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Station a person to take charge of a pest control campaign in the State. 

 The fund provided by the State Bankers' Association, as men- 

 tioned above, was not all expended. In outlining how much money 

 would be necessary, we had expected to put a regular assistant on the 

 payroll. In this way we would have avoided a transfer of Mr. Parker 

 to this work. As matters developed a part of the salary of Mr. Parker 

 was paid from the State Bankers' fund for three months only. Again, 

 as the season developed it was apparent that the grasshopper out- 

 break was not going to be so severe or so extensive as we had planned 

 for and less money was needed for temporary assistants and their 

 traveling expenses than had been expected. Therefore instead of ex- 

 pending $6600, as had been provided, we paid out $3399.85, which 

 amount will be certified by the State Board of Examiners as a de- 

 ficiency claim. 



DUTIES OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 



There is abundant evidence that the work and duties of the State 

 Entomologist's office are not generally understood by the public, nor 

 its relations with the State Board of Entomology well known. The 

 confusion has arisen very largely because of the similarity of the 

 names. The office of State Entomologist was established in 1903 (see 

 Revised Code 1907, sections 766, 767). It is the duty of the State 

 Entomologist to "conduct field investigations of the injurious insects 

 of fruits, vegetables, grains, grasses, forage crops, including clover 

 and alfalfa, root crops, shade trees, ornamental plants, and any other 

 insects that may become injurious." In other words, the duties of the 

 State Entomologist are concerned with the defense of agriculture 

 against insect pests. 



THE STATE BOARD OF ENTOMOLOGY 



By an act of the legislature in 1911 (see Political Code of 1921, 

 chapter 197) the State Entomologist was made a member and the 

 secretary of the State Board of Entomology, on which board he co- 

 operates with the State veterinary surgeon and the secretary of the 

 State Board of Health. The creation of this board grew out of the 

 spotted fever problem in western Montana. Previous investigations 

 of the spotted fever situation by the State Department of Health under 

 a former secretary and the entomologist of the Experiment Station 

 at Bozeman had developed that the problem embraces entomological 



