The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-16

Parks and C.. w. Creel, uil experienced
government field workers, all eager TO
pursue tho wary weevil TO his lair and
there annlhilate him. c. y. AInslee, who
the anti-weevil battle in Utah for the
past year. was given charge OF q COM
plete laboratory at 1895 NKenstngton av
enue. Commander in Chief Kirkland
has established headquarters In offices in
tho Utah Savings and Trust building.
Utah Is Helping,
In close cooperation with the govern
mont in the weevil warfare are DIR. Il.
D. Ball, Dr. E. c. Titus and John Sad
Ter of the Logan experiment station. In
cidentally the last state Legislature ap-
propriated $4,000 10 aid these state Off
GERS in fighting the weevil.
With headquarters eSta bliShed and the
generals In the field. enter the army. In
Italy some few weeks ago Professor Fisk
gathered some alfalfa stalks on which
presumably containing also the minute
eggs OF the parasite. These alfalfa stalks
were packed In boxes. The cracks OF
the boxes were all carefully sealed and
York From New York they were rushed
by fast express to Salt Lake. All the
way from Italy these boxes were kept on
ice and what Insects there were on the
stalks were frozen stiff. This freezing
was TO retard development I'm order THAT
when thawed out the insects and the eggs
, would be IN the same Stage OF develop
ment as they were when they left Italy,
Freezing Is not n serious proposition 10
either parasite or wcevil. Life appears 10
be suspended while they arc frozen but
long thcy have been frozen they arc as
Joyful and active as ever. suffering no
discontinue from their cold storage eX-
perlcnce.
Parasites in Brmches.
Two inportaiions OF parasites have al
leaoE pe1n received and are garrisoned
at the kensington avenue laboratory
one transport bearing Il few thousand
parasites got in ten days ago. The other
brigade OF parasites reached here yestcr-
the Atlantic liner which WAS bcachcd on
the sand. They were rescued. however
ana transferred to tug and lually
reached Salt Lake.
To remove the parasites from tho boxos
IN which they arc transported as eggs
is an interesting process. When the eggs
become 1,e Iuni-grown parasites they are
taining the stalks on which the nara
sites and the weevil are found are sealed
tightly and not a ray OF sunlight can
a glass test tube inserted. Through this
the sunlight gets into the box, From ali
OF the dark parts OF the box tho par
SITES come trooplng to the test tube.
%here they sun themselves The boxes
with the tubes In them are placed in the
window OF the laboratory In order that
more sunshine may be obtained
In glass cases growing alfalfa is kent
ana 70 TINS atalia the parasites and some
weevil are transferred. Here tho nara.
sites are nurtured and encouraged. IN
WtinS nests. OF weevll eggs arc prov,dnd
as nesting places for the parasites Eyerv
effort VIII be made to encourage the naraS
sites TO rear large families, and Iater
these families Will be transferred to
small patch OF infested alfalfa, which
Will be experimental with at the expnrJh
mont farm soon to be established pY thn
government here. 'ie
Later In the season parasite No. ia
site No. has concluded the fasE aS "a
stroying as Eiany wecvlI eggs an noS-
! siole. parasite No. 2 will attack tho baI',,
WeeVn- While no great diminvtion NJ