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Show jifi it is much more effective th;m j t(j wail ur.lil Lin- l-;ve.s h;i v- cur!- cci as it is more difficult to con- tact the worms by the lumcs after curling. I m . 1 On Utah County Farms With Extension Agents nctiltur.j experiment station was down and went over the country Saturday and said that it was out of the question to use any control methods as the hfibit of this particular par-ticular cut worm-is murh different differ-ent from the habits of other cut j worms which we are bothered with so poison baiting for them is of very little or no use to fipply. The worm generally is from 1 to 2 inches underground and very seldom comes to the surface. They have a tendency to follow up drill rows where the earth is soft and eat the crown of the wheat. Several hundred acres have been badly or entirely killed during the last two weeks. Prof. Sorenson suggested possibly pos-sibly a good method of help control con-trol the infestation would be to summer fallow or cultivate early in June and July and then let the ground lie uncultivated during the latter part of August and September Septem-ber as that is the time the moth lay their eggs and the moth like a soft, well pulvarized ground to lay eggs in and if there is a crust or semi-crust on the surface the moth may pass it over without laying so many eggs. GI1EEN APHIDS During the past few days the infestation of green aphids has -ip-peared very numerously on peach trees. It is suggested where there is a great amount of these infestations infest-ations a .spray be applied using ltA pint of black leaf 40 to 100 gallons of water and three pounds of laundry soap, dissolving" the laundry soap before putting in the spray. This should be applied if possible before the leaves curl I of saving a large amount of water j during the season. i 5. If any of the farm isn't to j be croped take the sub-marginal land out of production or weed infested areas where clean cultivation culti-vation can be practiced on the best land to mature the most val-uabe val-uabe crops. It will be more economical econ-omical to use water on a smaller area and make good crops than spread it out too far. Where you find there isn't sufficient moisture for the poorer land. 6. On livestock farms be sure the water is placed especially for feed crops such as alfalfa, etc , as there promises to be a shortage of livestock feed the coming year. 7. Cooperate with the water master of your canal to see the water is property and adequately distributed. Feed Shortage All farmers can well afford to this season, consider some com and a trench silo. As corn will likely consume less water than some other crops. Corn can be put in the trench without being cut and will help tremendously with the livestock food supply the coming winter. Especially is this true on farms not covered by beet acerage where no beet pulp will be available. It iri important also farmers watch for alfalfa weevil in order to cut their alfalfa early in case difficulty arises as this is one means of controlling the weevil for the coming season. Every possible advantage must be taken for .our feed crops on every farm. PALE WESTERN CUT WORM During the last week there has been an outbreak of Pale Western Cut Worm doing a great deal of damage to the dry land wheat in the east side of Cedar Valley. Prof. C .J. Sorenson of the Ag- C'OKV HO; I'KOOUAM The county allotment committee is working: on hog and corn contracts con-tracts endeavoring to get the contracts con-tracts in final shape ready for the state committee. Figures compiled by the government show the average aver-age number of pigs per litter is between 5 nnd 6 so where hog growers have' handed in a larger number of pigs per litter than this amount it is very likely they will be cut down as there is only a definite def-inite amount of money for each 175 contracts in the county but in locality. There is approximately the case of about fifty growers there has been no evidence submitted. sub-mitted. Would suggest the growers grow-ers get their maps, producers' statements, etc., in immediately so the, county committee can pass them ready for payment. Hog growers should get in touch with the representative of their district of the county committee com-mittee as follows: Hyrum Grey, Lehi; Leo P. Harvey, Pleasant Grove; John W. Alleman, Springville; Spring-ville; Mark Stark, Leland; and Herman Twede, Spring Lake. W'atr Shortage We are sure everyone realizes the urgent need of making water supply this year go as far as possible. pos-sible. Unless we have frequent rains throughout the summer, farmers will not be likely to mature ma-ture the crops on all their land. Farmers should consider number of the following points which should make it easier for them to conserve some of their water supply. sup-ply. 1. Practice a thorough program pro-gram of weed control. Keep the weeds cut on ditch banks, etc., as well as in the field as they require re-quire a considerable amount of moisture. 2. Keep the main ditches and laterals well cleaned so the water can get to its destination and on to the land quickly. 3. As a rule do not use in one area, so as to flood any part of the farm but spread it over a larger area so the land gets full benefit of the moisture. " ' 4) Proper dams rtnd head gates will keep a lot of water from seeping seep-ing and being wasted. Many times cement head gates can be put in economically and to the advantage |