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town officials has been constant and helpful. The local com- 

 mittee organized to co-operate with the town officials in the 

 work of suppressing the moths has been of great assistance, par- 

 ticularly in calling public attention to the danger of allowing 

 the moths to increase, and in urging property owners to co- 

 operate in the care of their estates. 



During the early part of the year and up to the hatching 1 

 period of the eggs a force of about 12 men was constantly em- 

 ployed in clearing street trees and private estates of the moths. 

 Burlaps were applied in good season, and received thorough at- 

 tention during the summer. On stormy days infested road- 

 sides were cleared of brush, and a considerable amount of clear- 

 ing done in certain woodland colonies. In the late summer 

 and fall very thorough scouting operations were in progress, 

 while the work of repairing orchard trees and thinning trees 

 along roadsides where the moth had been discovered was being- 

 carried on. At the present writing the winter cleaning opera- 

 tions are under way, and it is hoped that the town will be 

 thoroughly covered before the opening of the next caterpillar 

 season. A very badly infested section near the IsTatick line, 

 along with other woodland colonies, should receive thorough 

 treatment at an early date. The power sprayer can be used 

 here in 1908 to good advantage, although the principal reliance 

 must be placed upon the use of burlap. 



WEST WOOD. 



C. H. SOUTHERLAND, Local Superintendent. 



The scouting operations in this town in the winter and spring 

 months showed 16 small gypsy moth colonies, 3 of them being 

 on the border of woodland. The necessary work of clearing up 

 these infestations, trimming trees, cutting brush, etc., was very 

 thoroughly done, and later more than 1,800 burlaps were used 

 and carefully attended. A large number of caterpillars were 

 taken during the burlap season, but only 4 of the 16 old colo- 

 nies contained gypsy moth egg clusters at the time of the fall 

 scouting. A considerable number of new infestations were 

 found elsewhere in the town during the progress of the fall 

 inspection, but none of them offered any serious difficulties in 



