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responsible for the presence of the moths here. The infested 

 trees in this section were put in good condition for burlapping, 

 and received careful attention during the summer. A consider- 

 able number of caterpillars were destroyed, but only 1 egg clus- 

 ter was found at the time of the fall inspection, as against 

 more than 100 egg clusters destroyed here in the fall and 

 winter of 1906-07. Much good work has been done by the 

 local superintendent in repairing decayed orchard trees and in 

 removing and burning underbrush and dead trees in the gypsy 

 moth colonies. A limited amount of spraying was done here 

 with good results. A considerable amount of burlapping and 

 spraying will be necessary here during 1908. 



SUDBUBY. 

 WILLIAM E. BALDWIN, Local Superintendent. 



Over 3,000 gypsy moth egg clusters were treated by the local 

 superintendent in the orchard sections during the month of 

 January. Following this, in February- and March the street 

 trees were thoroughly cleaned, and at the end of April the win- 

 ter work on street trees and residential sections was completed. 

 A limited amount of tinning and cementing of cavities was done 

 in the early part of the caterpillar season, while burlaps were 

 freely applied and attended. In September,- October and No- 

 vember the work consisted mainly of repairing orchard trees, 

 cutting brush along infested roadsides and destroying brown- 

 tail moth nests. During December about 6 men were continu- 

 ously employed in treating gypsy moth egg clusters and remov- 

 ing the webs of the brown-tail moth. 



At the present writing the work of cleaning infested orchards 

 is in progress. But few woodland infestations have been located 

 as yet, but a thorough examination of all the woods in the town 

 will be desirable at an early date. The quality of the work 

 done at Sudbury has been most excellent, and the efforts of the 

 local superintendent have been well supported by citizens and 



town officials. 



TEWKSBURY. 



HENRY C. BRIGGS, Local Superintendent. 



The partial scouting of this town by the State inspector 

 showed a considerable number of infestations, in which the 



