Show ASK UTAH rAll fARMERS TO SACRIFICE SECOND CROP OF Hf Alf Alf A lN IN ft To check the tho advance of the lucern leaf weevil in the state of Utah stringent stringent stringent I gent steps arc are to b be taken laken the coming season by a nu number ber of Utah officials and government men Prof K E. D. D Ball flail of the agricultural college of logan ogan who Is la Inthe in inthe inthe the city attending t tile e horticultural convention con- con stated this morning that vigorous vigor vigor- ous action at once Is necessary The pest says sas Dr Ball BalI has spread from front Snit Salt Lake county over oer into Davis and Summit counties and next year threatens to ruin all crops but the first and probably will seriously damage the first t crop The government o has decided that the matter Is a really serious and will make appropriations to tight the th trouble as ns will also the state if It it can be mana managed d. d We expect exp ct to get an appropriation from the government o of several thousand dollars and anti we wc hope to 0 be able to se secure secure seure se- se cure ure a like appropriation from the state Government and state officials will co co- co e operate In fighting the tho pest as soon as I the tiu crop of lucern is ready to cut The uThe method of procedure will be to spray the second crop and then cut it The spraying will kill kiil the weevils and we ve can burn the tho lucern to prevent tho the possibility of any of the insects escaping The tl first crop is generally ra lJ not so seri ecu seriously el g S y affected and wo do not want to cut that In tho spring we will also try other methods of destroying the pest post including IncludIng including ing expedient expedients similar to those used to fl fight ht the tho cotton boll boil w weevil upon which the th government gove has spent millions of dollars We Ve will try changing tho the time timer of cutting tI t the crops P so o as to d disc and harrow r the ground o anti and n thereby r gy uncover the eggs and the tho young oung larvae Spraying Is Best The Thu most feasible way a thou though h will willbe willbo bo be b by t the spraying I system If f all these ese fall fail we c will have to g 3 deviso new means Tho Tim spread of Ot the pest has been re remarkable re- re in the last year From Salt Sait Lake Jake county the insects have gone as asfar asfar asfar far as tho fields of Park City How they did slid this Is doubtful but it Is probable that they traveled In peddling wagons wagon and were emptied out of ot boxes there The Tho most seriously affected places at present though are In the tho Mill Creek and Murray Mur Mur- ra ray nay districts The Tho campaign against the pest will be carried on under the direction of Prof K E. i G. G Titus of the agricultural college Professor Titus when seen this Ing stated that the tho spread of the insects In- In sects has been astonishing The Tho spread was more rapid last summer than in seasons before indicating that It would be but a short time before the country would bo full Cull of the weevil Heavy Loss to Farmers It Is impossible he said sald to tell what t the d damage was last as year but i it g cl surely y yn ran n over oven 0 0 The prospects ro for the coming season season are serious and andI I It t is probable that all ail of the second crop will wiil be lost We Ve have recommended to the farmers that they spray their second crops and burn the lucern We Ve figure that it is better to sacrifice ono crop than to sacrifice the entire production in inthe intIle tIle the future While we are fighting the trouble hero here herpa a new danger has sprung up A clover weevil closely related to the weevil found here Is la ravaging Oregon and doing great damage There e Is a P possibility I of rl tp ims J R he heIs that pest spreading adl to Utah a While there Is no hay imported from that state there is still sUIi a chance of the tho insects being canned car can carried carried ried ned in other ways The fight against these insects will be handled in the same way as those wo wI have in n Utaji The 0 outlook 01 is serious I U na but we w will do all we can We hope to have the pest practically exterminated by the end of next summer |