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L UTTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



Bozeman, Montana, January s . 1925. 



To His Excellency, 



Governor John E. Erickson, 

 Helena, Montana. 



My dear Sir: 



I have the pleasure and the honor to hand you herewith my twentieth 

 report as State Entomologist of Montana. The report covers the calendal years 

 1923 and 1924. In former years we printed a report each year. It is now our 

 plan, in the interest of economy, to print only one report in two years. Thes< 

 reports are printed as a part of the regular scries of bulletins of the Montana 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. 



In addition to duties in Montana state College and in the Experiment 

 Station, I have served as State Entomologist of Montana since 1903. A con 

 tinuous effort ha9 been made to coordinate the work of the control of grass- 

 hoppers and other serious insect pests with the research conducted by the 

 Experiment Station. While many other States have been under the expense 

 of maintaining a separate State Entomologist's office, in Montana we have 

 maintained the duties of this office in conjunction with the Experiment station. 

 There has been a saving of salaries and an avoidance of duplication of collec- 

 tions of insects, library, equipment, and housing. 



1 believe it is advisable to continue to carry this work as a pari of the 

 duties of the department of entomology of the Experiment Station. They can 

 not be carried, however, without funds. The last legislature, because of a 

 technicality in the law, reduced the appropriation to $4;~0. It was necessary 

 to disiKit.se with the services of the assistant state entomologist, which seriously 

 interrupted the continuity of the work. 



It is most earnestly desired that serious consideration be given to placing 

 the work of this office on a reasonably effective basis. 



Wry i espeel fully \ oui s, 



1{. A. ( JOOLEY 



Statt Entomologist 



