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Show Alfalfa Seed Men And Bee Men Meet On Mutual Problem Alfalfa seed, bees and insecticides insecti-cides formed the topic of unusual interest discussed at an open meet ing Tuesday night in the Delta Seminary. More than a hundred men attended, including farmers, beekeepers and dealers in insecticides. insec-ticides. That the subject evoked attention atten-tion was evidenced by the fact that although the night was warm and the listeners were hot, no one left the meeting. All stayed to hear what was said in the interests of growers of alfalfa seed, bee-men, and insecticides. The meeting lasted from 8 to 10 o'clock, and after adjournment continued in groups outside. Ward Moody was in charge, and speakers speak-ers were Lee S. Rogers, assitant county agent, and Arvil L. Stark, director of agricultural research and information of the Wasatch Chemical Co. Beekeepers and farm ers were called- upon to express their views in the informal discussion, dis-cussion, and much information was asked for and given. Three Sides on Question Lack of space prevents reporting report-ing a full account of the discussion, discus-sion, but some of the facts that were brought out are as follows: Farmers with alfalfa fields are worried about infestation of aphids or red spiders, truly known as the two-spotted mite. Bee keepers are worried over bee losses, which have been heavy due to spraying or dusting of alfal fa fields during the daytime, when bees are working in the blooms. Parathion or parathyon, is a chemical che-mical compound 75 times as effective ef-fective at DDT. It will kill aphids and red spiders, used as a spray or dust. It also kills the bees. Parathion is effective, but deadly. dead-ly. It must be used with the utmost ut-most caution. When using it, the operator must wear a gas mask, as the fumes are deadly when inhaled. in-haled. Seven lives were lost last year by users. Mr. Stark gave the case for and against the compound I and urged users by all means to have full information on how to handle their material before they start operations. This information may be had from the dealer, and I also from the county agent, Mr. ' Rogers. . For the beekeepers it was slat-'.d slat-'.d that bees are indispensable to alfalfa seed production. Therefore, Mr. Moody pointed out, it was not only neighborly but sound common com-mon sense to conserve the bees. It was urged that farmers spray or dust only in the evenings or early morning, when the bees are not working in the fields. Beekeeping Bee-keeping is an important local industry, in-dustry, and merits protection, he said. Spraying is less harmful to the bees than dusting, as it does not drift. It as also pointed out that at times farmers spray or dust when it is not necessary. A sweep of their fields will tell them when it is necessary. Parathion dealers or Mr. Rogers volunteered to make sweeps and help farmers in finding find-ing out if they needed to spray or dust. Mr. Rogers said Wednesday morning he had counted sweeps on ten farms and on none of the ten was it found necessary to use an insecticide. Much more was said on the subject. sub-ject. For further information farm ers were invited to get in touch with Mr. Rogers, at the county offices, of-fices, i |