Show IS THE A ALFALFA lr balfa WEEVIL A BENEFIT salt lake and utah counties hae realy been bene fitted by the visit of the alfalfa weevil said dr E G titus entomologist of the utah agit agil cultural college yesterday in enlarging upon his revolutionary statement the state chief fighter of insects said that the advent of the bug had caused many old and unattended Iti lucerne cerne fields to be plowed up and di more 0 re c caru a re taken of fields in general A I 1 I 1 field I 1 il be left jo to alfalfa no longer than four or five years C G wood ot of trenton utah Is plo plowing iNing his lucerne stubble after three years and setting getting he thinks the best results dr titus emphasizes strongly strong ly the th e need of plowing up the field no longer than anan five years after seeding and proper cultivation of the field every season for tile the pest breeds tight right on the stem of the plant again old piles of hay left in the field also weedy ditch banks are favorite hibernating places for the insect the real remedy for the weevil according to dr titus is better farming ile he rega regards ads the importing of weevil eating bugs which is now efow arousing much interest in utah as only an artificial method of ellmin eliminating at the pest even if its works all right the one renic remedy dy that will be permanently effective lie he says is s proper cultivation ot of nanis tile the spring tooth aud and bresli brus lidra drag 1 mus must be liberally applied on oil tile the stubbe immediately after the first crop is removed mored re the same thins thing must be done after the second cuttin cutting davis weber box elder san pete morgan summit and cache counties had better wake up tip said this practical scientist proper attention should be giyen to hay fields b before f the onslaught of the insect I 1 is made rather than wait till the damage is done already the bug is upon those counties and in causing aeilous injury as far north as brigham city the remedy dr titus recommends is known to succeed the farmers that apply it have no weevil demonstration work at various points in the state is being done to prove this one ot of these being at the industrial school farm in ogden |