S MONTANA BULLETIN 200 



It will be the duty of the State Entomologist to conduct 

 further studies on this insect as it is important to know whether 

 the insects find favorable breeding conditions in western Mon- 

 tana and whether they can survive our winters. It is highly 

 desirable to do everything possible to help this company to suc- 

 ceed. If this factory succeeds, others are likely to follow in 

 nearby counties and the establishment of a successful beet 

 sugar industry in western Montana will be of the greatest im- 

 portance to all kinds of industry in that section of the State. 



In view of the fact that Montana is sure to be looked over 

 carefully for favorable places for locating beet sugar factories, 

 it will be necessary for this office to extend the survey over 

 all parts of the State and have available the information that is 

 needed. The actual facts are what is needed as it would be 

 very unprofitable for the beet sugar companies and for the beet 

 growers alike to have factories come in and prove unsuccessful. 



The United States Bureau of Entomology, through its 

 branch laboratory at Twin Falls, Idaho, under the charge of 

 Mr. Walter Carter, is willing to cooperate in making the survey 

 of Montana for the leaf-hopper. In fact the work was made 

 possible last season only by what they contributed. It was 

 necessary, however, to match what they put in, about dollar for 

 dollar, and to furnish the entomologist to do the work. 



CORRESPONDENCE 



A large proportion of the inquiries for information on in- 

 sects in Montana is handled by the county agents, of which 

 there are at this writing twenty-eight in as many counties. So 

 far as possible the information for answering such local ques- 

 tions is furnished to the county agents by this office. The 

 agents are provided with what are called 'Test Control Books," 

 which are made up of mimeographed sheets giving the up-to- 

 date information on a large number of topics. 



A large number of inquiries come directly to Bozeman. 

 The maps on page 9 show the number of subjects on which 

 inquiry was made, and their point of origin in the years 1925 

 and 1926. Each dot represents a separate subject but the num- 

 ber of dots does not show the number of letters received as in 



