TWENTY-SEVENTH REPORT OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 5 



increased appropriation to the office of the State Entomologist 

 and by some form of repayment to the counties for a part of their 

 expenditures in insect control. 



Figure 2. — Migratory 'hoppers on wheat, Garfield County, July, 1938. 

 Courtesy U. S. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 



The State Entomologist is the responsible agent for the 

 prosecution of insect control campaigns in the State. His pri- 

 mary work is with the Montana Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion and the Montana State College. However, this contact be- 

 tween control work and investigation is highly desirable, be- 

 cause for the methods used control is wholly dependent on in- 

 vestigation, if it is to be in any measure successful. For the field 

 work the State Entomologist must have sufficient assistance to 



