1908.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT No. 73. 53 



From the nature of the trees and brush growing in the pasture, 

 there should be no great difficulty in wiping out the gypsy moth 

 there when time and funds permit the taking up of this work. 



Following the fall and winter cleaning, the cutting of many 

 worthless trees, the clearing up of brush along roadsides and the 

 cementing or tinning of cavities and orchards, burlaps were 

 freely applied and attended, with good results. A considerable 

 amount of spraying was done, to the great benefit of certain 

 badly infested sections. During 1908 the work of closing cavi- 

 ties in trees and removing worthless, decayed trees should be 

 continued. A liberal burlapping and spraying campaign will 

 then give most satisfactory results in reducing the numbers of 

 the moths. 



S.4UGTJS. 

 TITOS. E. BERRETT, Local Superintendent. 



The work against the moth in this town has been carried on 

 continuously throughout the season. Good management on the 

 part of the local superintendent, and a sufficient amount of 

 funds for the work at all times, have resulted in a very much 

 improved condition of the street trees of practically all the 

 residential sections of the town and of many large areas of 

 woodland. 



The ordinary methods have been carried out at the proper 

 time, and, in addition, large- areas of brush and woodland were 

 burned when the gypsy moths were changing from the larval 

 to the pupal stage. This radical method without question de- 

 stroyed millions of larvge and pupa3, and has reduced the cost of 

 the work very materially throughout the woodland area so cov- 

 ered. Large areas of badly infested woodland abutting the resi- 

 dential sections have been cleared of undergrowth and worthless 

 trees removed, which to a considerable extent will protect the 

 adjoining residential sections from reinfestation the coming 

 year ; in fact, the moth problem is so well under control through- 

 out the residential section that with the same liberal appropria- 

 tion the coming year the work can be pushed into the outlying 

 woodlands not already under control. This will greatly reduce 

 the cost of dealing with the moths here in the future. 



The co-operation of the townspeople has been constant and 

 hearty. Particularly helpful has been very practical assistance 



