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Show : oo IDAHO STARTS DRIVE AGAINST HAY WEEVIL POCATELLO. Ida.. June 22. A campaign against the alfalfa weevil Is being waged by the extension department depart-ment of the state, an appropriation oi $20,000 having been maoe at the last meeting of the state legislature. Claude Wakoland, extension entomologist ento-mologist is now In the southern part of the state giving demonstrations of the method of controlling the weevil by spraying with aroenlc solution. This is the first year that the weevil has spread Into Boise, Caldwell and Payette, and a strenuous effort Is being made to get the affair under control. oo |