Show Early Cutting of Hay Will Kill We WeeVil vil According to a survey lurvey made by the county agent a large per cent of the alfalfa fields in the county are in infested tn- tn fe fated ted with alfalfa weevil Damage during the past week has haa been excessive sive In some lome fields and wherever weevil weevil wee wee- vil viI damage threatens the quantity and quality of the crop to any extent early hay cutting for the control of weevil both this and next year should be practiced Heavily Infested fields should be cut cuto now o Early tutting and harvesting of bf the hay checks growth of the weevils in the worm Orm stage so that but very few of them spin cocoons Those worms that started In the cocoon stage Just lust before the hay was cut are killed by bythe the ue heat of or the sun lun when their shade is t taken away If hay is cut early all except t tiro to o or three per cent of the worms that have started spinning cocoons will die be because because be- be cause caus cause they contain parasite eggs Tho The small percentage of escaping parasites will have only started their cocoons the lu last week before the hay if is cut and the sun lun will kill the worms Early Early cutting of h hay y this yeah will control weevil to a very large extent for the following year |