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bin-lapping and spraying will be required. At least one power 

 spraying outfit is needed here, and two can be used to advan- 

 tage during the caterpillar season. 



LITTLETON. 

 GEORGE DAVIDSON, Local Superintendent. 



The work against the gypsy moth in this town has been de- 

 layed at times by lack of suitable help and unfortunate local 

 complications. In the early part of the year the street and 

 orchard trees were looked over, the brown-tail moth nests re- 

 moved, and considerable work done in repairing infested or- 

 chards and putting them in shape for the effective use of bur- 

 lap. This town is thoroughly infested, particularly in the or- 

 chard sections, and probably in the woodland districts. If it 

 had been possible to give better attention to caring for the bur- 

 laps during the summer, a greater gain against the moth pest 

 would have been made. 



At the present writing a considerable amount of tinning and 

 cementing in orchards is under way, brush is being cut along 

 infested roadsides, and numerous dead and decayed trees are 

 being removed. We are obliged to report that the gypsy moth 

 has made a gain in this town in 1907. It therefore means that 

 more effective work and larger expenditures will be required 

 the coming year. The work for 1908 should include the liberal 

 use of burlap, and particularly a large amount of spraying. 

 A thoroughgoing, vigorous campaign over this town will put 

 the orchard sections and residential district in good condition. 

 If such a campaign is not carried on, the increase of the moths 



here will be rapid. 



LOWELL. 



CHARLES A. WHITTET, Local Superintendent. 



A very large number of gypsy moth egg clusters were found 

 in this city last winter and spring, when a gang of from 20 to 

 30 men were employed in the work of clearing street trees and 

 private estates. There was an unfortunate delay in obtaining 

 and applying burlap in season for its most effective use, but 

 during the latter part of the summer it was well attended, and 

 a considerable amount of spraying was also done in the most 

 seriously affected places. 



