1908.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT- -No. 73. Ill 



his regular winter work of clearing private estates. Plans have 

 also been made for a thorough scouting of at least a part of the 

 woodland, where the gypsy moth has already been found in 



small numbers. 



SALISBURY. 



HENRY C. EICH, Local Superintendent. 



A general campaign of burlapping was carried on here dur- 

 ing the summer months, with good results, many thousands of 

 caterpillars being killed by hand. The orchard problem here 

 is a serious one, and, while a great deal of good work has- been 

 done in the way of closing cavities and in cutting and burning 

 a number of hollow trees, much remains to be done along this 

 line. There is a considerable amount of woodland in this town, 

 which should be thoroughly scouted before the opening of the 

 caterpillar season. 



On the island, where a large colony was found in the fall of 

 1906, good attention given to the burlaps has greatly reduced 

 the number of moth nests. Notwithstanding the fact that this 

 town is the gateway, as it were, through which passes a very 

 large part of the automobiling to New Hampshire and Maine 

 points, and hence is particularly liable to infestation from out- 

 side sources, a net gain has been made against the gypsy moth 

 during the year just closed. The 1908 work here should in- 

 clude the liberal use of burlap and a larger amount of thor- 

 ough work in orchards, and the vigorous treatment of the small 

 woodland colonies known to exist within its limits. 



SANDWICH. 

 JOSHUA E. HOLWAY, Local Superintendent. 



In the gypsy moth colony, in which 8 egg clusters were found 

 in the winter of 1906, a thorough cleaning was given the trees, 

 the cavities being cemented, dead wood taken out and loose bark 

 removed. During the caterpillar season burlaps were applied 

 and thoroughly attended, but no gypsy moths were found. In 

 common with other Cape Cod towns, Sandwich should be given 

 a thorough scouting during the winter months. 



Very few brown-tail moth webs have been found in Sand- 

 wich since 190506. Very thorough local work was done against 

 this insect. 



