the following letter was received by MB or bevan from tho the ag agricultural cultural in relation to tho the worms that is aclus so 80 injury to tho the lucirn crop around this city logan uta b bla y I 1 L ARCH ft H ii il dear sir I 1 reecia reached ed a letter a few da daa a ago from mr bir in ie garl to the worms in tho the alfalfa in your tho the ml worm in 4 question it estion is called tho the alfalfa out cut worm as near as 1 I can out from tile the worms sent this same insect destroyed a great deal of alfalfa in eastern Colo colorado tado three terao ears ago and if ye lye can judge by what happened there tho the worms will disappear within two or three weeks now ilow ipg into the ground to change to moths which will come out about the lattof june and lay eggs for another brood dait fall tho the eggs that hat ho be sent up in the little dirt fabec tube aro are the eggs of some species ot of grasshopper and imo hive nothing to do with tho the worms if the worms are arc all as aa laro large as aa those ha be sent it will not bo be long now until they will wil stop eating and there will bo be 1 no more coming cotins out tint until 11 late in in tile the fill fall these will bo be very swall and will go over winter to mile male the brood that you have now next year there is nothing that can be done to destroy them that will not destroy the alfalfa alf alra at the same time and as they bill will soon disappear anyway it is probably not worth while to try to check thew them as long as they stay on that crop ir IF they start t migrate into inlo sugar beets arany other growing crop they can lc be stopped by a stream of water or by thoroughly poisoning with a paris wea green spray either cither the edge or of the alfalfa next to where they ate ao biag or the crop on which they enter being to 10 let stock get to the plan in colorado the wo ms did not appear the icar at all having bein bei n killed off by a small parasite and I 1 hope booe that this will bo be your experience experience igo any further information that you oia can give me at t any tine time will be kiank fally dlly received receive 4 and if I 1 thought that I 1 could do any I 1 boull come down nod and lok the field over yours truly E D BALL