58 (iYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



ney Hill Park. Sticky bands, burlapping and spraying were 

 used to good advantage during the caterpillar season, and a con- 

 siderable amount of burning out of infested walls Avas also done. 



During the fall months, gypsy moth egg clusters on rocks and 

 the lower part of trees were, destroyed over the greater part of 

 the town. This was followed by work on stone walls on private 

 estates, and by Avork on street trees, which is now in progress. 



The work for the coming season in Watertown should con- 

 sist of a thorough clearing up of all underbrush and worthless 

 trees, and a considerable amount of cementing or tinning of 

 cavities in orchard trees. This should be followed by burlap- 

 ping or spraying over the entire residential .section. If this is 

 done at the proper time, a considerable gain will be made against 

 the moths in this town. 



WINCHESTER. 

 TRYING T. GUILD, Local Superintendent. 



The standard of excellent work previously established in Win- 

 chester has not only been maintained, but in certain respects 

 improved during the past year. As a result, the numbers of the 

 moths have been greatly lessened in the residential district, 

 along the eastern border of the town and in the Myopia Hill 

 section. This condition of affairs has been brought about by 

 the use of the ordinary methods of control applied at the proper 

 time in a thorough manner. In the early months of the year 

 from 20 to 50 men were employed in clearing private estates 

 and in thinning certain woodlands near the Stoneham line. A 

 considerable amount of banding with sticky materials was done 

 in May, and this was followed up by burlapping and spraying 

 operations. As soon as the caterpillar season was over, brush 

 cutting and pruning of trees was begun, and continued until 

 the leaves had fallen. During the fall months roadsides were 

 cleared or trimmed out, and a large part of the street tivrs 

 thoroughly cleaned of the irypsy moth nests. 



The work for 1008 will consist of the thorough care of the 

 territory where the moth is now under control, the completion 

 of the operations begun in the Myopia Hill district, and the 

 clearing up of woodlands in tin- western part of the town, where 

 thf irypsy moth exists in the largest numbers. Aside from the 



