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the town has been most helpful, and if the same thorough work 

 can be kept up in Canton, there will be no great difficulty in 

 controlling the gypsy moth here. 



CARLISLE. 



G. G. WILKINS, Local Superintendent. 



Work in this town under the direction of the local superin- 

 tendent has been done in an admirable manner. The problem 

 here is a serious one, since it will take much time and money to 

 put the orchards now so generally infested in proper shape for 

 exterminative work. While a great deal of tinning and cement- 

 ing of cavities and removing of dead and diseased trees has been 

 accomplished, much remains to be done. The badly infested 

 woodland owned by Mr. Charles A. Skelton on the River Road 

 was defoliated by the caterpillars during the summer, and will 

 be cut and burned over later. At this writing the clearing of 

 street trees has been completed and the work in orchards is well 

 under wav. Much more scouting of woodlands remains to be 



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done here, and should receive early attention. During the com- 

 ing year, aside from a liberal burlapping of infested trees, a 

 very large amount of spraying will be required. 



CARVER. 



E. H. MURDOCK, Local Superintendent. 



In the town of Carver, last summer, 16 estates were known 

 to be infested with the gypsy moth, and on these 5,750 caterpil- 

 lars were killed. The worst orchard colony found was on Plym- 

 outh Street, and here about 3,000 egg clusters were treated 

 on apple trees, outhouses, hen coops and rubbish. The fall 

 scouting of the town resulted in the discovery, up to December 

 15, of 36 infestations not before known ; 7 of these were in the 

 woods, .the most important being between Plymouth Street and 

 the railroad. Over 200 egg clusters were treated here. Another 

 woods colony, in which more than 100 egg clusters were treated, 

 lies on the line between Carver and Middleborough, and is vir- 

 tually an extension of a much larger infestation in that town. 

 The gypsy moth infestation is chiefly in the northern half of 

 the town, there being about a score of infested estates in the 



