Show THE ALFALFA WEEVIL ir dr 1 L U D hall dall rho aho miller I 1 M 1 W vi stel extort lit in charo of the luup t tor lor trio ano 01 L ialene iau EnE ali nl i a blat int ir AlLi fallibile bile aila arl lids itts ol 01 the lol 01 le irico c VIM pel ed tile di infested osted by tile tho weevil alst week it ii ia the little that tile tho has this since eaily vist list year and lie ho broj ha surprised and nl al irined to find tile iho extent of tile damage and the lapid spread of the welch into new the attention of 0 tile tho station vaa nan firt first billed to tile the pits pita fitce of this feht about two tiao ara oars neo ago anil and in lin 1811 alluna at tint tivit unie show ELI d thit that it had already become serious ly injurious lit in a ilia dis erict south of silt salt lake slid and was waa thel in atu ali Fro 1 nithe testimony of tho the alfalfa lal ial aers sers it has hag only observed for I 1 a year or to that tano lut lot no lio couo doud t liaci if a beell in III tile the county aty fot for I 1 a of years as ail a cm 11 insect legit pesta oj thia kind spreads cay slowly the ill 81 year 6 wf en but its as gradually it in rei cs in number and becomer dj 3 along highways car lines and tile the like its spread be canies conies much moro rapid and it Is liable to appear in at confeld erable distances from the original point of and this la Is bently what is happening at the pres ent time prof tats investigations inne tilts this spring abow that thel tha insect Is now thoroughly distributed over salt lake county slid and Is 18 rapidly spreading northward around tile tho point of the mountain into davis da vis county in the samo same way may it has haa jasd d tho the jordan and ins his a firm foothold ip III tho the upper caid of utah valley with mith a serious Berlo iia but isolated laota ted ovit outbreak break in sum anit county prof titus took up tho the work mork of in vt the life history of this insect as soon as his attention was has tailed to it and ht h has haa bem able to discover most et the facts necessary eskary lit la connection with mith the work ork lie ile alk at began it 11 largo large number of to see it if it would mould bo be possible to con colt rot rol Is ravages these of coursel course uio tile only baad on the knowledge to bo be had at that time lime and some of them aro are bound to bo be failures but I 1 anyone of them crovea oven oien successful it will give as a duo clue on oil which to work it la Is a bis big problem and a ery biffl cubit cult one it if unchecked the pest will undoubtedly spread ina in a few years bears to all of tile te alfalfa growl growing ng i eglons 0 the blest est at tho the breont rate of dis two to or three ae scars ars will nill bo be all that wll it be inquired to Intro introduce dut it into most of tho the alfalfa brainin grow ins g r of utah and as it occurs li it immense numbers alongside of tt 0 of f our raLl railroads roads it sall bo be the Lioa t wonder lit in tile the world if it to is not carried for thousand of miles by this at arting new centers of distribution which will mill rapidly cober the entire alfalfa grow ing teion the was vas undoubtedly introduced into this antry un try from france or germany probably lit in the hay that was used ns as packing pack lii for stock or around ni aund crockery A near relative of this weevil attacks the cotton in the states it was mas introduced front from mexico and has spread from tho the bo ilider of texis texas through more than half the cotton 9 coming diSt districts ritts of the south the go has spent a ehr ear in investigations and attempts to I 1 check this and it Is still rapid ly and caused something like aith of or cla damage niage the past season the alfalfa lionil threatens throaty tie to be as serious a problem as its itis rel relative atlie iut aul pi plot of waa sent out b the government to te the situa tion and leport to the secretor Secre tir of with mith recommendations as to ant I 1 at should be done As the of hla his im of ensti cb eb sti suld said that lie he was as twit anit tho in problem eblem N was as one of haine diato and ital tance to tile entire alfalfa industry Indu str and thai lie ho would mould recommend to tin tilt ment that money be appropriated to vil the utah experiment station in its against this prof titus mill denoto practically his entire time to the stute of this insect din in tho prof iab ster r mido made arrangements to hane haio nh mi alelle his iiii time hero here also and the I 1 sta tion will mill place still ai another iother man in the fled it was nas expected that a I 1 spec 1 lal 11 would be made b bi the slate for tile the cn iring on oil of this bu but it wate mau found impo biall on oil I 1 legal grounds to 40 the atar burden m wl I 1 I 1 fall upon the experiment sta tion this Is rather unfortunate its as on a few fell thousand dolls lol lus of the station funds aie avalli ble for forth ahli ls moi kand itis apro a problem blew ot ol ruh magnitude that it the expenditure of much ilits will mill however no lie doubt be remedied as soon boon as tile the next k ki slature convenes coric nes anti and congress consi considers dors the problem at its next licit session A cloo watch should be kept b bi nl al faffa gro groters in fit deiy action of the state irate to sto sio that this pest does not break out lit in their finds tt Is a small hard bard shelled bus bug about oil out thid hid to one half the size alze of a pe pel I 1 quite active during the warm weather rho fhe adult insect liw lils bior winter inter arld coul commences to feedon feed on the alfalfa as soon as it starts in the spring ks s soon as it warms marnis up it lays eggs which bacu out into little yellow ellov or pree gree 01 ms which are lai ger in the mid ire anti and usually cuned these feed on oil the taps ups af the alfalfa stunning it and its growth grooh when full I 1 gro brown iii thea deop to tile the and I 1 plu u little white gauzy among the lema at tho the dilso of ot IF tho the plant at this time ot or tile tho year yalar par tho the alfalfa aul injured Is vcr ato t nd lid UKI and tilt all of alio lie mp it pet pel leace aro are vello the insect leavo eaten aten off tile arcon parts and aft it nothing not liln but the hie whito Thou thousands bands of cf fit n salt lake valley tid is you look across them lie boft i leave a calvery mollte alle in rich heeen that lui an alfalfa field should havo havi it is biped that some method win will be found folind by ellich tile tho greater pait p ait of tho the injury from athla post pest can be pro vii ted ln in logan republican deseret fanner |