Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-03-30 | Page 7 | Weevil Forces the Farmer to Work His Ground

WEEVIL FORCES IE FARMER TO WORK HIS CR01D Royal Rasmussen. county horticul-lure horticul-lure inspector, says he considers the altalfa weevil a benefactor in disguise, dis-guise, as it will be the means of caus-lug caus-lug the farmers to cultivate their al-falfa al-falfa fields rather than plow them up and plant mem 10 oiner mini products of less value Mr Rasmussen states that in late years the average farmer has arrived at the conclusion that his alfalfa patch 13 not doing much because the cJfalfa has grown old and needs renewing, re-newing, when, In fact, the whole trouble trou-ble lies in that he has neglected to cultivate the patch "The weevil," says Mr. Rasmussen. is going to force the farmer to look Cter the alfalfa and cultivate it as It should be. When the cultivation omes the little pest will become extinct, ex-tinct, because eultnation means the loosening up of the surface of the ground on which alfalfa grows, and when the surface is broken, whether In the spring or the fall of the jear. the weevil gets a heavy blow and it will be only a short time when it will be completely exterminated I think the weevil is doing a good work for the alfalfa fields and you will discover dis-cover in the next few years that it will force the farmers to take care of their hay land aa they are doing with sugar beets and other crops."