Show alfalfa spraying urged by agent agen t spraying of alfalfa for weevil has begun in the lower valleys according to word received by county agent ray thatcher farmers are advised to start spraying here as soon us as the fields are dry enough tor for equipment to move onto them recommendations for spraying alfalfa as given by the extension service are 15 pounds pound of technical chlordane per acre or four our ounces of per acre these insecticides should be sprayed on with at least 20 gallons of water on warm days when the adult weevil are active experience in spraying the 1951 crop showed that hay yields could be increased up to percent by spraying fields that were badly infested with alfalfa weevil according to sir mr thatcher |