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Show I 1 Entomology I E. G. Titus. I The Alfalfa Lcaf-Wccvil. This imported insect is already out H feeding upon the alfalfa; eggs arc H! now being laid in the young grow-H' grow-H' ing alfalfa and larva'c arc present I in quite numbers. Evcryonc that ha3 H had experience with this pest knows the serious damage that will occur H on the first crop, hence, every care H should be taken to check it. Tdic H ditch .hanks and fence rows where, H su4ct2 covcr l5 growing should be H j vciyy Jthoroughly, "burned over, and Ml i where possible the young sweet clov cr pulled or hoed out. An effort should be made to get railroad companies com-panies on the lines running south from Sa't Lake, to keep their right-of-ways carefully cleaned from plants upon which this weevil feeds. Its southward advance last year was quite marked, and every effort will reed to be made to prevent the weevil (torn spreading. |