Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-17 | Page 3 | S. L. County Alfalfa Fields Found Infested

S. S L. L County Alfalfa Fields Found Infested LOGAN Sept 17 B. B L. L Richards Richards Rich Rich- ards of the Utah Agricultural college college col- col lege experiment station has recently recent recent- ly by completed an intensive survey in Salt Lake county where he found 75 per cent of the alfalfa fields to tobe tobe be infested with a very destructive disease The disease appears to be most harmful in over Irrigated areAS and andIs andis is introduced by microscopic organism organism or- or or 01 bacteria known to science as The disease is spreading in many of the middle west and southern states According to Dr Richards the disease disease dis- dis ease is greatly hindering the yield In alfalfa fields which are victims of it and states that it will be gIven by the experiment station with the thought in view of finding some means to combat the trouble