Show cultivation TO CONTROL grasshoppers after fter a recent tour over tho the county the county agent leports consid liable more cultivating of dit ditch 11 bank banks i and abul alfalfa fields for the purpose of coil controlling trolling grasshoppers this N e ear ar than in past deais eais therefore lie he beams very much encouraged over ills his efforts in preaching pr Lehing and instructing farmers to do this sort of early spring cultivation in ill order to destroy the grasshopper eggs that are arc deposited I 1 n the soil before they hatch out upon examination of favorable leading places lot lor this pest they do not appear to bo be so numerous this year as was experienced the past to ysais ye lis therefore unless some undiscovered vacant plots and fields contain this pest in laigo laige quantities there will not be a very serious loss of crops duo due to tho the grasshopper pest this season the cultivation af alfalfa not only destroys tile lio grasshopper eggs but it destroys weed s as well and loosens up tile the ground to such an extent that the alfalfa plants are are capable of producing more rapid gro growth th it is bome suggested that early cultivation of alfalfa will con coil arol the alfalfa weevil to some extent tins this is very title tine but tile the increased yield in alfalfa is more due to the aeration of the ground and putting the plant in a more thriving condition than it is to destroying destio ying the vee vil itself with this sort or of treatment the alfalfa can grow grov faster than tile the weevil and destroy it therefore tile llie county agent recommends the continuation ol oi vigorous spring cultivating tiva ting of alfalfa which can he be done until the plant is three or four inches high without injury to the crop |