Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-16
Red SSasex Yellow
Scale Nicely Bugs ond
ToFfrix Worms

E0FfFlX Worms
Guess everybody who lives in Cali
fornl4 catries Il map Of the state III
his head. But the map that r. S.
Woglum carries is different.
Mr. Woglum's map of California
is war map. The enemy consists of
twenty-five or thirty kinds of in
sectS-ail the insects that prey on
citrus trees and citrus fruits.
As head Of the Pest Control Bu-
reau Of The California Fruit Grow
ers Exchange, Mr.. Woglum is chief
stratceiSt. 50 far as the Exchange
IS concerned. in the growers never
ending war against insect pests. He
and hls assistants need to know ex-
actly where these insect enemies
ale.and anticipate theirneX moves,
in Just the way Macarthur and
Nimitl have kept track Of the Japs.
And they do.
The job requires unrailing watch
fulneSs. for the insects are even bet
ter than Japs vi hen it comes to
inhltrdtiOn. Take the case of Oro-
Vile, for instance:- Nsnl
e
Orovlllc, 2 small citrus producing
area way up north, is remarkably
free from insect pests. But the Pest
Control Bureau keeps an eye on it
all the same. One day last winter a
Bureau man was making a routine
inspection tour up there when sud-
denly he found two on three or
chards infested with red scale.
Red scale was new to the OrovilIe
area. But there il vas, slyly infilter-
ing. getting ready to dig in, And as
every citrus grower knows. red
scale IS the worst Of all citrus pests.
Wei. in 4 case like that, as Wog-
mn pointed out 10 your reporter
last week, the thing to aim for is
complete eradication. Once warned,
the Orovillc growers got organized.
The Pest Control man explained
what had to be done He addressed
meetings. He helped secure tents
and cyanide.
Last week he went up TO OrOville
again, saw the fumigation program
started-at the right time and in
the right way Caught 50 early, red
scale should be completely rubbed
out at Oroville in very short time.
That's only 4 single small ex-
ample Sunhi-t growers can certify
that the Bureau extends the same
vigilance and expert help to every
CalitognjuArizona citrus area.
In each locality the Bureau works
not only with Sunki@t growers and
their associations. but very closely
with the State and County Agricul-
tulal men. It also cooperutes III
every possible way with the COM
mrtcial pest control companies. And
th.utcrh its monthly Pest Control
Circular. distributed, free to all cit
NUS growers who request it, the Bu-
reau supplies full information on
the control measures to be taken IN
each area throughout the year.
The circular serves also as n clear
til& HDuNc Di III lOi Hidt4plt pIt Iohti Vi
practices. The tOr-driveu tent
puller and the OScillating sprayer,
for example, were 50 well described
and publici4ed in the circular as to
stimulate their adoption almost
overnight - mighty important in
view Of the man-pOwer shortage In
citrus areas.
! Sunkist growers regard the Pest
Control Bureau as one Of the prime
benefits provided by the Exchange.
Il helps them grow more and better
fruit, get a better return. Its sue
cess is based on the calibre and ex-
peuence Of the Bureau men. Each
has had ut least 20 years In citrus
entomology. Woglum has had 40
years. is one Of the worlds lead
my authorities.
It's a wonderful work, and like so
many other Exchange activities 1T
pG--ibl2 only through cooperation
through many growers working
itDy,ther. You should be one of them.
Nr,t rcoort: In this paper tl0o ~eeks
Pom igdu}.
california Fruit Growers Exchange
stlrst.t Hulia.nk, los Angeles IS, California