Show 1 AGENTS by MORGAN P mckay parit ACCOUNTS HEIP FARM TO PLAN activities in order to select wisely the crops to be grown and the livestock to be produced and to keep costs con a sistena with market prices the tar far mer needs information inor matlon mation about varl ous operations this information must be accurate specific and oft en detailed in nature herein lies the value of farm accounts they are a means of securing this kalua ble information by keeping farm accounts the farmer may assemble and analyze i specific information about the per Ifor firmance for mance of the factors of product ion on his farm valuable informs tion needed about his land machin ery equipment livestock curren current tex ex benses and his on labor and man argement such information is in dispensable to the most efficient op aeration of a farm in case a large number of farm ers era keep comparable farm account records as is being done by some farmers in utah each may corn com pare his results with those from a group of similar farms the weak and strong points in his own organ rational zat ional management can then be easily determined which enables him to arrange and conduct his own farm on a profitable basis farm account records become in creakingly crea singly valuable most farmers i lio ho have kept records during the rast two years are continuing and many more are eager to start in 1931 and 1932 records show that some farmers have made a profit in spite of adverse conditions even where profits have not been realized losses by means of records have been kept down many farm ers era are successfully meeting the ev er changing economic conditions by resolutely facing the facts which their farm records place at their dis dosal farm accounts will lend val vat bable aids in the solution of many farm problems A farm account book may be ob bained by writing to the extension service of the utah state agrical tural college at logan ALI ALFA 11 WEEVIL LIFE III the green worm with a black head chich eats the alfalfa leaves is one stage of alfalfa weevil which every farmer knows the entire life of the individual weevil usually covers twelve months and it 1 la only in the horm or larval stage for one month but bu it is at this time it does damage it is to know where the weevil is and what it does the other eleven months of its life in order to find the weakest spot at which to de stroy it the worm lives but one month during the spring season varying inath altitude from may thru june some earlier some 1 liter but the av worm is considered here at the end of a month it has grown from a tiny worm one twentieth of an inch long to its mature size of an ach long it drops down to the ground curls up and spins around itself a white netlike web called a cocoon the cocoon Is often attach ed to a curled up alfalfa leaf which may readily be found by bunting in the stubble the weevil reevil stays in the cocoon stage for about two weeks during which time it gradually changes from a green worm into a dark brown beetle three sixteenths of an inch long this beetle crawls around and is also able tofely to fly it can be found by searching in the stubble or if abundant by looking on the bottom of the hayrack just after a load of the second chop has been taken off the adult never eats enough al falfa to do noticeable damage it lives over until the next year spend ing the winter close to the ground under trash and in crevices in april it lays eggs in the stems of the grow ing alfalfa about eight eggs are deposited in each hole and one wee vil averages eggs these yel yet low eggs may be found by splitting open an alfalfa stem which has been punctured the eggs hatch out into small worms in about two weeks and the newborn new born weevil starts on its year of life an article in control to follow |