11.; (iVI'SV AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



tree- were later burlapped and well attended during the cater- 

 pillar season. During the fall months the residential section, 

 ,\rll as a part of the woodland, was thoroughly scouted by 

 i he local men. Twenty-one small colonies were found in the 

 latter, and a considerable amount of cutting of underbrush and 

 thinning of trees will be required to put the woods in condition 

 for next season's work. The work of cutting worthless orchard 

 i ives and cementing and tinning of cavities has been commenced, 

 although at the present writing no work is going on, for lack of 

 t'uuds. During the caterpillar season of 1908 a thorough cam- 

 paign of burlapping should be carried on, and a limited amount 

 of spraying will also be required. 



TOPSFIELD. 



C. W. FLOYD, Local Superintendent. 



Very encouraging results have been obtained from the work 

 in this town during 1907. In infested districts burlaps were 

 liberally used and well attended, while the sticky bands were 

 used on shade trees standing near infested walls. A great many 

 property owners co-operated with the local superintendent by 

 attending to the burlaps on their orchard trees, thus giving very 

 ] Tactical assistance in the work. A limited amount of cutting 

 of brush by roadsides has been done in the districts where the 

 irypxy moth was most numerous. The woodland colonies re- 

 ceived good attention during the season, and are in a much im- 

 proved condition. The two most important ones on the prop- 

 erty ,,f Messrs. Conant and Shattuck, in which the moth is now 

 under control, give the best kind of evidence of the good qual- 

 ity of the work done by the local superintendent. The fall work 

 in orchards is well in hand, and the work of clearing street trees 

 of the nmth pois is now in progress. 



TOWNSEND. 



.1. 8. COOK, Tree Warden. 



A -inirlc infested tree was found December 11 by scouts from 

 the central office, on the property of A. II. Wilson on the old 

 l-'it.-libm-ir road, so called. The local organization having charge 

 of the work against the brown-tail nmth will do the work needed 

 in this small gypsy moth colony. 



