Show THE ALFALFA WEEVIL As an illustration of what some of the farmers in the vicinity of lehi are doing in effectively combast 1 n 9 the ala falfa weevil mr lr 11 J webb field assistant in entomology at the utah agricultural college recently brought brough tin ln to the utah farmer office some samples of alfalfa mr jr 9 A sm smith ith who it is ift fl iba ba creek bottoms cut his first crop of on june the ground remained bare until june on account of the work nork of the weevil on this date he spring sprig toothed the ground once and brush dragged dragg ged it three times irrigating the field three days later on oa july the alfalfa on this field averaged in height three feet two inches the average daily growth was 1 inches mr webb thinks that this thir crop will grow at least 10 inches during the next week an adjoining field cut a week earlier and not worked in any way but irrigated about the same time is just beginning to show green above the old stubble another piece niece of alfalfa on the same farm was cut at tle the same time but worked two days later t was har harrowed rowel twice with the common steel toothed harrow and then brula dragged three times and now shows a growth of three feet in 26 days on benjamin lotts letts farm in the lower field near his home the alfalfa was cut on june yielding 4 tons from six acres this alfalfa was cut early on account ot of the work ot of the weevil on june he spring tooth ed this ground twice harrowed it twice and then rolled it once to level down lumps and clods about three days after this he irrigated it and it has had sufficient water ever since on july the growth averaged three feet john gordon alfred EU ell webb win sharp done bone bros and other farmers have obtained si millar results while their neighbors who have not worked the ground havo have alfalfa chops just beginning to grow the weevil being in a state of pupation or adult stage are not hindering the growth of the alfalfa as they do in the larva stage utah farmer |