The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-06-17
WAGE CAMPAIGN
AGAINST WEEVIL
Effort Being Made TO Stamp Out An
noying Pest BY the State
Enfomologist.

Attack on the alfalfa weevil Is be-
ing made from different angles by
the University OF Idaho extension d.
vision and experiment station. under
authority of the act OF the 1919 legis-
lature. which appropriated 100000
TO combat a pest which Is placed
among the worst that threaten the
agricultural interests OF the state.
Claude Wakeland. extension eto-
mologist. is In the southeastern part
II the state. giving demonstrations
OF the method OF controlling the wee
Vii by spraying with an arsenic solu-
lion. which Is stated TO be the best
method thus far devised.
Ralph H. Smith. OF the Twin Falls
chronological substation OF the uni
yersity experiment station. has beer
conducting an experiment in the Pay
site valley 10 ascertain the possibility
Of killing the weeyil with an arsenic
dust. a method faster than the SPRAY
method, and one which thus far Is
reported 10 promise excellent results
While awaiting the outcome o.
this experiment. Mr. Smith Is con
Quoting a scouting expedition
through sections OF the state where
The weeyil thus far has not been re
ported, TO see II IL has made It's ap-
pearanee This trip Is taking him
through Mountain Home and the
Grandview country. the Twin Falls
north and south projects. Burnley.
Rupert. into Bingham county ano
possibly elsewhere.
Mr.. Smith reports finding the Wee
vii all the way between Payette and
Emmett. present In small numbers
all about Emmett. all the way be-
tween Caldwell and Eagle. al the
way from Star north TO the sage
brush, and two miles out from Cald
well on the Boise-Caldwell road.
Payette valley farmers are spray
ing to kill the weeyil. having started
this method OF fighting the last year.
For this reason, no spraying demon
stration was given there by Mr.
Wakeinnd. He is, instead. making 4
trip through Franklin. Oneida. Ban
mock, Bingham. Madison aud Pear
Lake counties. with a spraying ont
lit mounted on a truck. TO show what
the spray will accomplish. This work
Is expected by the university people
10 result in extensive spraying by tbs
farmers themselves next year. as II
is said the farmer can adapt 10 the
alfalfa work whatever sort OF spras
outfit he happens 70 have.
Spraying for control OF alfalfa
weevil offers the most practical. eco.
nomical and dependable method |
known at present" says Mr.. Wake
land. "A spray applied at the time |
the eggs are Matching in gerates
numbers and corresponding number |
OF larvae are attacking the foliag, |
will great reduce the damage 10 thu |
first crop and IL may grow until chs |
normal cutting. Each man will have
TO watch his own crop TO determine |
when spray should be applied. In |
general spray applied just when in
Jury 10 the foliage becomes easily no /
ticeable and increases rapidly obtains |
the best results. This date may yary |
from a few days 10 two or three i
weeks before the date OF cutting the |
first crop, but there Is considerable /
Ieeway and any farmer by watching 1
the appearance OF his crop closel! /
can secure good results by spray |
ng."
DoYou Know James Clarke?
II. c. Woodrum. county recorder
If Shasta county, California. has
written the univerf ity extension di
Vision asking aid in finding james
Clark. an Idaho farmer. who wa
lorn In Shasta county. The estate OF
Mr. Clark's uncle, j. F. Dinsmore. T.
being settled, and although the re
,order knows that Mr.. Clark is a res
dent OF Idaho he does not know hi
Icdress. he estate cannot be 'loscu /
Until NJ. Clark Is found