Deseret farmer. [volume], September 12, 1908, Page 3, Image 3

About Deseret farmer. [volume] (Provo, Utah) 1904-1912

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER , ,908 J H E DEMERIT FARMER tf I
A brave little lady, a school teacher
from somewhere in Kansas, has
homestcaded a large farm in Jack
son's Hole. She is fulfilling -all the
requirements of the law, just .as com
pletely as any of the men. She talked
of 1 orscs and cattle and plowing, and
hardy trees, and of the possibility of
getting a, good course in agriculture
in the Agricultural College. It would
not be surprising if some of the best
farmers of the future should bs
women. They will probably do the
head work, and make the men do the
hand work. This young lady, who
by the way is handsome and intelli
gent, spoke of a possible future day
when sonis lucky fellow might bz
adopted to run her ranch in partner
ship with her. She was nursing a
woman, a neighbor, who had sudden
ly been taken ill, at the time she wad
asked questions about her ranch.
There was nothing unwomanly ta'bout
her because she ran a ranch, and per
sonally .cared for seven head of hor
ses. Why should there be?
Jackson's Hole is the hunters' para
dise. The somewhat primeval con
dition and the stringent game laws
of Wyoming, have preserved large
numbers of wild -animals. Nearly all
I the ranchers seemed to spend some
of their time acting as guides for
hunting parties from every corner of
the world, and they declared that it
" was more profitable than .farming.
However, there is a good! agricultural
future for Jackson's Hole. Man was
made to conquer, and- he will do it.
Meanwhile, if some of the dis
gruntled, dissatisfied and complaining
farmers of Utah will take a trip to
Jackson's Hole and some similar dis
trict, they will come back happier
men.
FARMERS, ATTENTION! We
arc in the market at all times for
Wheat, Oats and Barley. Write to
.us for prices. Wc pay Spot Cash.
DAVID ROBBINS & CO.
Salt Lake City, Utah.
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j FOR THE HORTICULTURIST.
j The Boxelder Leaf-Roller.
J (A Warning.)
By Dr. E. D. Ball, Director Utah Ex
periment Station.
In traveling through Box Elder
County last week, the writer observed
in a number of towns on both sides
,of the river that the Boxelder trees
were being badly, injured by a lqaf
, rpllcr.
M This is a smwll green caterpillar that
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folds over the edges of the leaves, and
cats "Sff the green covering, leaving
only "the white skeleton of the leaf.
When disturbed these little caterpil
lars come wriggling down on the ends
of silken threads, and arc exceedingly
disagreeable to pedestrians where the
trees arc over walks and streets.
When full grown they come dow 1
in the same way, burying themselves
in the earth to appear again as little
brown moths that wil) later lay eggs
for another brood.
This insect has appeared in a num
ber of western communities, and
where not attended to has destroyed
nearly all of the Boxelder trees. It
became so bad in some places, and
such a nuisance on sheets and side
walks that the town authorities passed
ordinances compelling the removal
of all Boxcldcrs from such situations.
These insects usually last for several
years, growing worse and worse until
they .completely strip the trees leav
ing them white and withered as if a
fire had swept then. They have al
ready reached this condition in several
places in the country and if prompt
action is not taken many of the trees
will be killed.
Remedies.
This is an easy pest to handle,
feeding as it docs on the surface of
the leaves, and spraying with Paris
Green or Lead Arsenate will stop
their work within a few days. It
would pay some of the towns in
Northern tJtah, where this insect oc
curs, to take up this matter at once.
A special apparatus should be rigged
up with a high platform so that with
a long pole and a bend the tops of the
highest trees could be reached. One
su-ch apparatus would take care of all
the trees in any of the smaller towns,
and prevent a great fcal of annoyance
to pedestrians and the probable loss
of many valuable shade trees.
A rather laughable circumstance in
connection with these outbreaks in
other places, was that the toads gath
ered on the sidewalks and streets in
order to catch these worms as they
came down. In some places the
toads became so numcious that it was
almost impossible to walk on tlw
sidewalks and the pedestrians took to
the middle of the streets, as much to
avoid! the toads as the falling worms,
and bicycle riding on sidcwwlks was
impossible.
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