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Show FAGTS FDR II FARMER S) l ilts; Cultivation to Control Alfalfc Weevil. i According to Dr. 10. G. Titus, head of the Entomology department of the Utah Agricultural College, the firsl crop of alfalfa should be kept growing grow-ing as rapidly as possible so that it will nearly or quite reach maturity before it needs to be cut on account of the injury by the weevil. Th difference of a week or ten days in the tutting of the first crop soells success suc-cess or failure. Through discing or spring-toothing as late in the spring as possible will break up the hara soil, divide the alfalfa crowns and give the plant an opportunity for growth several days earlier than it would receive under: ordinary conditions. con-ditions. This will also aid by killing many of the grasshopper eggs and alfalfa-butterfly pupae that are present pres-ent in the Held, thus preventing injury in-jury from these inserts, l'ci; ni ntf the Young Tree When Set. The future usefulness of the orch- inrd very largely depends on the wisdom wis-dom of the man who prunes it. Not inly this but the actual life of the newly set tree is dependent iion its I p-nnerly pruned. In the re moval of the tree from the nursery 'he roots have been more or less h-oken or bruised, and in fact the largest part of the root svstem may Sl''e acnu'Uv been left in the nursery All the torn rd bruised roots 'va ho cut back leaving a clean' ..-t M-ii vii ...,; hppi mor. rnadily than r:,r-d o"". All the long straggling strag-gling roo's shoiKl hp shortened back 'i ,-bo"' eight indies from the ' M"'k of the small tree. With the -not extern si severely cut back, the -i uM bi-ium o- the bala'"-e of the o 1-pM.Tp,, qjp 0D alKj (lp root3 ' I-,,,,,, very -Much unset. If. in this --mI cl-mnte, tko trees were left with-"Mt with-"Mt r-unii'- tbo top. nnny of them -vi M "i--:'ii due to thp fact that be verv -li-rh a lt'-p vi a ted root sv-'om sv-'om would be unable to support the ''"-'incd ton. Therefore, the ton "r t-re rnn-' be pruned bark to e-nbie it to witWnnri tp Fl,nk if 1 r"l-- ip "-. Not only is this to ''. cn-'vrpj )nl, we'desire to design i--. nf ti, or(.lnr, trpp nt 1.' H,, -rS -cMlnl -,-!- 1"" 1,0 n af,i' 'he tree is planted. . i.., 1,,,;, , sfar,prt ow fop s--er"l reaoono- pit to nrpV(lnt ''"""'I'1. The low headed trees are much more conveniently and cheaply cheap-ly handled as retards pruning, thin-nuWng. thin-nuWng. un. snrnviMir the fruit, -rnin. th- i, jPSS likHiood of riam-r-r- tn th" ft-uit on the tree from 'Miilstirn'1 if the head Is started c'ose to the ground. |