Show Parasites T To 0 Fight Fright Weevil With parasites imported direct direct direct di di- from Naples Italy for the purpose a war of extermination tion is is to be launched from Salt I against the alfalfa weevil I which bas nas as caused so much dam damage ge to crops in Utah and andis is rapidly spreading into nto other alfalfa districts of the west A consignment of the bugs was received here yesterday byA by bv A A. H. H Kirkland of the department department depart depart- m ment nt of agriculture who arrived arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived in the city Saturday with witha a corps of assistants to take takei I charge of the work of f fighting the pest f The Tle parm parasites tes are to be propagated propagated propagated prop prop- in large larg-e numbers at the Kensington avenue laboratory and distributed from that place to the infected portions of of Utah and other states This work is to be he carried d on Binder under an appropriation granted at its at-its t lt its recent ses ses- i the sion sion the m measure asure hein being urged to Y the e Utah delegation delegation delea- delea tion in Vasli r T The he parasite parasites parasite wIth W vly Jih i tl tiLt e destructive beetle is to tr T r be be fought were shipped hele hc e here by byl l- l Professor V. W. F. F Fiske liske gent gent of the United ted States department depart ment of agriculture ag iu in Italy I Professor Fiske said aid Mr Nr I Kirkland is lis in Eur Europe pe collecting collecting collecting col col- col- col it the weevil I and of the gipsy moth for use useI usein in its New England The Thc alfalfa I weevil probably came into the United States many times but butI it was sonic some time before the Hie littIe little little lit lit- I tle tIe pest landed hi il an alfalfa I producing g region so it could t grow and aud propagate It is possible post pos pos- t sible Bible that the insect was shipped shipped ship ship- ped here from across the the Atlantic At- At I I Ian lantic tic in hay wrapped around around around- I Unfortunate Unfortunately bulbs or plants ly for the farmer the weevils weevil's parasite did not come along with it so the pest has hns had hud a I I chance to flourish unmolested I I It has had such a hood good start t I that it will keep on increasing I and some SCHue time may muy elapse before before be he- fore the parasites we are importing im im- porting will begin to make in in- inroads in-I in I roads against it Fortunately I 1 the alfalfa weevil has hus not got across the to Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and other producing producing- states or th the theother theother lother other way into California When Then it does docs land laud in these new sections we hope to he be well prepared to combat it before it jt gets a foothold The parasites will be he developed developed devel lle and as rapidly as possible sent I out t this year year to stations in Utah and a adjoining joining states to toy i fight the AlfalfA weevil vit |