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Show 4 THE PAYSON CHRONICLE, Payson. Utah FkIDiiI, il...lL Alfalfa Weevil is .0, 1953 SPRING Nsvy Offers Opportunities To Women 10 to 25 HOUSE CLEANING Serious Pest Tne Payson Chronicle ALAN K .Viddoijne uiuu JIH u Phone Local Cox respondent 223-- J $2.50 U, Jt'ninu LMt oy .w Alt NEK, Ed. tor said that the people of Etheopia were a kindly people who lived n glass huts built in a circular NEWS ill ahape. naj. u .a. ounex Mr. and Mrs. Leo Menlove weie i.osus io the loollowing Mr. uuwia ua.uruay evening. ai,u iviis. ic. j. uij eis, rrovo; r. ana ua. reve Anaerson ana . joeauice Moore ot Payson; an-ana ivxra. u. J. Butler, Mr. anu mis. iteed Moore, Mr. ana Mrs. uien Cropper, and Mr. Arcner Butler. Kook was played with prizes gaing to Mrs. Daphna Moore, Archer Butler, Mrs. Beatrice Moore and Glen refreshDelicious Cropper. ments were served by the hosts assisted by their daughter Lu Dean. -- , Mr. mid ivirs. Mike Cowan ana ..augmei, Marion and son, Michael were ui r.eui sunaay as am-..e- r guests or tneir aaugnter anu Mr. and mis. uram nd as. Other dinner guests were mi', ana Airs. Johnny Van Zeben oi ian Lake City. Mrs. Haws ana Mrs. Van Zeoen are sisters. a, Mii-iii-i- Mrs. Fern Neilsen and Mrs. J. Butler were dinner guests of Mrs. Butlers daughter, Mrs. Lina Hanks of Salem, Friday. Additional fuests were her sisters, Mrs. Reba Olsen and Mrs. Etnel Erickson of Payson and uer aunt, Mrs. Marda Sadler, Miss Ida K. Peay held a slum- ihe day was spent in preparing ber party at the home of her material for rugs. A delicious parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gib Peay, lunch was served at noon. Baturaay evenmg. Making of candy and watching television Elden Taylor was hoso to Iz were enjoyed by the group e which were Judy Kalabacha, .numbers ot tne M.I.A. Diane Shepherd, Karen Hardmg chat, Sunday evening after the service. Elder Hector of Payson and the hostess. The cnurch was oadler the guest speaker attended aiso the Sunday girls ana displayed some of his paintmorning church services. ings and explained the techniof oil painting. The group Mr. and Mrs. Blain Hall and que was very interesting in Mr. Sadfamily of Sait Lane City were lers hobby and asked many weekend guests ot their father, e The chat questions. Archer Butter and their aunt the Elders quorsponsored by and uncie, Mr. and Mrs. Hector um met at the home of Mr. and Sadler. Mike Cowan in charge. D. Fire-sid- fire-sid- Hyrum Greenhalgh, Spring-viltand an employee of the U. S. Keclamation Service, was the speakers at the Sunaay evening A musical church services. number was given by Diane, Karen, and Sandra Butler, Bless This House, accompanied by their monther, Mrs. Aroha Buge, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Menlove were dinner guests of their son and daughter-in-laMr. and Mrs. Ted Menlove of Spanish Leo Menlove is employFork. ed at Sunnyside and was home for the weekend. ler. Elder Greenhalgh was one of two men sent to Etheppia by the United States government, at the request of the Etheopian go- Ueai in tu Wlicie uccii me new alfalfa weevil con--i- oi cutiuui piugram, aeveiopeu oy uo eruomosogist r. V. Lieoei-uia- n anu ms associates at tne uian Agricultural Experiment oration, ana enuiinoiogisis warning in Montana ana otner western states, nas proven mat tins pest can be controliea ecouonc-ail- y by aestroying tne overwintered aauit weevils. Control, nowever, must be accompnsneu before the female weevils lay many eggs. Otherwise tne eggs will hatch and become worms to feed on alfalfa foilage during June and early July. A new insecticiae called will enter the aliana control picture in Utah ana much of the northwest, this season. Research by entomologist Liberman and his associates at the Legume Seed Research Laboratory showed this chemical uuung ly52, when applied at the rate ot 4 ounces actual per acre as a spray, to give control treatment. Ordinarily an insecticiae is not recommended for control use on the oasis of one year's research data, no matter how favorable. However, because extensive research in Montana, Colorado, and Idaho last season yielded control result almost identical with those seeurred in Utah, the Utah entomologists decided to place, a