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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



Bozeman, Montana, December 20, 1927. 



To His Excellency. 



John E. Erickson, Governor, 



Helena, Montana. 



My dear Sir: 



1 take pleasure in handing you herewith my twenty-first report as 

 State Entomologist of Montana, covering the calendar years 1925 and 

 1926. As is our custom this will be printed in the bulletin series of the 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. 



The work of the State Entomologist is supported by funds entirely 

 separate from those of the State College and the Experiment Station. The 

 primary purposes of the report are to review the activities of the past 

 two years and to present the needs of the department. It is pointed out 

 that on $500, which is all that was appropriated two years ago, the work 

 cannot be done. The sum appropriated did not make it possible to em- 

 ploy a man in this kind of service, and beyond doubt the serious situation 

 now existing in western Montana, with the Mormon cricket infesting 250,- 

 000 acres and a known loss of $120,000 sustained by the farmers, is a 

 direct result. 



It is earnestly hoped that the present legislature will make suitable 

 provision for this work. 



Very respectfully yours, 



R. A. COOLEY. State Entomologist. 



