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Show By Lloyd Smith Duchesne District Co. Agent GOOD INSECTS "Good insects" are worth a lot to Utah, declares Dr. George F. Knowlton, Utah State Agricultural Agricultur-al College Extension entomologist. entomolo-gist. Honey bees are valuable! Yes, they produce quite a lot of income in-come in the form of honey and beeswax during a good year. This is only a "pittance" compared to the farm income they make possible pos-sible through pollinating fruits berries, the alfalfa seed crop, and otherwise aiding our general farm program. Parasitic and predacious insects also are very valuable in Utah. WeTe it not for their constant cutting down of most kinds of injurious inseot populations, it would cost us much more for insecticides and labor, to produce marketable fruits, vegetables and forage crops each year, A new beneficial insect a tiny parasitic wasp has been released in .southern Utah. The young of this tiny inseot feeds only inside the spotted alfalfa aphid. It attacks at-tacks no crops or beneficial insects. in-sects. This tiny new insect may, in time, help us overcome the serious threat now facing us in the form of the very serious new pest the spotted alfalfa aphid. This new aphid ' parasite was provided to us through the research re-search of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and University of Californoa scientists. It was hunted hunt-ed out from the native home of the spotted alfalfa aphid some place near the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf. All safety rules were carefully followed to see that no injurious insect was allowed al-lowed to slip into the United States along with this potential helper. Releases of the new aphid parasite para-site were made in spotted alfalfa aphid infested alfalfa fields of Washington and Kane counties. County' agents J- Keith Hughes and D. Wayne Rose aided with the placements of the much desired de-sired parasites. It is hoped these will become established and will eventually prove helpful in our Utah area, Dr. Knowlton says. For further information contact Lloyd Smith, County Agricultural Agent. Ohell. We had a very nice time. Those who attended were Sharon Wallburg, Deloris Wallburg, Jean Mitchell an the leaders. Jean Mitchell, reporter h4i-h-h THE HAPPY HOMEMAKERS The Happy Homemakers met at the home of our leader, Laura Dye- The meeting was called to order by Myma Whiting. We recited re-cited the pledges, and Freda Dye read the minutes. We sang two songs, "Perfect Posture" and "Song of the Open Country." We planned -our lunch menu for the riext week which will be served to our club. The next meeting was held July 18. |