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Several additional laws have been passed, placing new duties 

 on the State Entomologist. Including the original act, tliey are as 

 follows : 



State Entomologist Law : Session Laws, Eighth Legislative 

 Assembly 1903, Chapter 59 (p. 124). 



Insecticide and Fungicide Law: Session Laws, Twelfth Legis- 

 lative Assembly, 1911, Chapter 26 (p. 38). 



Pests and Plant Diseases Quarantine Law : Session Laws, 

 Thirteenth Legislative Assembly, 1913, Chapter 61 (p. IIT). 



State Board of Entomology Law : Session Laws, Thirteenth 

 Legislative Assembly, 1913, Chapter 120 (p. 466). 



The duties of the State Entomologist are in addition to his 

 regular duties at the State College and Experiment Station. 



The duties of the State Entomologist's office alone have grown 

 year by year until they require a large amount of time and labor. 

 In June, 1916, an assistant on part time was employed to be the 

 representative of this office in carrying out the provisions of the 

 State Entomologist law. The man appointed is Mr. Howard L. 

 Seamans, a graduate in entomology from this college in the class 

 of 1916. He is well qualified both by training and natural abilities 

 for his position. Two-thirds of his time is given to the work of 

 this office and for this service he receives $800 per annum, the 

 remainder of his salar}- being paid b}^ the college for teaching. 



REVIEW OF THE PRINCIPAL STATE INTERESTS 



IN ENTOMOLOGY IN 1916 



THE ALFALFA WEEA^IL 



The alfalfa weevil is not a destroyer of alfalfa seeds as is often 

 thought, but feeds both as a larva or grub and as an adult beetle 

 on the green foliage of the alfalfa plant. This insect has been in 

 Utah in injurious abundance for a considerable number of years 

 and in recent years it has spread to the States of Idaho and Wyoming. 

 Much damage has been done to the alfalfa industry in localities 

 where the insect has been long established. Special and vigorous 

 measures for the control of the alfalfa weevil are necessary where 

 it is abundant, in order to secure a profitable crop of hay. To put 

 these measures into operation ond follow them energetically as 

 must be done, is expensive. It is highly desirable, therefore, that 



