Show MAKING MAKA il N G FIGHT ON ALFALFA WEEVIL 4 6 great damage wrought rought by a which attacks alfalfa ind and which has been confined con tined so far principally pall to utah is ii causing oali cers of the department of agriculture at washington D C to make phanh for i i tight fight this crus crusade ide probably will be the tile most important import int new work according to dr howard chiat of the bu acau M t aich he and his assistants will ill haap ha e on hand next season alfalfa is 14 such an important crop in many of the states west of the first tier beyond the all riar ivr thit that government Rovern goern ment officials onic iala are anxious to find some means of t the weevil unlike the cotton boll boil weevil the alfalfa pest docs it in work ork on in the outside of the plant stacking the leavea i and stalk we will try to introduce a fungus parasite and alo al o predaceous mite to fight the weevil says sas dr F NI 1 webster who is act actively iely of such for the bureau whether the former r can be made to live in in th dr dry fainting sections v herp alfalfa is grow n J a question but it can y be introduced into the humid territory and thu thui i keep the weevil from spreading pre adin thereto 44 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |