26 THE GYPSY MOTH. 



the eggs. Many trees were cut down and burned with the 

 eggs upon them. Therefore the number of different forms 

 of the moth destroyed during the year cannot be correctly 

 stated ; but the records of moths killed in the outer towns 

 are very accurate, and enough has been learned from the 

 figures taken to show that approximately ninety-live per 

 cent of the different forms of the moth were killed in Med- 

 ford and Saugus woods and in adjacent territory. 



Work Done. 



Trees (fruit, shade and forest) : 



Inspected (number of times), 12,202,692 



Burlapped, . . ... 1,117,628 



Banded with insect lime, 4,715 



In which cavities have been cemented or covered, . . 1,949 



Sprayed, 21,479 



Scraped, ... 1,401 



Trimmed, 81,545 



Trimmed for burlap, 39,615 



Cut, 279,101 



Cutting and burning : 



Acres of brush and shrubbery cut and burned, . . . 1,010 



Acres of ground burned over with oil, 62 



Acres of ground burned over without oil, . . . 122 



Buildings : 



Inspected, 12,998 



Found to be infested, 1,138 



Wooden fences : 



Inspected (rods), . 72,652 



Found to be infested, 1,150 



Stone walls : 



Inspected (rods), 18,534 



Found to be infested, 596 



Burned out (rods), 1,683 



False Alarms. 



During 1897, as in former years, reports of the presence 

 of supposed gypsy moths or of injury caused by them have 



been received from towns within the infested region and 



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from other towns in the State ; but in no such case has any 

 evidence of the moth been found by our investigation outside 

 of the region previously known to be infested, except in 

 Lincoln. 



