24 MONTANA EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 333 



State Support. — At a meeting of farmers, stockmen, county 

 commissioners and others interested in insect control held at 

 Billings on December 9, 1936, it was voted to ask the State of 

 Montana to share with the counties the cost of the work against 

 grasshoppers and crickets. As indicated in the paragraphs 

 above even with the federal government aiding very greatly by 

 furnishing materials, labor, and transportation of materials to 

 central points, there are certain expenses which must be met by 

 counties. If federal money is available for cricket control in 

 1937 the county expense will be rather high. It is thus pro- 

 posed that the state make an appropriation, available July 1, 

 1937 and a like sum on July 1, 1938 to reimburse the counties 

 on a two-thirds state one-third county division. Should the sum 

 be inadequate to meet this requirement, then the state money 

 would be pro-rated to the counties in accordance with their in- 

 sect-campaign expenses. 



If the $5,000,000 fund is passed by congress in time to take 

 care of cricket control as well as grasshoppers, the expense to 

 be met by all the counties will be approximately $37,410. If 

 the fund goes through early enough to take care of grasshoppers 

 only and a special federal appropriation for crickets is made on 

 a county-cooperation basis, the total expense for all the coun- 

 ties will be greater, namely about $75,997. 



