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Show Farmers Should I Control Weevils All unharvested residue of the 1944 pea crop 'should be plowed under eight to 10 inches deep, pastured off closely, with farm animals, or pulled up and burned when -dry to avoid recurrence of the "pea weevil in 1945 crops, Professor Charles J. Sorenson, entomologist en-tomologist of the Utah extension exten-sion service, advised -farmers.; ;. ; Most peas in victory gardens: ;. and in many commercial - fields .'' of the state are infested with the pea weevil, .and unless it is controlled," con-trolled," this insect pest will be. come an increasing menace to peas wherever they are grown, he said. The.. pea weevil feeds as a larva or worm within soft green peas, and the worms are inconspicuous incon-spicuous and are seldom seen by the average person. Just as no one wants to eat wormy apples, no one would eat "wormy" peas, the entomologist stated, and everybody can do much to control this injurious pest, in both gardens and fields. Cooperation of all gardeners and growers is essential to prevent increased infestation and damage to this choice and valuable crop. Because recent surveys definitely definite-ly indicate that town gardens are the most important source of their own reinfestation and the infestation infes-tation of nearby commercial fields, he recommended close care of such gardens. Professor Sorenson declared that within the next month pea weevil wee-vil larvae will have attained their maturity and will then transform and emerge' as adult beetles. Upon Up-on their emergence these beetles will fly and spread for considerable consider-able distances, seeking favorable places in which to hibernate during dur-ing the winter. If land is plowed to help in eliminating the pea weevil, he advised immediate irrigation following fol-lowing to hasten decomposition of the residue and to pack the soil to prevent emerged beetles j reaching the surface of the ground. ' |