Show ALFALFA weevil aias APPEARED IN infected area stretches from redmond as far south as central COUNTY AGENT OWENS WORKING AGAINST PEST advises spring tooth harrow and brush drag as best means of destroying weevils just when the sevier farmers are ara preparing for the biggest crops tho the valley has ever produced comes tho the unwelcome tidings that the alfalfa weevil is abroad in the land and there promises to be much havoc wrought in the big alfalfa fields lying under the state canal bounty county agent owens discovered discovered the pest this week and has traced it through tile the fields from redmond beamond to central tile the weevil made its appearance to a limited degree last year in the extreme north end of the county but this year every field for twenty miles along the river is infected and there promises to be the same bous work for the producers of ta fa that has come to the farmers of 0 the north part of the state because of the weevil the agricultural college at logan has spent much time and means in ill an all effort to stamp out the weevil tho the work or of prof B E G titus of tile the college ege force has received recognition from the national dopart department doii artmont ment ot of ag Il culture batso but so far no adeva adequate ate remedy 4 has been foun found 1 I for the wee alt mr ir owens visited one field at red rd redl l moni mond on oil tuesday and of the first 25 stalks of alfalfa examined every ono one i showed the ravages oi of the neeltie the only remedy so far to relieve the damage done by this pest is to use a spring tooth harrow on oil the field follow this with a brush drag and strip the field bare of leaves so that the young of the weevil will be crushed into the dust and the sunlight will do tile the rest toward killing them off this means that much of the first crop of hay is lost fully fifty per cent being lost in the operation but it saves tile the second and third farmers will do well to call on oil county agent owens for advice and ilso also to secure a copy of the experiment station bulletin dealing with tile the alfalfa weevil accompanying mr owens in ilis his work vork of inspection this week was J B walker state crop pest inspector these aliese gentlemen have been particularly interested in the pests tw th r feet small fruit bushes they ilg als covered some currant busies bushes in ill tile the county counts affected by the white pine bli ter and when tins this disease Is discon pred the bushes are |