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Show By George F. Knowlton, Extension Exten-sion Entomologist, Utah State Agricultural Ag-ricultural College The alfalfa weevil is a serious pest in Utah practically every year. Damage was. somewhat less serious in 1952 than most seasons, due to the very rapid growth of the crop which occurred after the high spring water receded and permitted per-mitted the crop to grow. However, in 1951 the alfalfa weevil caused great damage in most areas where . early "spring control had been neglected. ne-glected. The new alfalfa weevil control program, developed by USDA entomologist en-tomologist F. V. Lieberman and his associates at the Utah Agricultural Agricul-tural Experiment Station, and entomologists en-tomologists working in Montana and other western states, has prov en that this pest can be controlled economically by destroying the overwintered adult weevils. Control, Con-trol, however, must be accomplished accomplish-ed before the female weevils lay many eggs. Otherwise the eggs will hatch and become worms to feed on alfalfa foliage during June and early July. A new insecticide called hepta-chlor hepta-chlor will enter the alfalfa weevil control picture Ln Utah and much of the northwest, this season. Research Re-search by entomologist Lieberman and his associates at the Legume Seed Research Laboratory showed Let us Prove the of the FARMALL SUP BORDER OR 3. it J-POM 7T Now you can have the three point hitch with fhe Super C i J'?" jr. I 4 , E any tool bar operation, giving you greater versatility than with any otner tractor. (See picture X ana inserr.; You'll use 20 LESS GAS Farmall is First in the Field. With or without the three-point hitch, no matter what your tractor task, whether it's plowing, discing, seed-bed work, breaking up hard BETTER and CHEAPER with Farmall Super C. Ask us to Prove It with a SHOWDOWN DEMONSTRATION on your farm or anywhere that's convenient. Call or drop in at our show room.- O ASHBY'S, INC, ...phone 161 Dcltn, Utah Som8 party! I see they're serving.lhe whiskey that's 1 .. BOTH 86 PROOF " OLD SUN 15 6IAIS BEUTIAl SPIRITS - this chemical during 1952, when applied at the rate of four ounces actual heptachlor per acre as a spray, to give control equal to any other insecticide tested for- the early spring weevil control treatment. treat-ment. Ordinarily an insecticide is not recommended for control use o.i the basis of one year's research," re-search," no matter how favorable. Howevei, because extensive research re-search in Montana, Colorado and Idaho last season yielded control results almost identical with those secured in Utah, the Utah entomologists ento-mologists decided to place a tentative ten-tative recommendation for use of heptachlor for 1953. The widespread wide-spread geographical area of experimental ex-perimental tests last season helped help-ed to quite an extent to prove its use under varied climatic conditions, condi-tions, such as might have been encountered in a single area thru control tests made over several seasons. " In 1952 great amounts of diel-drin, diel-drin, as well as chlordane, were sprayed on alfalfa inearly spring. The results was excellent weevil control in practically all cases. Control chemicals were adequate in supply for all Uath needs in 1952. They should again be adequate ade-quate to meet all 1953 weevil control demands. Possibly a little information on BEDDING f - ; t ' for pan you can do it the dependable ER C n nn i ? H J ; iU i international! harvester i . . .. M u n vrurnitw Birttnrn wutfrrv rnuriive NT BKUUK BKA.Tvi nullum! .imviv nnu t,un. mn IHt OLD suhut bkuuiv marum, twuiiiiLtt, ivmignw the seasonal history of the alfalfa weevil will help us to understand i.ie control problems: Adult weevils wee-vils ei.ierge from cocoons in the iield trom May to August. Most ui the emerged weeViis survive ca tnrough tne next winter. Some leiuaies deposit a lew eggs in the tail. Many more eggs are laid tiuniig tne loilowmg " spiing. At nisi eggsre laid only in small lragmems Oi -dead aiialia and grass stems. However, att,er the spring alfalfa growth becomes 6 inches tall, more and more eggs are laid in growing alfalfa stems hach lemale weev-jt deposits i.om 200 to 800 eggs. Only small numbers num-bers oi larvae hatch before May 1. Larvae become damagingly abundant abun-dant during late May to early June. Each larvae molts three times before spinning its net-like cocoon among leaves on or near the surface ot