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Show EXTERMINATING WEEVIL ,, - Provo, Juno 4.' What la claimed. to bo a suro method of exterminating tho alfalfa weevil has been discovered and applied by A. B. Johnson of this city. A flvc-acro luccrn field owned by Mr. Johnson situated In tho southwestern part of tho city treated by tho Johnson method Is now said to bo entirely freo from weevil, nnd Mr. Johnson believes it will remain in this condition unless wcovll como from othor Holds next season. In his opinion tho treatment If generally and throughly applied will rid tho stato of tho wcovll. Tho remedy Is cheap and easy of application. It Is to dlBsolvo Unco pounds ot nrscnato or load In fifty gal- Ions of water and thoroughly Bpray or sprlnklo tho Hold with tho mixture after tho lucorn Is flrBt cut, which should bo early, and beforo tho usual tlmo for cutting. Mr. Johnson applied It on his field, which was badly Infected, In-fected, about two weeks ago, when ho cut tho luccrn, using four llfty-gallou barrels to tho acre, and now ho says thero Is not n troco of wcovll. |