| Show FARMERS OF UTAH UI all MUST im iff BE ON 10 auard k idaho legislature passes measure prohibiting shipment of utah alfalfa products into that state in the future are the farmer farmers of or utah going to allow the ampro in n to spread that the alfalfa wavil can ba carried from thia this tate state into other sections ot of the country through tte its alfalfa product products this la to the question lucet lon which 1 in now confronting the agricultural Inter tate feta nt 0 the hate and prominent producer producers nd wid meeds men uro we of the opinion that a united effort should be made to correct this growler feeling against utah alfalfa products bome timo time ago the state of california placed utah alfalfa eed seed and other products product a of 0 that plant under the ban claiming that tho the were infected with weevil since then a similar restriction has gone into effect ia S montana aad and last week eek the idaho legislature pared passed a measure prohibiting the shipment of utah alt alfalfa alfa product products into that state the calor was taken when california suggested that it acabo would take such action the coast state would lift its prohibition upon idaho alfalfa products product a which it objected to simply because utah pro product dutte were allowed to enter eater idaho the fallacy of this theory on the part of california author ldes wae waa discussed among farmed farmers and seed men of utah during the past weel week the alfalfa business ta fa thia this state amounts to half a million dollare dollars and la is a growing business all tho the time dealers feel that ucb such mx an unjust quarantine Lue which would cripple the ludu industry stry bere should not diet government officials mew low when georgo I 1 reevee reeves united states 4 hartmont oart mont of agriculture entomologist pt t salt lako city wu asked his views in the matter he la to quoted na as baying saying I 1 the idea ie to preposterous the alfalfa weevil Is about cea cen times as large as the alfalfa sep 1 As A the beed seed I 1 Is sifted be core ore it Is plit into bag bags there ie le no possibility that the weevil could fall through the sieve into ma t the a bag thac that to I 1 naly common enel knowledge of s ayone who knows known anything cout the weevil I 1 calif 01 nta or any other elate state would be more justified in im prohibiting the en tronco of tourist or pulla a mra care from utah than to quarantine alfalfa products an a matter of fact the tourist or pullman car IA is more liable 1 to spread the alt ulta weevil than the alfalfa products prof E 0 titus of the state agricultural coll colt e found nine weevil la in the vasti jle ale of a pullman car bound for idaho through cache valley laet last 1 I 1 in abe lUr tirs when I 1 first came here bore I 1 waa was nerved served breakfast break taut in a one in a dish of from Call california tomia I 1 found an alfalfa weevil why not atop the shipment of borr loe too in fact why wity not atop stop the shipment of any utah uta h product or even tle tl transportation of cars or people tj t in this state it would be lust just as sensible t there ie Is no dormant stage dur ing which the weevil might be in biga ot of need seed the egg of the weevil la is very fragile belag aa in reality a ery email small jelly like gnass ma it would break going through n u and even it if it did not in boole sovie cases it would immediately be crushed in the eick sok and suppose a few did escape crushing if it th tb hatched it U would die dle in the bag bocak se it would have nothing to eat there la is no foundation for this tane action Is 1 hugh W smith of R silt skit lake city eced seed company discus alne the action of the idaho legislature paid said in lit the first place I 1 dont believe that the action alou wan was a juet just one 1 I dont believe it was right fa to idaho to against ita its neighbor in favor of california we have to depend on idaho tor for P r good hare share of cd our hay bay utah alfalfa al talta seed can caa be LA dast lose its identity there and he shipped back into these very that are quarantining tiLing against it and who pays for it the fanner farmer lie ile pay pays a price to jobbers and price tor for shipping when bd might well ell get set the product direct but the question que atlon of transferring the weevil through these products liae has been conclusively proved a false theory by nany many including the united states department ot of agriculture it la bad to lot let this impre eelon slon grow grows and it la Is time for the farmers to take action to stop it already our firm bas bad some earia iders for wed cs cameele cac eele neele on account 0 of thie this unjust quarantine quara atine sulk in the cocoanut Coto Coco anut it it had bad been proved that the could bo be carried lu in the products product i these neap states would haya lust just came cause for t u quarantine dut but it hae has not and the whole matter Is unjust I 1 have been told that the majority CIL 01 that board in california which recommended a 0 quarantine of utah alfalfa products product a were ere alfalfa growers that woula certainly eug sug boet gost that they were doln doing it so as to keep the business at homo home and thereby keep the prices up the armors of thia this state who depend on alfalfa for a living have ot to take some action or thia this quarantine fallacy 13 1 going to grow until there won t be any market for utah products 1 smith also quoted some of the la stances of the weevil being transferred ry ty boa box cars pullmans mid A the like he ile said that utah alfalfa seed used to be known ae as the beet best in the country and that there was groat great demand for it but he be declared if it the spreads that it la is infested with the weevil and that this weevil can bo be carried in it it will seriously cripple the industry in 1 thia elate state other others who are proficient in knowledge of alfalfa raiding held the same opinion in the matter matu and many severely verely ae criticized criticised the action of the idaho idabo legislators in rushing a through a quarantine lefore they knew it was juat just thereby crippling he the business busl nees of a P state with rhth it transacts acts a large volume of buel buti now nw works bout as alays it waa was suggested that a considerable quantity qua nalty of idaho need seed la is sold to utah dealers it comee comes here from thero there but the utah dealers could not ship it back ba ck to idaho grower growers the effect of this la Is that idaho virtually puta puts a quarantine on a part of its own eed oa on the other hand this seed from idaho might be shipped to a seed firm 12 la III deimer damer or chicago direct from utah and could then be hipped into idaho montana california or any other elate state T the gel denoral loral consensus coneen sua of 0 opinion Is that utah has been unjustly treated in the matter anil and that it ie Is time the far farmosa ot of the state took action to correct tho the matter mattex |
