42 GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



siderable amount of brush cutting in preparing old orchards was 

 carried on, and a beginning made of work in certain important 

 woodland colonies. Burlaps, banding and spraying were all used 

 during the summer with satisfactory results, and a force of from 

 25 to 50 men was employed continuously throughout the year. 

 The work along certain important woodland roads done by the 

 employees of the United States Department of Agriculture has 

 been of much assistance in preventing the spread of the moths. 

 During the coming year there should be in Lexington a general 

 use of burlap and sticky bands, both of which should have 

 better attention in the latter part of the caterpillar season than 

 it was possible to give them in the year just closing. A part of 

 the woodland and nearly all the orchards are now in shape for 

 economical spraying, and the purchase of one or more power 

 sprayers is earnestly recommended. The work in the woodland 

 colonies during the summer should be pushed just as hard and 

 fast as funds will permit. 



LYNN. 



A. C. DOAK, Local Superintendent. 



The hearty co-operation of the mayor and city government 

 and the board of park commissioners have enabled the efficient 

 local superintendent to take excellent care of the trees on streets 

 and on private estates throughout the entire city. A very large 

 force of men was employed early in the year in destroying the 

 nests and egg clusters of the two species of moths. At the same 

 time a force varying from 50 to 100 employees was kept at 

 work thinning oert;iin very badly infested sections in the Lynn 

 Woods. A considerable force was effectively employed during 

 May, June and July in burlapping and spraying. The condi- 

 tion of affairs in the Lynn Woods Park was most serious at the 

 beginning of the summer season. By July 1 upward of 500 

 acres of woodland was practically defoliated, and heroic meas- 

 ures were necessary to protect the pine and hemlock groves from 

 destruction. At the request of the superintendent the park was 

 closed to public travel, in order to prevent the scattering of 

 caterpillars on vehicles. The co-operative plan of work between 

 the city park commission and State hnving been agreed upon, 

 important steps were taken to eoinhiit (lie moths in certain im- 