tentative recommendation for use of heptachlor for 1953. The widespread geographical area of experimental tests last season helped to quite an extent to prove its use under varied climatic conditions, such as might have been encountered in a single area through control tests made over several seasons. In 1952 great amounts of diel-drias well as chlordane, were sprayed on alfalfa in early The result was excelspring. lent weevil control in practically all cases, Control chemicals were adequate in supply for all Utah needs in 1952 They should again be adequate to meet all 1953 weevil control needs. toA hep-tachi- hep-tachl- n, derstand the control problems; Adult weevils emerge from cocoons in the fields from May to Most of the emerged August. weevils survive on through the next winter. Some females deposit a few eggs in the fall. Many more eggs are laid during the following spring, At first eggs are laid only in small frag, ements of dead alfalfa and grass stems. However, after the spring alfalfa growth becomes 0 inches tall, more and more eggs are laid in growing alfalfa terns. Each female weevil deposits from 200 to 800 eggs. Only small numbers of larvae hatch before May 1, Larve become damagingly abundant during late May to June. Each Larva molts three e times before spinning its IVINS HATCHERY Now Offering UTAH COUNTY POULTRYMEN Highest Quality BABY CHICKS - HA11PSHIRES Order Now and Insure Delivery Date IVINS HATCHERY American Fork, Utah O t" 4SS-- J r. : ;i?4 i l Congressman Dawson Reports Behind The Headlines Congressional investigations of Communist influence have ben But it grabbing the headlines. is the more routine examinations of government operations that are raising eyebrows back here and raising eyebrows wrinkling noses. as Mayor of New York. Living in Slate Perhaps you at home wonder why Congress seems to pick on the State Department. This might help you understand why The House Administration e found that one State Department housing project in The Mayor's Vacation Bremen, Germany, provided 11 An example was the uncover- maids rooms for 12 apartments ing of the whopping in lieu of to house 21 State Department vacation payments made to de- bachelors. The building itself parting officers of the former would cost $305,777 of $25,481 Administration. They totaled for each apartment. more than $700,009 and ranged up to $12,750 in some cases, Even Your Present to Mike The new Secretary of Interior, O'Dwyer collected $5,000 of the taxpayers coney Douglas McKay, just discovered to compensate for vacations he that we taxpayers gave Mike said he didnt take. 1 think most Straus, outgoing reclamation Americans believe ODwyer has commissioner, a farewell gift. been on a vacation ever since For the last six of the formdays Truman appointed him Ambas- er Administration, he was hired sador to Mexico a vacation, as a consultant at $100 per day. that is, from embarrassing ques- Vacation Scandal The trouble with the actions of the outgoing high officers in accepting pay for vacations they didnt get is that its affect on the legitimate rights of federal employees. Congress wanted to give all eligible federal employees a two week vacation and some of sek leave without loss of pay. In cases of emergency, where UEPTACHLOR gives the lowest 1 cost effective control of alfalfa the time dasnt used, the law weevils available to a farmer. Only 4 ounces of Heptachlor per acre permitted the government make up for lost vacation time applied in early Spring will give complete control. The increased value of hay and seed produced from Heptachlor-treate- a alfalfa fields will repay the cost of insecticide many times over, Com-mitte- Heptachlor has been extensively tested under field growing conditions, and is approved as an effec i m I i i n 100 Sort 42nd Straal, Now York 17, Now York um v i I in a i n c i a a i c i nm avoiding cuitomor mlwadantandlng and pro von ting lot ceple. 