Show ALFALFA CHOP CROP IX IN COLORADO WYOMING AND NEW r MEXICO IS RAVAGED BY nY A fi The alfalfa industry ry In the Irr- Irr sated gated sections of ot the west Is menaced men inen- men men-I aced ced by a wide-spread wide and serious disease says a Washington D. D C. C dispatch of July 2 Reports r rM rl- rl Indicate that alfalfa Is dying in n Color Colorado do Wyoming and northern New Mexico as a n result of the attack 0 of of a tiny wormlike parasite This alfalfa trouble has also been heen re reported reported re- re ported in the past from Washington Washing Washing- ton Oregon Idaho and California About third one-third of ot the total alfalfa produced In this country Is grown under irrigation and It Is this crop which seems t to be he especially thre u- u ened ned Irrigation water probably carries arrles the parasites from one plant to another and bo so aids in their spread i o a- a |