Show V ALFALFA iF ALF A CROP IN VALLEY THREATENED The rhe alfalfa crop of the tho farmers in C Salt Lake Laka valley is threatened with de de- by an imported pest the tho alJ al- al atlon J leaf leaf weevil which whick has alread already t d the crop to the extent of oft O More than acres of the tho spring rin crop has been damaged and Unie unless un un- t ie less leA immediate and drastic steps are ta to taken ken to io exterminate the pest tho the late f crop may may- also aleo be destroyed As the tho theil il spreads rapidly it is s feared fared that injure tho the entire crop of the te P E. E G. G Titus professor of ento- ento gy Y at t the Utah agricultural college collegen n igan gan has advised farmers to cut 7 spring prin crop at once re regardless ardless of condition and to thoroughly disc t- t Iliad 1 na thus killing the young weevil 5 has been known to exist for but has bas not until this time timeA A erlus ins damage damare So far as it is of O this is is the only county in the tho f States that is affected by the 1 ti |