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Show ALFALFA WEEVIL I INJLLVILLE I Thousands Can be Seen' In I ! The Fields There FARMERS OH THE AL'ERP- I SYSTEMATIC WORK SHOULD BE M COMMENCED TO RID VALLEY fl OF THIS EVIL. M IVom tlmo to time thero nns up- H reared In the columns of the dally H papers, reports or the Introduction of H tho alfalfa weevil Into Utah, and pro- H U-'nors of agronomy and entomology H havo had tho matter under dlAimsslox H and hnvo been trying to dovlsa ways H I'll, I means m .iddlng tho lntenuoun- H tain Ftntos of this new post of the H farmers. ..ni- H Its Introduction came 111' the phnpe H of packing, presumably' shipped from H somu Italian port, whoro It lint been H n pest for many years, nnd whoro Its H I habits, conditions nnd mode 'of life H hnvo been thoroughly watched with H Mnw to Its extermination. H Only tho other dny two piomluoul H professors, who nro working on 'the H subject, received a consignment of H parasitic insects that wngo otcrn.il H warfuro on tho weevil, and thcsolnar- H ncd mon hollove thnt by a systomntlc H propagation of this pnrnslto .that' tho H alfalfa weevil will bo finally extennin- M ntcd. H Word now comes from Mlllvlllc thnt H tho weevil Is seen there by tho thou- H sand, nt least that lf .the way it In M put up to iib, and n gentleman phoned M tti this offlco thnt all through Millvllle M tho pests can bo scon and the farmors M fear their fine crops of alfalfa will be H decimated by tho scourgo unless some- H thing Is done In tho mntter. M We would suggest to tho peoplo of x H Millvllle or any other place whoro ( fl thoso pests crop up, that thoy wpuld. M do well to gut In touvh with the pro- M lessors of the Agricultural College, fl who havo given this mnttcr a great M deal of attention and who will gladly M tell them what Is best to bo done un- M dor the circumstances. H If this pest Is nllowed to gain much fl headway In this valley where tho hay M and dairying Interests uro so closely , fl allied, thoro Ib no telling what dam- M ago may bo done. fl Every farmer should havo Informs- M Hon how to go after tho weevil, and M we hollevo that nH soon as tho pro- M feasors who aro Interested In this mat- H tor, havo fully gono Into the mean? M of destruction, that they will help , H tho fanners throughout this region to M rid tholr fields of this scourge. , , H |