Show ALFALFA WEEVIL SP R A VING eving this has been a very discouraging acar 5 ear for the alfalfa weevil in sevier county there has been w war ar against thorn them all during the month of june and from reports as to the hay crop the war has been successfully fought about acres or oc alfalfa has been sprayed with calcium arsenate in sevier county and 90 per cent of it at the time when the maximum number of the norms were feeding thus killing them in fit that stage the holds which have been treated are arc yielding practically the same as in years gone by when the weevil were unknown redmond salina and ani aurora I 1 fields are producing parasites in sufficient number to reduce the weevil very materially in gathering up the weevil cocoons in these fields out of every ten cocoons seven will contain parasites from aurora south the parasites become tower fewer as the distance increases increase the parasites are increasing very rapidly and gradually following up the weevil perhaps it will be but a few years until the weevil will become extinct due to natural courses lot let us hope so but until that time it will bo be necessary to practice the control methods we have now no actual data as to yields per acre on sprayed and unsprayed fields have been collected at this writing wherefore actual results as to yields will be published later to date the reports have only been made from general appearance of tho the hay before and after spraying but they have all been very favo favorable able |