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Show Alfalfa Expert Urges Early Fight Against Pest BY C H II WTLKIN80N WILKINSON WTLKIN80NHow lostlbecause How much milch mO money have you lostl lostbecause because of Insect InsectB * In the last las three threevears threeyears vears ? Wha ha have ve you and your yourramUy yourfamily ramUy had to do withojt wltho.Jt wlthoJt . because becauseof ! of Grasshoppers or Tarnish becauseI bugs bugsor bugsor I ] or Green Stink bugs or all of or them them- them themr ) - > r some others otheTS ? Arc Are you going to tocontlnuf to'continue tocontinue ' contlnuf ' ' to take this thls licking UckJng or are areyou " ' going to do something .ethlng ethlng . .ethlngIt aboutIt It ? What can you do ? .ethlngd d | Million WlUona * f p ( grajeooppera 8T&SShoPPer8 8TSShoPPer8 & laid 1a.1d 1a1d . 1a.1dens tbetr1egf ens last 1u & fan taU In to joou e - = IeCtfo s . ctloai.Tb ctloaiTb . "J'hoIe JhoIe " . 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After Aft r that If It you watch for rar the therest therest rest of or them to hatch . , and give the thelittle thelittle little hoppers poison polson bait while whUe they theyare theyare are young and hungry hU11g1"y hU11g1y " and not able ableto ableto to travel far rar you can clean thm th"m * " up upalmost upalmost almost entirely entirelyLygus entirelyIqgus Lygus Iqgus or Tarnish TamLsh Bup Bug * have cost costUtah coatUtah Utah Alfalfa Alfalt & Geed seed Ot.ow Otow . Orower > hun- hun huncredc hun-dredx hun dredx - credc ! off oft UroBandx t.ho'lZSlDda t.holZSlDda tholZSlDda . ' of dollar cSoUant In InUMr Inttr UMr l Mw Mwyears ( -years years - . What .JOdt JOdt . w .JOdtpart yoiftpart part in thto this ? , - - - - i The adults of these bugs live liveOVf'r livelover I IThe OVf'r OVfr ' winter In 111 and under weeds weedstrash weedstrash trash . , and rubbish nwblBh Possibly PoBslbly 60me 60meof omeof of their eggs II Ihe , e over In such suchplaces suchplaces places also Such weeds as Russia Russiathtstle Ru&slathistle Ruslathistle & thtstle and Srootherweed Smothenveed which whichmake whichmake make a mat on the ground are a adandy adandy dandy harbor for them- them themThe . - The dead deadweeds deadweeds weeds provide shelter welter and protec protec- protectfon protection - tion tfon from rrom the weather and the thetender th thbender bender tender new weeds we da that Lhat come up upunder upun4er under ple ( h * old olel ones mea In the th SPrtna SPrtnafUJ11lah springfurnish fUJ11lah food . for them to live Uve on onunfU onuntil unfU , it to Is warm ( nwtb for tor r- r rto * - to eo CO to th & t & alfalfa a1fa1ftL a1fa1ftLTOIl . Too TOIl " eaq can destroy destJ'oy destJoy ' AtUloac mWIcms of c 1buf bu and ctarr starfe * mtlJioIW million * more I burning all the ' weed patches be before . fore green growth .starta starta . start . * . After that If 1t you and your yourneighbor yourneighbor neighbor plan and conduct your yourfarming yourfarming farming so that you will cut all allyour allyour your weed patches at about themme the theame ame mme time-and time and time - and cultivate your alt- alt altalfa alf alfalfa - alfa fields tJelds to a . dust mulch mulcb after afterthe afterth the hay crop Is III off . yau can rac- rac racUcaUy prac practically - tically UcaUy do away with these bugs bup In Inyour inyour your npl field * peclally 1ally If you pick pickthe pickthe the right time tim * to cut and cultivate culUvate culUvateBIo'a cultivateSfcys Sfcys BIo'a BIoa ) ' SUnk St1nt . 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