50 GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



siderable injury to trees will be evident during the cater- 

 pillar season of next year. The street trees of the entire 

 city should be burlapped, and spraying may be necessary in 

 certain seriously infested localities. 



READING. 



GEORGE F. SAWYER, Local Superintendent. 



1905, amount required before reimbursement, . . . $922 69 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, . . . 1,845 37 

 1905, amount expended in work against moths, . . . 2,310 60 

 1905, amount of State reimbursement, 1,387 91 



Reading is generally infested by the gypsy and the brown- 

 tail moths, in spite of the considerable amount of efficient 

 work done in recent years by the local authorities and 

 private citizens. The most serious feature of the situation 

 is the general infestation of certain woodland areas in the 

 southern part of the town. During the caterpillar season 

 the trees in the centre of the town and along the main streets 

 were burlapped and attended, with the result that a large 

 number of gypsy moth caterpillars were destroyed. The 

 work here has been placed in competent hands, has been 

 carried on in a very satisfactory manner and has been liber- 

 ally supported by the town authorities. The attitude of 

 private citizens also is all that could be desired. 



At the present writing the street trees throughout at least 

 one-half the town have been cleared of the nests of both 

 species of moths, and the infested roadsides throughout the 

 entire area have been cut over and burned, thus reducing 

 the cost of the work next year. In 1906 the trees through- 

 out the entire southern half of the town and along the main 

 streets should be burlapped, and a considerable amount of 

 spraying will be necessary. In certain sections the road- 

 sides will require burning over with oil. 



REVERE. 

 JAMES W. BOND, Local Superintendent. 



1905, amount required before reimbursement, . . . $2,439 45 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, . . . 4,878 89 

 1905, amount expended in woi'k against moths, . . . 3,994 77 

 1905, amount of State reimbursement, ... . 1,244 26 



