NINTH ANNUAL REPORT STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 



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,ealize that he has been ,lcfnu,.lc<l and thinks that the directions 

 he has been followin_s are faulty .-,- that sprayin- after all. is not 



a i)rotection to his crops. 



The amount of insecticides and fungicides used m Montana 

 is already large, and is increasing rapidly. Fully loo.ooo pounds 

 of Paris "green and arsenate of lead are used annually. 1 robably 

 twenty carloads of commercial lime-sulphur ^^■\\\ be used m xvest- 

 crn Montana this season. In the aggregate, large amounts of other 

 substances such as tobacco extracts and pcnyders. soaps and ods. 

 are sold annually for the purpose of killing insects, vyhde large 

 amounts of copper sulphate and formalin are used in treating seed 

 grain and seed potatoes. 



■ It is apparent, therefore, that it is of much importance tliat 

 fraudulent and ignorant sale of inferior articles of this kind be 



])reyented. . , 



The follo^ving is a copy of our State Insecticide Act which 



became a la\v February 15th, 191 1. 



CHAPTER 26 OF LAWS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE TWELFTH 

 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MONTANA. 



An Act for preyenting the manufacture, sale or 

 transportation of adulterated insecticides and 

 fungicides, and for regulating traffic therein and 

 fixing penalties for the yiolation of this act. 

 Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the 

 State of Montana: 

 The manufacture Section I It shall be unlaAvful for any person 



^ectfclde^'laris to m^anufacture ^yithin the State of Montana any 

 green, le'ad arsen- insecticide, Faris Green, lead arsenate, or fungi- 

 ate and fungicide ^^^^ which is adulterated or misbranded within the 

 forbidden . , , ■ 



meaning of this act. 



Section 2. Any person Avho shall offer for 

 shipment or deliver from any point in the State of 

 Offering for ship- Montana to any other point in the State of Montana, 

 ment or delivery ^^^^. insecticide, or Paris Green or lead arsenate, or 

 ^^niisfraS'at fungicide which is adulterated or misbranded with- 

 ticles herein for- jn the meaning of this act; or any person who 

 ^^^®"- shall receive, or offer to receive, any insecticide, 



