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Show FIGHT AGAINST THE1 WEEVIL SHOULD START NOW To assist in the mammoth task of wiping out the weevil in Utah, Dr. E. G Titus, entomologist of the Utah Agriculture college of Logan, urges the farmers of the state to start this fall to cherk next year's pests, rather than to wait until the weevil Is at work ravishing he alfalfa fields This is of great Importance, he declares: and is practically the only way that the insect can bo stamped out successfully suc-cessfully Tho fanners, he says, should drag all fields with a spring tooth harrow-thoroughly. harrow-thoroughly. This should be done after the first crop and also in the fall It will not only kill off the weevils In tin' Held but Increase greatly the fertility fer-tility of the soil, he asserts This should bo followed by a general cleaning clean-ing up of the fields All rubbish should be burned and ditcb banks burned oft. and the ditches cleaned out This Is of great Importance as the alfalfa weevil hi bernates here during the winter and lays its eggs In rubbish and dltcb banks Old haystack yard3 should be I cleaned up and burned Fall harrowing and spring toothing has been of considerable service in! the fight to wipe out the alfalfa weevil wee-vil which has done thousands of dollars' dol-lars' damage in Utah This will give the crops an earlier start by ten days and thus save considerable loss from the weevil as the crops will be better able lo resist the insect |
