11(08.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT- -No. 73. <>1 



LAWRENCE. 

 ISAAC KELLEY, Local Superintendent. 



Early in the spring of 1907 the examination of this city by 

 Inspector John J. Fitzgerald showed 191 gypsy moth egg clus- 

 ters. The trees in the infested sections were burlapped and 

 well attended during the season, with the result that a very 

 large number of caterpillars was destroyed. A limited amount 

 of spraying was done, with excellent results. In the fall 

 months, the local men having acquired sufficient experience to 

 qualify them for scouting work, a thorough examination of the 

 entire city was made, with the exception of woodlands remote 

 from highways. Seven hundred and sixty-two gypsy moth in- 

 festations were found, containing more than 500 egg clusters, 

 the largest number (425) being destroyed on the trees standing 

 in the Common. The colony at Mount Vernon Street, where 

 225 nests were treated, is also a dangerous spot, which should 

 be thoroughly cared for next year. In the 191 infested sections 

 found last spring egg clusters were found this fall in less than 

 30 per cent. In fact, very few clusters were found in any of 

 the colonies which had been burlapped and properly attended 

 during the summer, - - a state of affairs which reflects great 

 credit upon the local superintendent. In common with other 

 municipalities, where manufacturing is the main industry, but 

 little interest, relatively speaking, has been taken by the citi- 

 zens in caring for the trees. 



!Now that the general condition of the city with reference to 

 the moth pests has been determined, a vigorous campaign of 

 burlapping and spraying should be put through in the summer 

 of 1908. 



LEICESTER. 



If evidence were needed to show how automobiles scatter the 

 gypsy moth, no better illustration could be found than in the 

 case of the colony in this town located by State scouts on De- 

 cember 14. Two men were detailed to scout roadsides and or- 

 chards thoroughly along the State road from Boston to Spring- 

 field, the gypsy moth being known to occur as far west as 

 Worcester. ]STo egg clusters were found in Leicester until the 

 center of the town was reached, when 2 were discovered on a 



