TWENTY-FIRST REPORT OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 5 



company that this office had been powerless to cope with the 

 situation as the last legislature had failed to provide for the 

 employment of a man to render this kind of service. 



The Mormon cricket first appeared locally and in small 

 numbers. The area now very seriously infested embraces parts 

 of two counties, and the neighboring counties are threatened. 

 It is a typical case of a situation which might have been han- 

 dled if taken at the start. It should have been "nipped in the 

 bud." 



It is a typical case also of the necessity for having a spe- 

 cialist about the State sufficiently in touch with developing 

 conditions. It is the function of this office, so far as possible, 

 to prevent the occurrence of such serious outbreaks, as well as 

 to aid in meeting as best we can such unavoidable outbreaks 

 as do occur. 



A large amount of Indian lands, under the supervision of 

 the branch office of the Indian Service located at Dixon, is in- 

 volved in the infested area, and in preparation for next year 

 we have taken up the matter of providing a sufficient fund. 

 Through Congressman Evans we have communicated with the 

 Indian office in Washington and have asked that a fund of 

 $5000 be furnished to be used the same as the funds derived 

 from the county insect pest act, in doing the actual work and 

 furnishing the supplies for destroying the crickets. 



From the counties concerned we may expect a total fund 

 of $10,000. It is expected of this office that men will be pro- 

 vided to direct the work and make a campaign effective. 



MOSQUITOES 



Mosquitoes are commonly looked upon as minor nuisances, 

 which, though they annoy, must be endured. In some parts of 

 the world, however, either because by their numbers they have 

 an injurious effect on property values, or because they transmit 

 human diseases, such as malaria or yellow fever, major projects 

 for the control of mosquitoes have been launched. 



In the Milk River Valley in northern Montana mosquitoes 

 have been very abundant and troublesome for some years past. 

 A preliminary survey of the conditions existing there has shown 



