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Show EATING UP ALFALrA Htonii) I'li-lotl Hum I'muiiUtl Cutting Cut-ting of the Crop. That tho protracted stormy period per-iod of tho past two weeks Is costing tho alfalfa raiser of Utah doarly Is gonernlly reportod For more thaii a week the weevil has been gor-i maudlilng upon tho Alfalfa crop Tho only way to save tho crop Is to out It, nnd that Is Impossible while i the storm keeps up Oeorgo I Hcevoa of tho United States bureuu of entomology su)s that tlio loss from delay in harvesting harvest-ing of tho rirst crop or ulfnlfa in the wcovll Infested districts was. rapidly mounting to a serious fig-uro fig-uro for tho farmers Tho weevil Is! less active In damp, chilly weather than In warm, dry weather, accord-1 ing to Ueovcs, but not sufficiently deterred from his voracious .feeding to prevent the consumption of tho entlro crop or alfalfa unless tho weothor should modoruto to permit cutting of tho alfalfa |