SIXTEENTH AXNTJAL EEPORT OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 35 



NOW, THEREFORE, I, S. V. Stewart, Governor of the State of Montana, 

 under and by virtue of the authority conferred upon me by Chapter 61 of the 

 Session Laws of the Thirteenth Legislative Assembly, do hereby declare and 

 proclaim a quarantine against the said State of Utah, and said counties of 

 Bingham, Cassia, Bear Lake, Oneida, Bannock, Franklin, Power and Payette 

 in the State of Idaho; and the counties of Unida and Lincoln in the State of 

 "Wyoming; and the county of Delta in the State of Colorado, and forbid the 

 importation into Montana of the following agricultural products and other 

 articles, excepting under conditions and regulations as sx)€cified: 



1. Alfalfa hay and other hays of all kinds and cereal straws, excepting the 

 material known locally in Utah as salt grass packing hay, which shall 

 be admitted into Montana provided that such material be cut only 

 between the dates of October 1 and April 1, and that the raking, shock- 

 ing, stacking, baling or shipping of this material as a commercial product 

 be allowed only after the maximum daily temperature of the season has 

 fallen below sixty degrees Fahrenheit. 



Provided further that a certificate be required from the Crop Pest 

 Inspector of the State of Utah showing that these requirements have 

 been met, which certificate shall accompany each shipment. Provided 

 further that no salt grass packing hay shall be held over in the field 

 from one season to another. The use of salt grass hay as a packing 

 material in shipments of fruit, crockery and other materials is; permitted, 

 provided said salt grass has been cut and removed from the field between 

 October 1 and April 1 as above specified and stored in warehouses 

 removed from alfalfa fields, alfalfa hay or other suspected materials. 



2. Fresh fruits and vegetables, exclusive of potatoes, excepting under the 

 following regulations: 



a. Shipments for Montana to be made only from points designated by 

 the recognized State Pest Inspection Officers of the State shipping 

 into Montana, said officers to notify the State Horticulturist of the 

 State of Montana by registered mail or by telegraph of the designa- 

 tion of all shipping points in the aforesaid State of Utah, or counties 

 of Bingham, Cassia, Bear Lake, Oneida, Bannock, Franklin, Power 

 and Payette in Idaho; or counties of Unida and Lincoln in Wyoming; 

 and the county of Delta in Colorado; said notification to be sent and 

 its receipt to be acknowledged before any shipments are made to the 

 State of Montana from said designated points. 



b. Shipments to be repacked from orchard or field boxes into new, clean 

 boxes or other fresh containers. 



c. All wagons or other conveyances used in hauling to the place where 

 repacking is conducted to be kept free from alfalfa hay or other hays, 



straw, and all other means of contamination. 



d. All packing houses to be at all times free of alfalfa hay, other hays, 

 straw, and other means of contamination. 



e. Each lot shipment shall bear an official certificate of the State from 

 which the shipment originates stating that it has been inspected and 

 passed in compliance with, these regulations and stating where it was 

 repacked and inspected. 



3. Potatoes unless accompanied by an official certificate signed by the 

 recognized State Pest Inspection Officer of the State from wbich such 

 shipments of potatoes originate, setting forth that the potatoes have 