0pHyim, numerical Sling timpIMoc dally audit. I IDOORE REGISTER MB REGISTER fORffl fOR EVERV fORffl Of fe&f . . . IISIIESS for Conplita liforaitioi An Authorized MOORE Dealer - LIVESTOCK MEN Make Money LISTEN Apply Heptachlor with standard equipment. Consult your state agricultural authorities, or your county agricultural agent for advice on correct timing, rate, and method applying Heptachlor for alfalfa weevil control in your area. Apply aa recommended for easy, effective, oaomical control of weevils. TO THE FARI PTEIIOOK MONDAY THRU FRIDAY o 12:35 p.m. over- 8e Yonr County Agent 1, llilnal filed lo (Ho 1 rlMr't looked comportment FARMERS out of the soil. Unless they are killed at once, adults will begin egg laying as soon as they come out of hiberna tion, On adult weevil can lay enough eggs in a season to produce as many as 800 larvae if all hatch. Larvae destroy alfalfa plants by feeding upon tnem, It is much easier to kill the relatively few adults lu eerly Spring before they lay their eggs, than the tremendous number of larvae which can hatch out later In the season, Apply Heptachlor early, then, before alfalfa plants are 8 Inchee tall. Get the weevils before they lay their eggs. 1 Ora copy ot tadi may ko eutometUolly Alfalfa Weevils alfalfa growth will bring wintered weevils Export Division urn rollaMo record. Mt o Hcfcot Lowest Cost Control Heptachlor should be applied in the early Spring, as soon as after the alfalfa begins to grow. Weather warm enough to promote Onaaral Often end loboratorin $90 lad Orand Avanua, Chicago Moo-r- kegiticr and fteglttsr Form Heptachlor Gives cocoon among leayes on Pr near the surrface of the ground. Pupation occurs in this cocoon. CORPORATION A mine shutdown in Utah is costly to everyone. Miners lose jobs, suppliers of equipment and services lose business, the public loses the benefits of payrolls, tax payments and supply purchases. Such widespread effects call for combined action to solve the problem created by droppiig prices for some of Utah's metals and the high level of operation costs and taxes." tie-up- Kill Adult Weevils Divides ot tho Arroy Corporation be-tw- ui s about his with gamblers and other racketeers tions tive and safe insecticide for use in the control of alfalfa weevils, Heptachlor emulsifiable concentrate and dust formulations have been used with equal effectiveness. a schooling, training and oppoitunities are PI UTAH VOLOICOL . i ,'T fI net-lik- Phone : OU or Mr. and Mrs. Thelma Butler and Mrs. Jerolyn Menlove entertained at a quilting party at the Butler home. A delicious hot dinner was served at noon, guests were Mrs. Ethel Decker, Mrs. Elva Davis, Mrs. Margaret Butler, Mrs. Viola Cowan, Mrs. Clara Menlove, Mrs. Annie Menlove and Mrs. Lyle De St. Jeor of Provo. Mrs. Jerolyn Butlers Possibly a little information husband is stationed with the on the seasonal history of the to soon is army in Germany, but alfalfa weevil will help us to unreturn to the United States. vernment to investigate the possibilities of using the waters of the Blue Nile River for irrigation and electric power. The two men, Mr. Greenhalgh and Mr. Clark, left the United States in March of 1952 and returned in June of same year. They reported their findings and gave Mr. Greenhalgh government. LEGHORNS Iiiuat dpiuig grams, yours. i For further information, conme n oung woman tact the local Navy Recruiting the age- 18 and 25, Substation, Post Office Building, w.th a h.ph Ahool education, or Ihovn, Utah, Telephone 21fi. its equivalent, you owe it to yourself to investigate the many opportunities offered by the Navy. As a CHIROPRACTOR AVE, the Navy will lain joa along the most modem W. R. COURTNEY bin's pi In addition' to your regular pay, you will 98 North 1st East receive many other benefits, such as; living and clothuig SPANISH FORK. UTAH medical and dental Office Hour 9 to 6 care, life insurance, and other advantages on an equal basis Phone 72 with the men in the Navy. For Appointment There are no limits set on vocational your The progress. If The alfalfa weevil is a serious pest in Utah practically every year. Damage was somewhat iess serious in lyoU tnan most atasons, aue to the very rapia grow in of tne crop wmch ocean eu alter the mg n spring wa-.icceueu anu pciiumeu uie uop to giow. nowever, in lsoi. me an. aim Weevil Causeu great Eniered l the Post OKiee at Payaon, Utah County, Utah as second-clas- s matter necesaiy Livestock Quotations Weather Report Temperature Reports Farm and Livestock News Interviews With Outstanding 0 Livestock and Farming Personalities FIRST IN THE HEART OF UTAH G DIAL 960 5000 WATTS |