the ground. Pupation Pupa-tion occurs in this cocoon. When meeting with farmer groups to discuss alfalfa weevil control, I have often been asked: "Why spray when the 'first growth is only one to two niches high. Why can't we spray later, say at 4 to 6 inches growth?" Our answer is that only a few eggs are laid in fall, and more deposited as the females reach sexual maturity and lay eggs in spring. We lose much of the benefit bene-fit of the early spring treatment when we allow an extra interval of time to pass. This permits thousands of additional eggs per acre to be laid by the weevils. There is little point in killing the weevils after they lay their eggs. The early spring treatment does not destroy the eggs, nor the worms, after they are hatched out. It is aimed to kill the adults. We must do this before eggs are laid. You might call this "preventive insect control." Could anything be better than to prevent worm dam age to first crop, avoid any growth delay between first crop being cut and the new growth appearing on second crop? This keeps the quality of the hay "tops" and that counts as much as tonnage in a hay crop. Every year farmers ask me: "Is it as good if we apply a dust instead in-stead of a spray?" We say "no." Research by our Legume Seed Laboratory entomologists has regularly reg-ularly indicated a better control from a given amount of insecticide insecti-cide when it was applied as a spray, rather than a dust. This same applies to some extent with DDT and toxaphene applications made later on the alfalfa seed crop. In those cases we must step up the dosage to 2 full pounds of DDT or toxaphene as a dust for best lygus bug control, when research re-search has shown that one and one-half pounds of either chemical, chem-ical, applied as a spray, gives e-qually e-qually good and lasting control. Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee McAllister Sunday were an aunt, Mrs. Glen Thurston and daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Daniels of Annabel-la, Annabel-la, a sister of Mr. McAllister, and family, Mr. and Mrs. Angus Jones from St George, a brother, Glen McAllister, and family from Gun-lock, Gun-lock, Nev., and Miss Monna Hansen, Han-sen, of Salt Lake City. They came to hear Elder LeRay McAllister give the report of his German mission in Delta Second ward. Sgt Carl Fowler, U. S. Air Force, from Richfield was in Delta Sat urday to talk with young men who wish to enlist in the AF. He succeeds Sgt Stinson as recruiter, and will be in Delta again. He makes the Gem Cafe his head quarters when here, and meets the young men there. .1 Jri 7 J BMW wt,e r,rf SI""" Oasis Mi La Veda Bisno ' Last Monday Deon Cillen entered enter-ed the veteran's hospital in Salt Lake City tor medical care and an appendicitis operation. We wish lum a speedy recovery. Bishop Peter H. Peterson was pleasantly surprised last week when Mr. and Mrs. Brigham Keese, from Loa, stopped I'or a visit. Some 35 years ago the two men met in France and were comrades in World War I. They had not seen each other since. Mr. and Mrs. Reese were on their way to San Francisco, and paused in their journey for this visit. Mrs. Annie Moody Clawson, from Salt Lake City, is visiting at the home of Kelly Hawley for two weeks. James Christensen left last Wednesday Wed-nesday to enter military training. His wife, lone, moved back to Hinckley to stay with her parents until Jim gets located some place where she can join him. A week ago last Tuesday the MIA sponsored a farewell party in honor of James Christensen. A program which consisted of a dance dan-ce by Inez Ann Kelly and talks by Bishop Peterson and Jim, a dance Oasis, a reading or bit of council by a war viteran from Korea, Fertilizer Fer-tilizer Jones, whose father's name was Ferdinand and his mother's name was Lizer, so they called him Fertilizer, and two dances by Verl Jacobson, of Oak City. After the program ice cream and cake were served and the rest of the evening was spent dancing. Among those who went to Parowan last Saturday to see the basketball game were Stella Hawley, Haw-ley, Marlena Carling, Marilyn Stan-worth, Stan-worth, Howard Roundy and Lillian Roundy. Mr. and Mrs. J. Val Styler and Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Anderson and four children, from Ephraim, left last Friday a weeH ago on a trip to Arizona They went by way of Hoover Dam and went on the tour of ,that wonderful project. Then on to Phoenix where they visited