130 MONTANA EXPEEIMENT STATION 



Section 5. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and 

 iJi'ter its passage and approval by the Governor. 



Approved March 8, 1913. 



The State horticulturist, M. L. Dean, and the State entomologist 

 were instructed by the Governor to make a careful inquiry into the 

 alfalfa weevil situation and to prepare recommendations. Accord- 

 ingly on April 16, 1913, we went to Utah and secured much valuable 

 information. Following this, the Governor placed a quarantine on 

 the following articles out of Utah and the counties of Bear Lake, 

 Cjneida, and Bannock in the State of Idaho and the counties of Unita 

 and Lincoln in the State of Wyoming. 



1. Alfalfa hay. 



2. Forage crops of all kinds, Avhether loose or baled. 



3. Alfalfa seed, unless accompanied by a certificate of fum- 

 igation. 



4. All nursery stock, unless accompanied by a certificate of 

 fumigation, 



5. Fresh fruit and vegetables of all kinds during the months 

 Irom April to October, inclusive. 



Ihis quarantine became effective on July 1, and the officials of 

 the State of Utah raised the objection that sufficient time had not 

 ]jeen allowed for their people to adjust their markets, resulting in 

 a congestion of produce in Utah cities. By an amended proclamation 

 the quarantine did not become effective until August 1. When it 

 was decided that the quarantine should not go into effect until 

 August 1, it was. thought to be desirable to station a man at Butte 

 to examine all freight and express shipments to see if weevils could 

 be found. Accordingly an assistant, Mr. Seamans, was stationed at 

 Butte and, while paid from funds from this office, he was appointed 

 as an inspector under the board of horticulture by the secretary, 

 Mr. M. L. Dean, who also assisted in the direction of his work. 



Upon arriving in Butte, Mr. Seamans found that the branch 

 office of the Bureau of Entomology at Salt Lake had also detailed 

 a man to make the same kind of examinations. The two men there- 

 fore worked together. Shipments were gone over very carefully on 

 their arrival and the walls, floors, and litter in the freight and 

 express cars were searched. 



