Vernal Express | 1954-04-08 | Page 7 | County Agent Says Spray Now for Weevil Section

county agent says spray now for weevil considerable activity by adult weevil has been observed in the fields during the past few days a s iv y county agent clair acord acor which means they will be laying eggs for an early spring weevil control program to be effective spraying must be done immediately warns mr acord after eggs are laid it does not pay to spray just to kill the adults for it is the larvae that does the damage first eggs are laid in small fragments of dead alfalfa and grass stems however as soon as stems are tall enough the weevil lay in the alfalfa stems depositing from to eggs each for chemical spraying on alfalfa 4 to 2 inches long use technical material as follows I 1 aa pounds of choro chor odane with 4 ounces of or 4 ounces of heptachlor for the dust use five ounces of technical lor in ten pounds or of dust per acre one treatment will kill most of the adults before they lay their eggs preventing enough larvae to damage crops mr acord personally recommends that spray or dust be used anyone desiring further information may contact him at his office in the courthouse