
Ing. The latest arrival has Just been
detected at Mama, Fla. 1t Is not I'M
common In the tropics but according
to q. f.. MOznette,' entomologist in
charge of the federal experiment sta
ton at Miami, one never before was
seen In the United States. 1t is the
xylostodoris luteolus and the visitor
mas Journeyed from Cuba to sample the
quality Of the tender shoots of the roy
al palms here.
Because 1t is sucking" insect and
feeds upon the leaflets of the trees
Mr.. MOznette considers the bug an
undesirable citizen and war already
has been declared. The defenders are
attempting to repel the invader with
spray composed of one part OF nico-
tine sulphate and 1,2O0 parts of water.
The insect Is yellow and an adult specl.
men Is about one-half inch In length.
This Is the first record of IA xylos-
todoris luteolus in this country" said
Mr.. MOznette. THE insect was re-
Gently described In Cuba by Barber,
with the host plant given as OreOdoxn.
Its Identity was determined by Hubert
Osborne of the Ohio State university"
or all the insect pests and diseases
that attack cultivated crops and cut
into the profits of the American farm
ers severely there are relatively few
of The more important ones that ere
native to the United States. Like
many other baneful things, insect pests
and diseases have followed the course
OF civilization. They are carried in
many ways from one country to an
other, and ii is the work of the DEPART
ment Of Agriculture to guard the Uni
tod STATES against their entry and 10
prevent their spread.
While many Of the pests have come
from European countries, Asia has con
trlbuted its share of them. Prominent
among these for It's destructive actiyi.
ties Is the san Jose scale which made
It's hrSt appearance in the United
States forty or Fifty years ago, having
made lis way here from China. 1t
Mary Roberts RInehart III
Mary Roberts Hinehart, novelist and
Is In a serious condition
following "A major operation for gall
stones, performed shortly after
o'clock Sunday morning. The author
ess was stricken suddenly in her
apartment in the Belmont hotel and