BOARD OF HORTICULTURE, MONTANA 15 



names it was possible to obtain, also to the press, and to all firms who 

 shipped fruit and nursery stock into Montana. One hundred and fifty large 

 sheets con^a.ning the same matter were posted throughout the state. Over 

 1,000 circulars upon different subjects were prepared and sent out; also a 

 small bulletin upon Insects, Insecticides and Fungicides was prepared by 

 Prof. Codley and was printed and distributed from the secretary's ofice to the 

 number of 2,000 copies. 



An inspector's stamp was procured and sent to each inspector with 

 which to stamp all packages of fruit passing inspection. 



The correspondence of the office has been a large one, covering the 

 entire United States and many from abroad. All correspondence is kept on 

 file. 



A circular letter was sent to growers inquiring as to injury to trees 

 from the extremely hard winter of 1898-99, and a great many replies were 

 received, and the information thus gained was summarized and published, 

 and forms a valuable addition to our knowledge of fruit growing in Mon- 

 tana. 



As provided by the law, the laws, rules and regulations were posted m 

 the court houses and other places in each county in the state. 



Under dire«tion of the board, cyanide used in fumigating nursery stock 

 was purchased at wholesale and placed at the Montana Experiment Station, 

 and from there distributed to inspectors at a saving of 50 per cent, on its 

 cost. 



Much correspondence has been had with the different railroad companies 

 in regard to quarantine stations, fumigation of imported nursery stock, etc., 

 and their hearty co-operation in the work of the board was secured. 



Monthly reports for the use of inspectors, certificates of inspection, 

 orchard reports, etc., were gotten up with the assistance of Prof. Traphagan, 

 Mr. Harlan and Mr. Colville and sent to all inspectors with instructions as to 

 their use. 



A request was made for copies of the reports of the different State 

 Horticultural and Agricultural Societies and for the bulletins of the various 

 experiment stations, which request was very generally complied with and 

 a nucleus of a very valuable horticultural library has thus been gathered. 



A circular calling especial attention to the provisions of the law regard- 

 ing tne importation of infested fruits was sent to all fruit dealers and pub- 

 lished in many papers of the state, as well as those published in sections 

 from which we import our fruit. This, we believe, lias had much in- 

 fluence in keeping out of the state much of that disgustingly infested fruit 

 that has heretofore been dumped into our cities and forced upon the consum- 

 ers. 



The board has held six regular and special meetings, at Hamilton, 

 Missoula, Helena and Plains. 



They were confronted with a serious problem in the adoption of such 



