82 GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. [elan. 



II \L1KAX. 



D. LYON, Local N<</'< rint, il< nt. 



Aii improved stair of atl'air- i- -hown in the ore-hards of this 

 town. I"], to May 1, 1907, i'.'. intV-t.-d orchards had been dis- 

 covered, hut .luring the recenl fall scouting egg cluster- were 

 t'..imd in only 18 orchard-, and in of these were infestations'not 

 lii-furi- known. During iln- summer the local superintendent 

 personally cared for the 574 burlapped trees in town, and killed 

 about 1,000 cater ]i liars. The total number of c-gg dusters found 

 later in orchards was ahont 160. 



The fall scouting of the town has been carried on in a satis- 

 factory way. and, as in many other town-, has heen extended for 

 the firsl time to the wood roads. Tin- gypsy moth has been 

 found in 10 places in the woods, 548 egg clu>t-rs in all being 

 destroyed. ^lany of these egg clusters were found on white 

 pin s. While none of the 11 infestations are in an alarming 

 condition as yet, the woods problem in the town is nevertheless 

 a serious one, and much thorough work must !>< done here in 



L908. 



Yerv good preliminary work was done last year in the in- 

 t'e-ted orchards preparatory to burlapping. Additional work ot 

 thi- sort mav be required in several of these orchards and in 



oilier- that may be found later to be infested. 



The brown-tail infestation in the town of Halifax is exceed- 

 ingly light. 



II \MII.TON. 



Fiu.n A. NASON, /."<<;/ Hni>< rint< il< nt. 



The work of the early part of the year included the thorough 

 treatment ..f private estates and the closing of cavities in old 

 t'niit trees. Later in tin- season burlapping and spraying were 

 n-ed to ti-ood advantage. The infestation in and near Aslmry 

 Grove I'ark has been a source ,,f considerable anxiety. This 

 I .ark is much fre<|iiented by cottagers and campers during the 

 -niniiier months with the consequent danger of scattering the 

 gypsj moth caterpillars. Although the park proper was badly 

 int'e-ted two years airo, tlie number of the moths has now been 

 reduced t.. a minimum. Karly in the year T.MI7 the under- 



