(JVPSV AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



that -2 infestations of the gypsy moth were found on the Gates 

 Pond Road. The necessary preliminary work was done here, 

 and Knrlap.- wen- n-ed with good result- during the season. 

 The work having been well organized, the local force made a 

 thorough fall -coming, finding another infestation in the same 

 local it v and 1 on the Hudson Road. The infestation here is 







slight, and should be easily controlled at a moderate expense. 



BlLLERICA. 



FRANCIS J. DOLAX, Local Supcrint< //</ nt. 



A small force of men has been kept at work in this town 

 through the greater part of the year. From January to late in 

 April the local force was employed in clearing street frees and 

 trees on private estates from the webs of the brown-tail moth 

 and egg clusters of the gypsy moth, a large number of both in- 

 sects being found. At the beginning of the caterpillar season 

 this \vork was practically completed, and many of the orchards 

 put in good condition for spraying. A beginning had also been 

 made in certain important woodland colonies with a view to 

 burlapping and spraying operations. The burlaps were care- 

 fully attended during the summer months, with the customary 

 good results. A considerable amount of infested brush along 

 the State highway was cleared up in August and September, 

 and still later the work of tinning or cementing of cavities in 

 rehard trees was done in certain badly infested sections. From 

 \,'<>veniber to the close of the year the ordinary winter work of 

 web and nest destruction was carried on. This town is very 

 generally infested by both moths, the brown-tail moth being 

 particularly ajuindant here. The gypsy moth is well estab- 

 lished in the woodlands, and now that the work in residential 

 sections is so well in hand, special attention should be given to 

 the wooded districts. The purchase of a power sprayer for use 

 in this town is highly desirable. Aside from a general cam- 

 paign of burlapping and banding trees, much spraying will be 

 required in this town during P.K)>. particularly in the wood- 

 land sections. At the present writing the Work in Itillerica ha- 

 l"-i M -ii-pended for lack ol' fund-. 



