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Show New Method ot Destroying Des-troying Malta Weevil Lac.il runner lint .Successfully Solteil (JiicsHoii of Destrojlng Alfalfa Weeil. John Steggel, our city ntreet supervisor, super-visor, has discovered a now method ol successful)' dustroyjug tho alfalfi weeyll that has been devastating the hay crop throughout Utah. His method meth-od Is simple, Inexpensive ami thoroughly thor-oughly ofrectlvo, his neighbors declaring declar-ing that it Is the most effective mothou jet evolved. .Mr. StoggePs method consists ol simply dragging or burrowing tho alfalfa al-falfa when It Is inudd), or Immodlateiv utter It has been Irrigated. The destructive de-structive little insects nre by thl method thoroughly mixed, up In tin mud, and bf,tore they ca'n oUrlc.ii' themselves they tiro (loan, uno or mi Steggel's neighbors, in describing tie Hold, stated that after It had been treated it loked barren as n desert and as If it- never wou'd como ou again. However, In a fojw days ih barren Mold began to look green aim the alfaira grow more rapidly thai, over boforo For several weeks tip neighbors' Holds romaliicd barren, whllo Steggel's llehl gmw luxutlanti., and Ib now nbout ready to cut ! second time this season All kinds of methods have been tre J to check the weevil with varying sui -coss. Farmers Imve tslvou tho Holds a path of tlie, some have spread wnh parls green, and others poisonous -i'iu-stancos; some have slnly tried tu drovt. the weevil, some have adopted tho method of feeding the crop off wnh shcop: but up to the prosout tho only effective economical niPthod has I)' t the dust mulch method However, il. mud bath given by Mr. Steggel li declared de-clared to be less expensive and move effective than any of them. Those wIk have seen Its i fleets declare that tln-v will adopt It next year, |