Show HOW now TO C CONTROL OL WEEVIL By C. C J. J Hansen We have been experimenting the thelast thelast thelast last two seasons to find out the proper prop prop- er time to cut alfalfa so as to overcome overcome overcome over over- come the alfalfa weevil We cut our hay in 1919 just as the first weevil began to hatch and were successful in hauling all of th the eggs off the ground getting a very light first crop and a very heavy second and third and a light fourth In 1920 we waited till the first crop made a good crop about the time the big majority of or the weevil were hatched The hay bay started right up and the weevil did not hold It back at all an getting three normal crops on all o of the land Jand except a small smaIl corner that was not r raked ked as soon as cut This small piece did not start up for tor weeks thus proving that there was no shortage of weevil The way to handle the crop is not notto notto notto I to wait walt too long before cutting It should be cut with a sharp knife close to the ground and should not be allowed to wilt before raking The mower should not be more than three rounds ahead of the rake and it should be bunched at once In other words the cutting raking and bunching should be finished at the same time Ume By this method of or Handling the crop most of the weevil are piled InI in inthe inthe the hay bay before they have time to get getoff I off aU and find a new home and are I I smothered by the heat and settling 01 of th the piles at any rate the second crop started right up without any trouble Some rake all their hay in long windrows and bunch afterwards This should not be done aone but the reverse reverse reverse re re- re- re verse method of raking should be used which is is' is hard for tor some to understand understand understand un un- even when you get them In Ina Ina ina a field and try to show them with a rake First the man on the rake makes a complete round being careful careful care care- ful tul to take just juat two swaths then turns completely around and goes back over his same tracks thus makIng making making mak mak- ing it twice As the rake starts on the second or reverse round the follows and tips Ups one swath over on top of of the other making nice size cocks The man on the rake makes two rounds to the one of the man i who is bunching the hay The raKe should not pass the man who is pu piling pil pU- ing the hay bay till he has completed the round when he reverses and the operation is completed ready ready for another round This method of raking hay may seem expensive to some but a goodman good man can easy keep ahead of a rake and it is no trouble lor for a rake to tomake tomake tomake make two rounds to the mowers mower's one One Ono man and two boys can cut rake and pile twelve acres a day th that t way but if It the hay is extraordinary heavy it may be bo well to have two men and anda a boy and change jobs occasionally Q o |