MONTANA STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE 43 



berry bushes (Berberis iiilgaris) or plants contrary to this quarantine order 

 shall be liable to prosecution under the laws of the State of Montana, 



IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the 



Great Seal of the State to be affixed. 

 DONE at the City of Helena, the Capital, this the twenty-fourth day of 

 April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred eighteen. 



(Signed) : S. V. STEWART. 

 Seal. 

 By the Governor : 



C. T. STEWART, 



Secretary of State. 



Quarantine No. 4 * 



WHEREAS, It has become known to me that an injurious insect, pop- 

 ularly called the alfalfa weevil, and scientifically known as "Phytonomus 

 posticus/' exists and is dangerously injurious to alfalfa in the State of Utah, 

 and in certain counties in the State of Idaho, to-wit : Bingham, Cassia, Bear 

 Lake, Oneida, Bannock, Franklin, Power and Payette; and in certain counties 

 in the State of Wyoming, to-wit : Uinta and Lincoln ; and in a certain county 

 in the State of Colorado, to-wit : Delta ; 



NOW, THEREFORE, I, S. V. Stewart, Governor of the State of Montana, 

 under and by virtue of the authority conferred upon me by Chapter 61 of 

 the Session Laws of the Thirteenth Legislative Assembly, do hereby declare 

 (/ and proclaim a quarantine against said state of Utah, and said counties of 

 Bingham, Cassia, Bear Lake, Oneida, Bannock, Franklin, Power and Payette 

 in the State of Idaho ; and the counties of Uinta and Lincoln in the State of 

 Wyoming; and the county of Delta in the State of Colorado, and forbid the 

 importation into Montana of the following agricultural products and other 

 articles, excepting under conditions and regulations as specified : 



1. Alfalfa hay and other hays of all kinds and cereal straws, excepting 

 the material known locally in Utah as salt grass packing hay, which shall 

 be admitted into Montana provided that such material be cut only between the 

 dates of October 1 and April 1, and that the raking, shocking, stacking, baling 

 or shipping of this material as a commercial product be allowed only after 

 the maximum daily temperature of the season has fallen below sixty degrees 

 Fahrenheit, 



Provided further that a certificate be required from the Crop Pest Inspec- 

 tor of the State of Utah showing that these requirements have been met, 

 which certificate shall accompany each shipment. Provided further that no 

 salt grass packing hay shall be held over in the field from one season to 

 another. The use of salt grass hay as a packing material in shipments of 

 fruit, crockery and other materials is permitted, provided said salt grass hay 

 has been cut and removed from the field between October 1 and April 1 as 



* Superseding Quarantine No. 1. 



