MONTANA STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE 

 How to Get Rid of the Barberries 



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During the past season most states were handicapped in the bar- 

 berry campaign by lack of legal support. North Dakota has a bar- 

 berry law and Minnesota and Wisconsin have regulations that give 

 the work some legal backing. In this state Governor Stewart gave 



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Figure 3. Japanese barberry which does not harbor wheat rust, showing 

 ♦smooth edged leaves, berries borne singly or in pairs and thorns mostly of a 

 single prong, 



material support to the movement by issuing Quarantine Proclama- 

 tion No. 3, prohibiting the importation of barberries into Montana. 

 In most of the states the bushes could be removed only by the consent 

 of the owners. This consent was freely given in most cases, refusals 

 being rather rare. In Montana no one flatly refused. It is very 

 expensive, however, to travel over these great states finding barberry 

 bushes, whereas, if each owner destroyed the bushes on his place the 

 cost would be much less, though some inspection would be needed. 



Uniform Barberry Laws 



In a meeting of barberry workers held in Minneapolis at the 

 close of the season of 1918, it was agreed that the work could be fin- 



