SIXTEEXTII ANNUAL REPOET OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST -id 



enable us to meet a difficult situation, Mr. J. R. Parker, assistant 

 entomologist in the Experiment Station, usually occupied with 

 research work, was temporarily removed from his regular duties 

 and placed in charge of the State work for the control of insects and 

 also of rodents. This arrangement was continued during the critical 

 period when insect pests were most injurious. 



COOPERATION WITH BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY, UNITED STATES 

 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



By act of Congress, under provision of the Food Production 

 Act to stimulate agricultural production, the Bureau of Entomology 

 secured funds which enabled it to place in the field a number of 

 extension entomologists. This' work was carried on in cooperation 

 with the agricultural colleges and experiment stations and under 

 definite project agreements. Montana was fortunate in securing the 

 services of two representatives of the Bureau to demonstrate the 

 control of insects aft'ecting cereal and forage crops. These men 

 were placed under the direction of the State Entomologist and 

 were of great assistance in the campaign against the wheat stem 

 maggot and in demonstrating grasshopper control. A representative 

 of the Bureau of Entomology also spent several months in Montana 

 <]emonstrating the most approved methods of beekeeping. 



This cooperation with the Bureau of Entomology was a very 

 satisfactory one for Montana, as we were enabled to do much more 

 than our limited funds would otherwise have allowed. In Montana 

 at least there can be no doubt that the purpose of the Food Produc- 

 tion Act was accomplished in that thousands of dollars' worth of 

 agricultural products were sa\'ed from destruction by insect pests. 



NEEDS AND PLANS FOR THE COMING TWO YEARS 



No important changes or enlargements in the scope of the work 

 of the State entomologist's ofifice are contemplated for the coming 

 two years. Our work under this fund is marked out for us by the 

 developments of each season. No 3^ear passes without some one 

 or several pests becoming destructive and it is necessary to have 

 an assistant in the field and to pay his traveling expenses. It is 

 also necessary to conduct minor investigations at the laboratory in 

 Bozeman and to verify and supplement these studies by observations 

 m the fields w^here the insects are, wherever in the State this may be. 



The sum of money which this office uses is surprisingly small 



