1908.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT- -No. 73. 75 



turning the burlaps was discontinued early in August, at a time 

 when gypsy moth pupse were still being found. 



The fall inspection, now in progress, shows the gypsy moth 

 to be generally distributed throughout the town, and a great 

 deal of very thorough work will be required here, particularly 

 in old orchards, before the opening of the caterpillar season. 



There has been an unfortunate tendency on the part of prop- 

 erty owners in this town to rely too much upon the efforts of 

 the local superintendent, and to give him too little assistance 

 in his work, - - a state of affairs which undoubtedly accounts 

 for the increasing infestation. 



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DOVER. 

 GEORGE D. HALL, Local Superintendent. 



In the early part of the year w,ork against both moths was 

 vigorously carried on, practically all the private estates cleaned 

 and a large number of orchards put in condition for the sum- 

 mer's work. Burlaps were put on in good season in all infested 

 sections, and well attended during the summer, about 22,000 

 burlaps, all told, being used. Upward of 1,000 larvse were 

 taken in the residential sections, and about 3,000 in the wood- 

 land colonies. 



The deputy superintendent, who was directly in charge of 

 the field work, used most excellent judgment in extending his 

 burlapping operations wherever the caterpillars were found in 

 abundance, and, as a result, discovered several extensions of a 

 number of the colonies. As yet no single section of this town 

 is badly infested, but the scattering of the moths is general over 

 the entire area of the town. 



In 16 of the 26 infested localities egg clusters were found at 

 the time of the fall inspection, and about 70 small new infesta- 

 tions were also located. While the total number of nests found 

 this fall is much' less than that in the previous year, careful 

 attention must be given to the work, particularly to the use of 

 burlap, during the season of 1908. 



