Show Weevil Control Individual Problem m Alfalfa weevils which dama damage e a crop of ot hn hay aro are hatched from eggs laid b by adult weevils which were raised In that same field the year before If H a farmer permits a ra large number of ot weevils to mature in his field this year he Is certain to suffer damage next year year if Ii he ho prevents most of the weevils from Crom maturing this year ear he will wit have ro little or no weevil damage next year In other words the offending weevils are home The old Idea that weevils rake mke to flight In iii the late summer and talland fall tall falland falland and aro arc equally distributed over a wide area the next spring Is wron wrong There Is a general widening of weevil territory each year but not rot nota n. n sufficient migration to the farmer who keeps the num numbers ers down on his own farm The weevil problem may be bc compared compared compared com com- pared to that of wild oats By fly planting plantIng plant plant- Ing clean seed and preventing volunteer volunteer volunteer vol vol- wild oats from seeding ono one farmer may rid his land of the pest even cn though all his neighbors still produce wild oats oats So too with alfalfa weevil one farm may be befree befree befree free from damage or even one field fielo farm When hen fields of gf n a surrounding suffer sutter severe dam damage e. e The writer saw a 1 field which was WiS white with weevil injury while a afield afield field across tho the roa roal showed no signs of ot damage The difference was caused by methods of the previous previous previous pre pre- year which d a a la se In-se ge number of weevils to be produced and live e over in one field while most of ot them In the other ther field flold were destroyed Alfalfa weevil control Is an individual In Individual indIvidual in- in problem It may be bo hel helIn held In check on one farm or on one field while surrounding fields are literally eaten oaten up v |