Show I DAMAGE IY Y CLOVES CLOVER CLOY LEAF tA WEEVIL RONS RUNS UP P PINTO INTO HUNDREDS OF oi THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS The Tho alfalfa leaf Ifa weevil to which has ravaged ray ray- aged Sa Salt t Lake county for tho past three years has made mado most moat wonderful strides in tho the past few months accord accord- leg Ins to Dr E E. G. G Titus of or the agricultural agricultural tural tura college who returned yesterday from the tho field neld after an nn e. e extended t study of or the tue pest peat The Tho effects of ot Its till ravages ho he says nrc arc seen soon from Crom th the tho north Davis vis county line lino to three miles below Provo and orom from Tooele City to Park City and it is in all canyons canons of or Salt Lake Lake- and Summit counties The e estimate of or tho the damage has not beon been made as yet hut but It will run up Into the hundreds of thousands of oC dollars At present tho the weevil Is In tho the midst of ot Its Ita spreading period The Insects have grown to such Huch now that the they are taking to wing and are spreading by oy tho the millions all over tho the country surrounding the district affected this year car Crops Crop have been ben laid bare bar In the nm first crop and the second crop prevented from growing growing- The farmers of ot the state arc are doing everything In their power pot to prevent the spread of ot the pest Some Somo have havo se secured sc SC- cured street swooping sweeping machines which are being used In sweeping tho the farms and killing many macI of the Insects Scientific men of the thc state are aro doing e everything 0 ry thing In Sn their power to help In Inthe Inthe inthe the n light ht but as yet yot ct they have not Jot succeeded suc suc- In seriously hampering tho the progress ress rems of ot the pest Professor Titus says as that tho the fight on tho the weevil 11 will be kept up tip and the outlook Is that the right method will be discovered In time |