Show io NE NEW wt 6 VT t NORTH the destructive alfalfa weevil has has been found in brigham city andril andwil and wll lard holds fields according to information received by A 11 II kirkland in charge of the governments overn ments investigations in this section from A N ainslie AIns lle held field agent now working in the northern part of tile the state air Ain discoveries show the presence of the weevil thirty miles further north than any point heretofore infested so tar far as the records show farmers in the northern part of 0 the state have reported from time to time that the weevil had been found in their fields but it usually turned out that the weevil was merely some common old bug that looked like the alfalfa pest to the farmer now however the weevil has been identified by art an expert and the government employees working to exter the pest realize that their field of work Is larger than was thought for mr air kirkland said this morning that in a short time he will have a corps ot of four field men working to determine if possible just how far the pest extends at present cache valley and malad valley both alfaba al talta growing sections and natural highways for the weevil to set get into southern idaho will be thoroughly inspected As yet the weevil has not been reported from idaho but inasmuch as its depredations extend far north in this state it would not be surprising to the officials it if they found the pest over the line mr air kirkland says that his men will make inspections in western colorado montana idaho and nevada during the summer telegram |