40 GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



ESSEX. 



OTIS O. STORY, Local Superintendent. 



Efcrly in the year all trees on private property were thor- 

 oughly cleaned and later burlapped, and spraying was also done 

 with the usual good results. But few towns in the entire in- 

 fested district show better results from the use of burlap than 

 Essex, - - a condition of affairs which speaks well for the local 

 management. In the territory worked over not over one-half 

 as many gypsy moth egg clusters have been found this fall 

 as was the case in 1906. At this writing the street trees have 

 been cleaned and brush removed from the infested roadsides. 

 Employees of the central office are now scouting the woodland 

 in the southern part of the town, finding numerous scattered in- 

 festations which will require attention in 1908. 



EVERETT. PARK COMMISSIONERS. 

 WILLIAM KENNERLY, Local Superintendent. 



The work against the moth in this city has been performed 

 under the direct supervision of the park commissioners, and has 

 resulted in a marked improvement in the condition of the terri- 

 tory as a whole. The street trees and those on private estates 

 are in better condition than for some years past, while notable 

 progress in suppressing the moths has been made also in \Yood- 

 lawn Cemetery. 



The work the coming season should consist of burlapping, 

 spraying, removing worthless trees and underbrush and closing 

 all cavities with tin in the remaining trees. If this latter work 

 is performed before the eggs hatch in the coming spring, good 

 results will follow next season's operations against the moths in 



Everett. 



GLOUCESTER. 



WILLIAM D. CORLISS, Local Sii/nriiih mlcnt. 



The good quality of work done here in the past against the 

 moth pests has been continued during the year just closing. 

 Fnllnuiim the ordinary winter work of clearing street trees and 

 those on private estates, burlaps were liberal ly applied and care- 

 fully attended during the caterpillar season. In this way many 

 thousands of caterpillars were destroyed, and in certain badly 



