Show KEEP THE WEEVIL OUT OF COUNTY to control tho the alfalfa weevil la Is not as hard as one would think and every farmer interested Inter ted in the welfare of this state should avail him golf bolf of the opportunity to keep ht hla land free of this insect tho the life history of tho the weevil Is a not understood by some so go I 1 shall give a short story af pf of its life tho jhb adult lives over tho the winter in the crowns of the alfalfa plant plan just bolow below the faceIn tha tho spring ng cheit tho the weather veath cr gets ii warm tt ft e comes om es out ou t and as soon as thero there are any young young alfalfa shoots for it to lay its eggs on IL 11 does so ao and dies the ego agga hatch out and tho the young larva feed on the young succulent shoots later lt it passes tn in to tho the ground where transformation takes place in its life and it c omes comos out from this placa as a full grown weevil weavil this full fbrown weevil does not do any damage to tho the crop Ro remember member that it it Js the weevil in the larval stage that Is herm harmful ful spraying li Is une one of the most beneficial ways to control this insect where there are no sheep to bo be had to pasture down tho the first cutting the sheep will eat tho the eggs but will not eat thu tho adult by grazing the land cather rather closely with tho the sheep they will got get docu close to the crown and there will be no chance for the weevil to lay its eggs as they will only lay thele their eggs on green foods also it the crop la 14 cut close with the ald aid of the sheep there is no chance for the eggs to hatch before they are eaten every farmer that has the intermont Inter ont cat of the state at heart who Is looking to the increased arico of the land and farms should interest himself in keeping tho the pest out of this valley there are several commercial s sprays prays which can be applied these sprays are of arsenical origin and rost cost at the rato rate of cne dollar per ac re the labor must be added to this making the cost relatively high by the use of the sheep we can savo save all tt fat and in give the sheep a very fine start in the spring before they go to the mountain pastures think this weevil proposition over and see it if wo we annot keep milford valley free of ala troublesome foreigner from the I 1 mediterranean fedi countries GEORGE KNUTSON 1 trl IT P system |