Show COUNTY AGENTS COLUMN morgan P mckay experts outline alfalfa weevil control plans damage to alfalfa fields by weevil in the coming crop season was partially t fall determined last tali all according to a aa report made recently before tile he U S A C extension service staff by george I 1 lreeves reeves and dr J U C hamlin of the united states department of agriculture between september 1 ane an the time lime the snow fell last fat all members of the bureau of enta moloy maje soil samples of many fields field it if found on an average ave aver rake aks one to one and one halt half weevil per square foot of ground the experts predict that no damage Is likely to occur next spring it if from one and one halt half to two and one halt half weevil were found per sq ft the field was marked as pivotal and may be damaged or not depending on weather conditions it more than two and one half weevil were found cound per square foot damage Is most likely to occur next season they said it weather conditions are not favorable in the spring tor for the 1 lying laying and hatching of eggs or are adverse to the development of the larvae then no damage Is likely 1 I believe the coming way to control alfalfa weevil will be by regul abing the time ot of cutting the alfalfa field tor for hay said mr reeves lit in most instances alfalfa Is allowed to stand too long before it la Is cut alfalfa should not be allowed to stand until weevil damage Is noticed at this time most of the larvae have gone into pupation and are not destroyed mr air reeves said the best time to cut the alfalfa even though it showed no weevil Is at the earliest possible maturity or about the time the first larvae pupate this Is probably at the late bud stage or as the first bowers flowers appear more afore good pullets needed in utah says expert by byron alder U S A C extension A report issued by the bureau ot of I 1 agricultural ri cultural economics through the federal state market news service shows that the poultry raisers ot of utah produced and shipped out ot of the state more cars ot of eggs in 1931 than during the year just closed indications are that there will be another slight decrease this year in the out ot of shipments as compared with last year from these reports we must conclude that there Is at present a marked decrease in the number ot of good vigorous well developed pullets and young hens in the poultry flocks flock of 0 the state in order to prevent the volume ot of egg shipments from going lower again next year it will be necessary tor for the poultry raisers to brood a much larger number ot of chicks this spring old hens do not pay some producers have attempted to continue their poultry business by keeping only old birds this practice may have been advisable last year but should not be repeated again this year in in these same flocia flocks the birds in these flocks are now two and three years old and a much larger percentage ot of the lock flock should be replaced with younger birds carefully checked records show that on the average the third years egg production Is only about 70 to 80 per cent ot of the first years record of the same flock and only a small percentage of the flock will continue to be profitable egg producers during the fourth year under present conditions poultry raising can be made profitable only a high average egg production for every bird kept on the farm for best results about 50 per cent of the flock should be replaced each year with good vigorous well developed pu pullets lIets get chicks early orders should bo be placed now tor for these chicks so BO that delivery can be made by the hatcheries when the chicks are desired chicks hatched in march and april are as a rule the best for utah poultry raisers ral sers late hatched chicks do not grow and develop as well as the early chicks the hot weather seems to retard their growth and a larger percentage of t the e pullets are culls or poor producers A very progressive hatching and breeding program Is being developed here in the state by the hatcheries and breeders bleeders bre eders and the marketing association utah poultry raisers should aid in developing this program by ordering as tar far as poss ble utah hatched chicks while some good chicks are obtainable from a few ot of the hatcheries out of 0 the state many ot of the chicks shipped in are decidedly inferior to our utah hatched batched birds note in our column last week where a formula tor for a cleaner and polisher tor for linoleum floor was given we omitted to add that the gasoline should always be added out ot of doors |