PAGE FOUR HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1929. Elm Tree Beetle Making Appearance in County By CHAS. W. SMITH, County Agent The elm trees of Morrow county are in great danger of being defol iated and killed by the most des tructive of all elm tree pests, the elm leaf beetle. This beetle feeds on the foliage of the elm, skeleton izing the leaves and causing them to turn brown, curl, and drop in mid summer. When unchecked, the in- Jury caused by the pest will so sap the vigor of the tree as to cause it to die in two or more seasons. From the time the buds burst in tire spring until the leaves are fair ly grown, they show Irregular holes made by the beetles. Clusters of five to twenty or more orange, oval tapering eggs standing on end may be seem on the underside of the leaves and under scales on the bark and on the ground at the base of the tree. The buds begin to swell in the spring and at this time the beetles issue forth from their winter quar ters, mate, and feed upon the leaf lets. When the leaves are fairly well grown the females start their egg laying. The eggs hatch in about a week and the larvae feeds on the leaves. The pupae staga is then reached in from 15 to 20 days and 6 to 10 days later they are changed to beetles. The elm leaf beetle may be con trolled very effectively with lead ar senate poison sprays applied to the foliage. The proper spray thorough ly applied at the proper time to ev ery portion of the trees will hold the pest in check. Commercial lead arsenate should be used at the rate of three to five pounds of the paste to 50 gallons of water. Two appli cations should be given, the first In spring when the leaves are first out well, to poison the over wintering beetles which feed and deposit their eggs. The second and most import ant spray should be applied about three weeks after the first This is to catch the young grubs just hatch ing, and the remaining beetles. Great care should be taken to get this second spray on the under sur face of the leaves, as this Is where the grub feeds. Where for any rea son these two sprays are not applied an application must be made in July at the time the second genera tion starts to work. Rains soon after spraying may necessitate the third or fourth application. Simultaneous action by individ uals cooperatively or by local gov ernment is indispensible because unless all trees in a community are treated at the same time, the results will be unsatisfactory. Also coop erative action is advisable because" elm trees are usually large and re quire costly spraying apparatus. Clusters of eggs may be found on the underside of the leaves at the present time and the larvae will hatch in a few days. Anyone hav ing elm trees should watch their trees very closely and spray them before the eggs hatch. Time is an important factor and if spraying is not done at the proper time the loss of the leaves cannot be checked un til much damage is done. ing were Clarence Bisbee, Spray, Cooperator; George Bleakman. Hpppn.er, cooperator, Douglas In gram, Portland, grazing examiner, Supervisor John F. Irwin, Pendle ton, and his staff of assistants, in cluding Assistant Supervisor Mon crief, Technical Assistant Fred Monroe, and Central Dispatcher John Clouston. Courses of study were on fire fighting, 1 a w enforcement, tele phones and telephone lines, survey ing, range management, accounting, organization, equipment, lookout de tection, public cooperation and va rious other matters pertaining to the work. W. W. Hinton ,Ukiah, was given the appointment as guard at Tup per ranger station. Mrs. Hinton and their daughter Violet have also moved to Tupper for the summer, joining Mr. Hinton there the first of the month. Raymond Gates, Spray, will be lookout at Arbuckle mountain dur ing the coming summer months. Mr. Gates is now located at Arbuckle Corrals where he will count sheep entering the forest during the month of June. Bert Bleakman, Hardman, will ride driveway during the month of June from Arbuckle Corrals. Mrs. Kenneth Bleakman and their little daughter have moved to Ditch creek for the summer to be with Mr. Bleakman at his station. The K. A. Hinton family have moved into Bull Prairie. Marion Saling, Hardman, is tem porarily located at Long Prairie where he will count sheep entering the forest He will be transferred to Tamarack mountain the first of July to act as lookout. Mrs. Sallng and children will Join him as soon as he gets settled there. Rex Williamson of Multnomah, Oregon, reported for duty on May 27. He is located for the present at Tupper Corral where he will count sheep until July 1, and then be transferred to Madison Butte as lookout. In. spite of all the educational work carried on during the past several years on care with fire while in the woods, the smokers fires al most doubled during the last year. Such carelessness will finally lead to drastic curtailment of the liber ties of the public within the forests. Vast public resources can not be en dangered by allowing those people of the "I didn't know it was loaded" type full liberty to go where they wish, leaving ruin and desolation behind them. Unless a better rec- PHONE or leave orders at Phelps Grocery Co. Home Phone 1102 HEPPNER TRANS FER COMPANY Umatilla Forest Notes. The annual meeting for the train ing of the short term personnel in the best methods of fire suppression, detection and prevention, was held at Tupper ranger station during May 28, 29 and 30. 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