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such citizens, efficient work and encouraging results must 

 follow. In other places men familiar with the moths have 

 been placed in direct charge of field operations, and have 

 rendered most faithful service. It has been most helpful and 

 gratifying to the superintendent to have, almost without ex- 

 ception, the hearty co-operation of this corps of local super- 

 intendents, and to them in large measure is due the credit 

 for the results so far obtained. There has been good " team 

 work " all along the line, and if this condition can continue 

 and the necessary funds are available, success in the end 

 will be attained. 



With the assurance of systematic work throughout the 

 district, and that no town's efforts should suffer from the 

 neglect of the adjoining municipalities, the appropriations 

 were as a whole freely made and the work inaugurated. 

 At the present writing 95 cities and towns out of the total of 

 124 infested with the gypsy moth have a more or less com- 

 plete organization for combating the moths, and upward of 

 1,500 men are so employed. In the remaining towns, only 

 scattering nests of the gypsy moth were found by the inspect- 

 ors, and but little work, relatively speaking, will be required. 



As soon as fall work was well under way, the demands 

 on the superintendent's time, both in field and office, became 

 greatly increased. Town and city officials in large numbers 

 sought the office for advice, while special problems in field 

 work needing attention constantly presented themselves. 

 To assist in attending to these matters promptly, with the 

 approval of the Governor, Agent Dexter M. Rogers of the 

 eastern division was transferred to the office as assistant 

 superintendent, where his experience and knowledge of the 

 work have been most helpful. 



It is always a pleasant duty to acknowledge help received 

 from others. The superintendent has sought freely the 

 advice of the Attorney-General, the Auditor of the Com- 

 monwealth and the secretary of the Board of Agriculture, 

 and in every case their counsel and assistance have been as 

 freely given. The suggestions of the officials and several 

 members of the Massachusetts Association for the Suppres- 

 sion of the Gypsy and Brown-tail Moths have been par- 



