52 GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



spraying were used where needed during the summer season, with 

 fairly good results. As soon as the eggs were laid the work of 

 clearing the street trees was commenced, and at the present writ- 

 ing has been practically completed. Owing to the lack of funds, 

 all town work was stopped in November, but we have assurances 

 that the necessary preparations will be made in the near future. 

 There are two or three things absolutely necessary to be done in 

 Revere before the gypsy moth can be controlled. First, there 

 should be a general clearing up of all waste brushland and the 

 removal of worthless trees and brush along walls and roadsides. 

 At Oak Islancl and Point of Pines dead and hollow and super- 

 fluous trees should be removed. In certain old orchards there is 

 still considerable to be done in the way of cementing and tinning 

 of cavities. When this preliminary work is finished, burlap- 

 ping, banding and spraying will be doubly effective. If the 

 work in Revere can be properly financed and carried on system- 

 atically during 1908, there is no good reason why the town 

 should not then be in as good condition and the moths as easily 

 controlled as is the case with the adjoining cities of Everett and 

 Chelsea. One year of thorough work in Revere will bring the 

 town into such condition that a very small expense, relatively 

 speaking, will control the moths in future years. 



SALEM. 

 AMOS STILLMAN, Local Superintendent. 



In the report for 1907 the superintendent was obliged to 

 state some very plain facts concerning the work done in this 

 city in the year 1906. We are glad to be able to say at this 

 time that a marked improvement has since been made in the 

 condition of the city with reference to the gypsy and brown-tail 

 moths. 



Will) the hearty co-operation of Mayor Thomas G. Pinnock 

 and the city government in making liberal appropriations, the 

 local superintendent has made great progress in reducing the 

 moth pests in this city. While much remains to 'be done, so 

 much has been accomplished during the past year that, with 

 approximately the same appropriations in 1908, perfect control 

 of the moth pests should be obtained throughout the city, with 

 possibly the exception of the waste land in Salem Great Pasture. 



