1906.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT No. 73. 49 



Peabody is seriously infested by the gypsy moth, and the 

 brown-tail moth also occurs in large numbers. Gypsy moth 

 colonies have been found scattered throughout the woodlands, 

 and unless suppressed will soon increase to formidable pro- 

 portions. The badly infested roadsides throughout the 

 town have been cut out and the brush burned. During the 

 caterpillar season a large number of trees were banded and 

 attended by the local force. At the present time the work 

 of destroying both gypsy and brown-tail moth nests on the 

 street trees is being prosecuted vigorously, and nearly one- 

 half of these have been cleared of the insects. 



The work in this town has been well planned, has had 

 excellent supervision and has given satisfactory results. 

 All the trees on streets should be burlapped next season, and 

 spraying will be necessary in the worst infested sections. 



QUINCY. 



THOMAS F. BURKE, Local Superintendent. 



1905, amount required before reimbursement, ... . $2,500 00 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, . . . 5,000 00 

 1905, amount expended in work against moths, estimated, . 1,023 97 

 1905, amount of State reimbursement, 



The infestations in Quincy are of particular importance 

 because of the immense amount of travel passing through 

 the city to South Shore points. There can be no question 

 that the general infestation of the central residential district 

 at Quincy has been the cause of many of the gypsy moth 

 colonies found along the South Shore. The city is generally 

 infested with the gypsy moth, and several colonies have 

 reached a point where injury to the trees will take place next 

 year unless thorough measures are applied. 



The local work has been well organized and prosecuted 

 vigorously. At this writing the work against the gypsy 

 moth has been completed on the street trees, and plans are 

 under way for a vigorous campaign against the brown-tail 

 moth. The most serious feature of the local situation is the 

 general and often severe infestation of private estates by the 

 gypsy moth. On these places a great many egg clusters 

 have been broken and scattered, and it is probable that con- 



