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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



Bozeman, Montana 



December 1, 1930 

 To His Excellency, 



Governor John E. Erickson, 



Helena, Montana. 



My dear Sir: 



I have the pleasure and the honor to hand you herewith my twentv-third 

 report as State Entomologist of Montana. 



Since I have resigned as head of the Department of Entomologv at 

 Montana State College, this will be my last report as State Entomologist. 

 The State Entomologist law was recommended to the Legislature in 1903 

 and was passed and became a law during the same session. Several other laws 

 have since been placed on the statutes; they are all related and together 

 make up what has been found to bo an effective system. In recent vears the 

 State Entomologist has cooperated with the Extension Service of ^Montana 

 State College and the Assistant State Entomologist has been the Extension 

 Entomologist. It has in this way been possible for us to do an effective work 

 with a very small appropriation. The advantages of this system will be 

 appreciated from a perusal of the early part of this report. 



It is remarkable that so small an appropriation as was made bv the last 

 Legislature ($2710) could be made so effective in saving crops and aiding 

 the tax-payer. A very small increase is asked of the coming Legislature and 

 this is made necessary by the large amount of labor occasioned by the duties 

 of the office. It is fortunate that it is possible to get the needed assistance 

 m pay by the hour or by the month from entomology students at the college. 



Very respectfully, 



R. A. COOLEY, 



State Entomologist. 



