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Show FARMERS ADVISED TO APPLY DDT ON ALFALFA FIELDS Farmers who are planning to use the second crop alfalfa for seed should plan on dusting the growth to control Lygus bugs in the pre-bloom stage, according to an announcement made today by S. R. Boswell, Utah Co. agent. The dosage recommended is 20 pounds of 10 DDT dust per acre. Alfalfa seed growers who are dusting their alfalfa seed crop during "the period of bloom, are jeopardizing both the welfare of their seed crops and the survival of honey bee and wild bee polina-zation, polina-zation, Mr. Boswell said. The use of DDT last year in the control of Lygus bug resulted in a big increase in alfalfa seed production. |