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thoroughgoing efforts will suffice to hold the gypsy moth in 

 check during the coming year. Nowhere in the town are the 

 brown-tail moths present in large numbers, although scattered 

 nests are everywhere in evidence. The work in this town has 

 been well supported by the local authorities. 



WILMINGTON. 



OLIVER MCGRANE, Local Superintendent. 



This town is thoroughly infested by the gypsy moth over its 

 entire area, a condition most unfortunate, because of a large 

 acreage of woodland of low valuation. While but few sections 

 of the woods were stripped of their leaves by the caterpillars 

 last summer, there will be a much greater defoliation in the 

 season of 1908 unless funds are available for thoroughgoing 

 control measures. The most serious infestations are along that 

 part of the town bordering on Woburn. In the important colo- 

 nies the nests have been treated above the probable snow line, 

 and a large amount of thinning of trees and cutting of brush 

 has been done along the roadsides. In the residential section 

 the numbers of the gypsy moth have been greatly reduced, and 

 here burlapping will be sufficient to hold the insect in check. 

 There is much to do at this writing in the way of putting or- 

 chards m condition for the summer's work, while in the wood- 

 land colonies the underbrush should be cut and burned to per- 

 mit of economical operations. 



WORCESTER. 



J. H. HEMINGWAY, Local Superintendent. 



While visiting Worcester, June 16, Field Agent D. M. 

 Rogers, in charge of the gypsy moth work of the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, found several caterpillars of this insect 

 on an estate on Hope Avenue. The following day an agent 

 from the central office made a thorough examination of the in- 

 fested district, and acquainted Mr. Hemingway with the facts 

 discovered. The trees in the district were promptly burlapped, 

 and early in July a considerable area in and around the moth 

 colony was well sprayed. This colony received very careful 

 attention both by the local force and by an inspector specially 



