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in a condition where a liberal expenditure of money in the 

 moth work in 1908 will greatly decrease the amount required 

 for succeeding years. 



READING. 

 GUY A. HUBBARD, Local Superintendent. 



While marked improvement has been made in this town 

 in the condition of the street trees and in all residential sections, 

 the woodland colonies have made considerable progress during 

 the year. In the southern and westerly parts of the town there 

 are important woodland colonies, which must be thoroughly 

 dealt with in the near future. The winter work of clearing 

 street trees and trees on private estates was well done, and later 

 bur-lapping and spraying operations were carried on with notable 

 results. Roadsides have been trimmed out, and on Charles, 

 Pear and Forest streets protective belts 50 feet wide have been 

 cleared of underbrush and dead trees, and put in suitable con- 

 dition for spraying operations. The work done here has been 

 of excellent quality, and has been well supported by the town 

 officials and citizens in general. The general infestation at 

 Wakefield is a serious menace, at least to the southern part of 

 Reading, and is responsible for a considerable part of the cost 

 of the work in this town, - - a condition of affairs which should 

 be rectified during the coming year. 



At the present writing, the town gang is engaged in clearing- 

 street trees and private property, removing worthless trees and 

 putting old orchards in suitable condition for next season's work. 

 There has been a notable decrease in the number of brown-tail 

 moths, although this insect is generally distributed throughout 



the town. 



REVERE. 



WILLIAM G. COOK, Local Superintendent. 



While there has been a continued improvement in the condi- 

 tion of this town during the past year, there still remains much 

 work of a somewhat permanent nature that must be done before 

 the gypsy moth can be brought under control. During the win- 

 ter and spring the usual work of creosoting gypsy moth egg 

 clusters and removing brown-tail moth webs was prosecuted on 

 street trees and private estates alike, and a notable reduction 

 made in the numbers of these moths. Burlapping, banding and 



