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Show WEEVIL PARASITES DOING GOOD WORK George I. Reeves, head of the local branch of the United States bureau of entomology, is of the opinion .that the parasites which were imported to attack at-tack the alfalfa weevil havo become acclimated ac-climated to tho altitude and arc thriving thriv-ing on the destructive weevil. He says that tho parasites are not only destroying .the weevil, but attacking the larvae and sucking the eggs. It was at first feared that the parasites would not be able to stand the altitude, but they more than fulfilled the expectation of those who were Instrumental in having the parasites para-sites placed in the alfalfa fields. |