Show Alfalfa Weevil Is Headed off offIt 0 pleasing It will be pJ pleasing asing for the people of this locality who are interested Inthe in inthe inthe the production of alfalfa hay and and particularly the producers to know that the alfalfa parasite which has been experimented with in this state for tor several years back has proven a success and that it is ridding idding the state of ot the weevil The Tho parasite was first tried out Ina in ina ina a modest way and confined to a small area to ascertain if it it had and damaging damaging damaging dam dam- aging peculiarities attached to it After it was determined that it was harmless to the which it came In contact with it was turned loose on the weevil Owing to the fact tact that it was hard to tell just what it was doing In the way of destroying the weevil because of its being almost its progress progress pro pro- gress to the eye was slow But now it has multiplied to such an extent extent extent ex ex- ex- ex tent that there is no doubting the good it Is doing the alfalfa raiser of the sate County Agent Webb of Salt Lake Lak county count stated that according to his c observations In the northern part of at the State where the parasite had become established and where he had had made observations the destruction destruction tion of at the weevil had ha been 85 per percent percent cent Professor Henderson of the A. A C C. C came to Leamington the middle of last week to study the weevil and hopper conditions in In that locality and found to his astonishment that the weevil parasite had him there it having traveled across Ju Juab b county and into Millard without without with with- out the knowledge of the It is now firmly established in inthe inthe inthe the Leamington district and may al already already already al- al ready be working In a small way inthis in this Athis territory If It not already already- here hereIt hereIt It It will soon work its way down here and nd in a very few tew years ears its effect will begin to be shown The insect is very small and resembles resembles resembles re re- a small light-colored light ant ant ant- very hard to detect except when Inthe in inthe inthe the cocoon It comes along and spying a weevil on the alfalfa stings slings Jt it Jt depositing one of Its eggs in the weevil Later the weevil preparatory preparatory preparatory tory to its goes down downto to the ground and forms and forms a cocoon around itself When this process has lias taken the egg of the parasite parasite parasite para para- site begins to form within the weevil and loo and behold there is no weevil wee wee- vil vii and nothing from which one can come But in its place there comes another of the parasites to prey on some some other weevil which has escaped the little insect |