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Show reasonably fair and that the results In the sugar productions will not fall far short of previous years. They Bay, though, that the sugar beet crop is faring much better than other crops ; in Weber county this year, the drouth I not affecting it as much as other farm products. I The cause for the short tonnage In j beets is duo to tho fact that a good many of the farmers neglected to plant the seed at the proper time, and, the season, coming on earlier than usual, there also being a scarcity of rain fall, stopped the early growth and It has required an excessive quantity of water to bring the crop even to an approximate productiveness productive-ness of that of last year. The weevil has not yet attacked tho alfalfa of Weber county, but It Is coming toward the county from tho north and the south. Tho pest Is being be-ing encountered in large numbers in Suit Lake and Utah counties and It is stated that the south end of Davis county Is now being lufested. Weber county Is exceptionally free from alarming situations regarding drouth and vegetable devouring buxs , so far, and it Is expected that the : farmers will see to It that there be I no Invasion of pests. The dry weather weath-er cannot be checked, but. those con-1 vcreant with such matters, 6(iy, it will not bo difficult to check the march of tho weevil and other destructive insects that prey upon the farms, if tho fight is begun at an early period. KEEPING THE WEEVIL BACK Joseph Qulnney, Jr , manager for the Amalgamated Sugar company at Logan, spent a part of the day in Ogden Og-den conferring with officers of the sugar su-gar company here. A trip was made to the factory and some of the beet fields were given consideration. Mr. Qulnney says that the crops ot Cache Valley this year are going to be short and that were It not for the fact that the sugar beet crop is prospectively pros-pectively good, there would be reason for pessimistic views regarding the harvest. Tho alfalfa weevil, be says, has not yet made Its appearance in Cache Valley Val-ley and every effort Is being put forth to check Us march southward from Idaho. A few alfalfa patches have been entered by the bug. but its depredations dep-redations are not yet of sufficient gravity to cause alarm. The fight against the Insect is on in earnest in Idaho. Whole fields of alfalfa aro being burned to the ground to get rid of the weevil and the state authorities havo taken the matter up, to the extent that tbe burning of weevil-Infested field's is made mandatory. Tho crops are parched and withering wither-ing In many sections and the weevil seems to thrive best under those conditions, con-ditions, Secretary Emll Rolapp and Manager L. R Eccles of the sugar company here state that, while tho tonnage of sugar beets this year will not be so great as la6t year, the crop will bo |