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Show Agronomist Explains Plan For Farmers to Aid in Alfalfa Tests Farmers in different localities in Utan may have alfalfa seed experi- Cments conducted on their land. Dr. ! R. J. Evans of the agronomy de I partment of the Utah State Agri-" Agri-" culturalr college announces. John Carlson, who will receive his doctor degree at the University of "Wisconsin "Wiscon-sin in the near future, will be in charge of these experiments, Dr. , Evans said. Mr. Carlson is con-f con-f 'fining all of his attention to alf-alfa, alf-alfa, seed pat.icdogy and it is . op. a that some successful experiments will result. Dr. Evans is now arranging for the use cf certain tracts of land throughout the state for these ex- teriments. f While Mr. Carlson's treatment is ' not exactly known it is thought that one cf t:.e practices he will use wi!i be the burning of stubble. This will be done in an attempt to destroy de-stroy the lygus bug which Is the worst insect enemy of alfalfa seed. If Dr. Evans said that there is not 'V yet a seed perfected that seems to be resistant to the lygus bug attack. at-tack. T..ere is a wilt resistant seed, hcuever, which will be used in planting the experimental crops. "If we could only get back to Jfl those old time crops when alfalfa JL seed ca.me out 10 to 15 bushels per acre then we would feel as if something some-thing has really been accomplish-j accomplish-j ed," Dr. Evans said. |
