MA.YKAEB M, METCALF, 



CONTENTS 



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Introduction, . . 9 



Synopsis of the report, . 11 



Financial statement, ... . .12 



Parasite appropriation, ... 13 



Analysis of town expenses, . 14 



Financial summary by towns, 15 



Allotments of appropriations, ... .19 



History of the year's work, . . . .21 



Acknowledgments, . . 25 



Scouting work, . ... . . .26 



Special work in parks, . . 29 



Emergency work, 31 



Condition of infested district, . ... .32 



Summary of condition of territory, . . . 126 



Future work, . . .128 



Report of Consulting Entomologist, . .... 129 



Work of other State boards, . . . 132 



National aid, . . . 136 



Other entomological work, . . 136 



Spraying operations, . . 138 



Cost of spraying, . . 140 



Spraying v. bird life . . 161 



Dangerous banding materials, . . . 162 



The gypsy moth v. white pine, ... . 163 



A disease of the gypsy moth, ... . 166 



The fungous disease of the brown-tail moth, . . 167 



The parasite work, . 170 



Report on parasites, by Dr. L. O. Howard, . . 173 



Purchase of supplies, .... . 178 



Recommendations, . 179 



Special report on importing parasites, . . . . 184 