with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Farr and baby. They found them M & M MOTOR COMPANY YOUR DODGE S PLYMOUTH DEALER invites youi inspection Yes, the welcome mat is out at our new Dodgo- 0 Plymouth dealership! So stop by and inspect the most modern sales and service facilities in town! See America's most talked-about car, the high-pow- ered, high-style new Dodge! Sit behind the wheel of the beautiful new Plymouth, with its balanced engineering en-gineering and low, sleek lines! Learn about the powerful power-ful new Dodge "Job-Rated" trucks . . . feature for feature, your best truck buy! We're out to build a reputation for deals, so it will pay you to visit us! (dependability) w For special list Del in ns In I&AC HOTC Announcement lias been made , by Lt. Col. Oliver W. Harris, USAF, J Associate Professor of Air Science ! ar..1 Tactics at the Branch Agri- culture! College, of the revamping I oi the Cadet Corps structure. The purpose ot the reorganiza-! reorganiza-! tion, said Col. Harris, is to rotate positions of responsibility among i the cadets, so as to allow as many ! as possible to participate in the ; actual direction of the corps. ! The cadets appointed are indic ated below: Cadet Major Joseph L. Bishop, Group Executive Olflcer. Cadet Major Gerry Turner, Commanding Com-manding Officer, Sqd. A. Cadet Captain Lyn Prestwich, Flight Commander, Sid B. Cadet First Lieutenant Rex C. Claridge, Adjutant, Sqd. A. Cadet First Lieutenant Mark F. Harris, Flight Commander, Sqd. A. Airman First Class Dell Ray Niel-son. Niel-son. Assistant Flight, Sqd. A. Airman First Class Robert F. Harris, Squad Leader, Sqd. A. Airman First Class Boyd Fullmer, Full-mer, Squad Leader, Sqd. A. Airman First Class Ray Tillman Johnson, Squad. Leader, Sqd. B. well and happy. They visited the temple grounds at Mesa, which are very beautiful this time of year. On their return trip they came over Highway 89 through Kaibab Forest, and stopped a few hours in Zion's National Park. They arrived home last Wednesday Wednes-day after being gone six days. For the past two weeks the people of the ward have been housecleaning at the church. No meetings were held last week, because of wet paint. The inside walls and furniture were painted throughout the building. New drapes dra-pes were put up in the main room. Mr. Goldwin Cluff from Hinckley, and Mr. Bennett from Holden did an excellent job of sanding and finishing the floor Xor us. nnoun cma i iili 7 r J V 1 00Ii w Dependable car and track service Now you can be assured of prompt, dependable repair and maintenance mainte-nance service. Whether it's a tune-up or major repairs, for car or truck, you'll welcome the kind of service we're offering. Skilled mechanics trained in factory service methods . . . factory -engineered parts . . . modern facilities. You'll welcome our reasonable service charges, too! So stop by today for good service or a good deal! "get acquainted19 offers, see... M & M MOTOR COMPANY DELTA. UTAH Mrs. Maurine Steed of Los Angeles An-geles arrived Friday to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenith Robins Ro-bins in Delta. Her brother, Roland Robins, will arrive here this Friday, Fri-day, and they will visit at home until Sunday. Roland is in Los A.ngeles for a week's national chemh'.ry society convention, and will leave by airline trom Salt Lake City Sunday to return ro his pos: in. New York: Clair M. Gardner hns returned from the L'SAC at Logan, where he took the dairy short course for instruction of newest and better methods in the dairy busi ness. S((7HE CISCO KID' FRIDAY ' I lS I I f there SS a 1 4bP7'M . f DIFFERENCE I IN MILK r"fif SXJ SsLP; 1 CONVENIENT zHf ECONOMICAL I XJUCfMJ&TuT' "1HALF GALL0NJ i CART0N I MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE Delta, Utah. Thurs., March 19,1953 Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Gray from Simms, Montana, and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gray from Vaughn, Montana, with Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Clay-ton Jensen, and Mrs. Kim Whit-more, Whit-more, from Ruth, Nevada, were in Delta this week, especially to visit with LeRsy McAllister, recently returned from two years in Germany Ger-many c n an LDS mission. He is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Gray, and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee McAllister. Mc-Allister. He made liis report Sunday Sun-day night in Delta Second ward. 7:30 p.m. KDYl-TV Ctactl 4 U XL Ull |
