BOARD OF HORICULTUI^E, MONTANA. 39 



sene or whale oil aoap would have been useless. I made up my mind to trjf 

 tent fumigation and after securing an ordinary 16-foot round tent I closely 

 followed the table given in Bulletin 122 of the University of California. On 

 trees where my tent was too short I attached an ordinary wagon cover. It 

 killed every insect but left the foliage of the tree somewhat bleached. After 

 close examination however I found that the most tender twigs remained in 

 a perfectly healthy condition. The dried leaves all dropped and the bleach- 

 ed leaves after a short time returned to a perfect verdure, and after a couple 

 of weeks the tree having been relieved of its deadly burden returned to new 

 life. I recommend that the Board should order for each district two tents 

 for such serious eventualities. 



D. E. BANDMANN, 

 Missoula. Member Fourth District. 



This district, embracing the counties of Gallatin, Broadwater, Beaver- 

 head, Madison, Jefferson, Lewis and Clarke, Meagher and Silver Bow, is in 

 some respects the most important in the state. 



Its horticultural possibilities, while being naturally very great, have not 

 been exploited to the best advantage. Enough has been accomplished in an 

 experimental way to prove conclusively that eveiy county, with the possi- 

 ble exceptions of Silver Bow and Deer Lodge, can be made self supporting 

 in the matter of fruit production. 



Jefferson, Madison, Gallatin and Broadwater, possess many localities 

 adapted to the fruit production of the hardy standard apples and in all of 

 the counties of the district, the choicest of small fruits can be successfully 

 grown. With the certain information, that in time, the district can but be a 

 heavy producer of choice fruit, the matter of fruit protection from insect 

 and bacterial pests is one of the greatest importance primarily to the farm- 

 ers and horticulturists, and secondarily to all interested in the financial 

 prosperity of Montana. 



The true measure of financial prosperity to the individual or community 

 is the net difference between production and expenditure between income 

 and outgo. 



Can Montana be rendered self-supporting in the single item of fruit and 

 the cash that is now paid out to sister states be retained in home circula- 

 tion, the state will relatively be the gainer of at least $500,000 annually. 



While the second district is not the equal of the Fourth and Fifth, in 

 present fruit production, it supplies the market for at least 75 per cent, of 

 the fruit consumed in Montana and as a consumer has the very keenest in- 

 terest in the law creating this board, and its perpetuation. 



Civil law and property rights are founded on the principle of a man be- 

 ing entitled to value received, when he pays his money. 



Prior to the creation of this board the consumer was absolutely at the 

 mercy of producer and middle man, who, taking advantage of the imperative 



