Show DISEASE KILLS GLOVER CLOVER WEEVIL natural enemy of parasite prevents it 0 developing ev eloping into serious menace INSECT EXACTS LARGE TOLL pest Is found in practically every section of country where clover Is grown larvae most numerous during spring Prep prepared arid oy the united stiles states department ot of Agri agricula cult u ie it it e re not for nn eui e er present fungous disease ilist ast which Is a powerful enemy of tile cloverleaf clover leaf weevil tills ills pest would mould develop into a segious iol nace to one of Arn arnersen erlen Is till must st 1111 crops lover clover the hie vio weevil ell even een with tills this Is one of the most danger atiq ol of clover closer pests pcs lind exacts it large lin filial toll t ill linne of the weevil usually tire lire checked hv by the fungous t harvesting a good crop of clover for hay flease which holcli spreads rapidly and reduces reduce their numbers to a negligible quantity in ili a remarkably short time brought from europe like posts now present in this country the hie cloverleaf clover leaf loaf weevil mell was in trod produced accidentally from froin europe it Is ell known the first ricord ri of if its ns as it pest in ili tit alip states males lis ns in 1881 volun 11 r pre pie outbreak occurred lit at barrington N J it lb is now nm found in practically enary act seel loll of tile coill itry where clover Is grown B its it chlof food rot ru Is clover lint bill it bilau ahsu feeds on rind SM rt clover T hit 11 v wh adult it WL 00 lays ins its eggs 11 t alio llio lie items PIUS 0 of t lie lover cover plant ind find in ill enli eary i biln P r it the linne batch mid likin bekin fit to feed is 1 soon us as the lor clover stints starts its kintli growth arv most numerous during apt abill 11 but liel heg nning liming with alth may AI there Is it gradual falling off in fit find by bi the till of that month or 01 tin the 1 1 1 1 biffle of little june practically all till nil ha binm e e 1 1 feted their growth icil and spun their impal cocoon the lie weevils Vt we evils 01 r be beveles viles emerge ei iKie in fit froin 1 1 5 to 10 16 ans nys and ford feed steadily li on ili the clover clour plant for about two to weeks after which liichi they become or aili inactive until early in Sep september teni attan at tills time they agala become fictive find feel feed for about it mouth month lit tring flip eggs are aid hides during the day iloth tin tilt carvao anniie and adult weevils toe read dm 1111 ins ing the an and cori conceal cent thenis elves lit in the illy div under rubbish or in ili KIIS cracks in ili tile lio gr ouria Ustia lly th vy work nr on oil the under underside sloe of hie file igims chero they cut cat holes and ire not nevii except by bv the r ireful careful ob zer fervor vor ulie the important cach on oil ill lie pst pest is the fl fungous ingoll diac u which kills the larvae la in vast numbers luring during tile the months oapl ll 11 and may and again in october or november tills this bense Is epidemic and contagion so rapid and thorough that in from two t to 0 four weeks it Is almost impossible to find thing living individual clover weevils where previously there wore were th thousands oil tills this aisea e Is well ell distributed in ili the lie united stat stales s and attacks numerous other insects injects wild birds and poultry especially turkeys anil and thickens ell ire natural enemies to lo the insect id devour both tilt aliu and breilo bo eilo control oi consist lit in lin pastur zoll ie in tho ilori r in ili the fhe fall fail or clipping it ft in the s spring pring plowing l under tile second at veirs tirs crop in if lie L fit full if Is becom Illen jd not t ai only ly 1 to hinder he in virease of the insect but to control others which attack clover cloer |