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Show I'AllASITUB VILL EM ', - tMMi ill ALFALFA WEEVIL &Hi" II Fur the purpose of ascertaining ' '' -riH , VfelB what progress has becu mado In tho &3fiwUill campaign aguliiBt tho alfulfa weevil vJil'ffH in tho west, Dr. U O, Howard, chief of Mj M9U tho burcuu of entomology of tho Unit- i IW IM cd btatcs department of agriculture, K' I, '(I will remain lu Utah until Bunduy. ' , j Or. Howard would not say if his ,,. Vmm visit to Suit Lako has anything to do ' ' , f with tho recent inspection ln Utah by , ' j I'M M, L. Uciin und R. A. Coolcy, hortlcul- i, ' ' ; turlut and entomologist, respectively, fi1 of Montana. Admissions wero mado x ,.i'fl by llicso two luspectors that their vlolt t ;, - L' ,',S lo Utah pertained to urgent demands ! -" that tho embargo on Utah products be ; raised by Montana. i ?H "I will bo uuablo lu forccaot tho 2 .' jl futuro or the alfalfa Industry ln Utah J, ' until I havo mado n personal Invcstl- ('':'"jbV gallon," says Dr. Howard. "I intend ,;jI making tho Investigation a thorough a , AM one. it Is but it short time slnco wo , f 'll began work with parasites, and thus V ' ! far It is oven dlfllcult to mnko u guess ,'( lM what tho outcome will bo, JH' I j "lu Italy, which may bo consldorcd , , ,7H the homo of tho ulfalfu weevil, thoy M are being controlled successfully, but M in this country other agricultural con- ,V!' ' Hssl dltlonu exist, and thoro is llttlo to bo ..' ; found for a depeudablo working busts. 11 Wo have centered great hopes lu ono .'JH of tho purusltcti and havo found that H'l - 7H under certain conditions it performs ' iH good work. ' IfH "In reference to this paraslto wo -tH havo discovered thut wo must use v IkH them In enormous numbers In order . " lH to bo able to wutch their operations ' iSH nnd movements successfully. Our ' jll llrst thought was to tho effect that wo ', ,iH could put h dozen or so down In one ' place and that thoy would multiply ' and mnko damaging raids on i their f?BBH weovll enemies. Hut wo soon learned y 'fl that they huvu a peculiar tendency to ;. iH scatter. Consequently tho nrccssity of ' i! liberating at least 1,000 parasites In , ifl one pluco Is recognized." f'H |