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hoppers would again develop in 1924, and that ii would be unwise 

 for the State not to take account of it. Accordingly, the situation was 

 brought to the attention of the Governor and a requesl made for author- 

 ity to overdraw during the season of 1924. Detailed estimates of the 

 sum were submitted, amounting to ^iWOO, and approval of the plan 

 secured from the State Board of Examiners. It was next necessary 

 to find agencies to advance the money. Various plans were consid- 

 ered but in the end the State Bankers' Association was good enough 

 to give us assistance in this matter. We wish here to acknowledge 

 the excellent cooperation and effective assistance rendered by Mr. A. T. 

 Hibbard, secretary of the State Bankers' Association. Through this 

 association we were assured of a fund of $6600. and an effort was 

 made to secure the services of an entomologist qualified to conduct 

 this situation. 



It was impossible to find a qualified person who would take the 

 position with the conditions as they were in Montana. Those capable 

 of doing this kind of work naturally had positions and did not <';\vr 

 to make a change with any degree of uncertainty of tenure here. It 

 was known throughout the United States that the State Entomologist 

 in Montana had suffered a reduction in funds to the point where ii 

 was necessary to dismiss the Assistant State Entomologist. No "tie 

 wanted to venture to take the position until an appropriation for this 

 work had been regularly made. 



We were confronted with the necessity of having a qualified 

 man, yet with no one available to do the work. Mr. J. P. Parker, 

 associate entomologist on the Experiment Station staff, who was 

 particularly qualified in grasshopper work because of the research 

 which he had been conducting, was placed in charge during the height 

 of the grasshopper season. To do this was a marked injustice to the 

 Experiment Station, for Mr. Parker was removed from his research 

 work during just that portion of the year when he could most effec- 

 tively pursue his studies on grasshoppers. The work of the Bxper 

 iment Station suffered. It is by such work in the Experiment Station 

 that we are able to meet outbreaks of insect pests in Montana in an 

 effective manner. The money provided for this research work comes 

 from Federal funds (Adams Fund) and it is necessary once a year 

 to make an accounting to the Office of Experiment Stations in Wash- 

 ington. We can not again remove from the staff of the Experiment 



