1906.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT Xo. 73. 93 



that part of the town near the marshes. The shade trees 

 in the sections infested with the gypsy moth will require 

 burlapping next year. 



SALISBURY. 

 HENRY C. RICH, Local Superintendent. 



19,05, amount required before reimbursement, .... $170 50 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, .... 340 99 



1905, amount expended in work against moths, . . . 762 19 



1905, amount of State reimbursement, 591 69 



Throughout this town the gypsy moth is scattered in 

 small numbers, and the brown-tail moth is everywhere in 

 evidence. The principal gypsy moth infestations are in the 

 residential section, particularly in orchards. During the 

 month of November the local superintendent organized a 

 small o-ano- which has done very good work on the street 



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trees. The roadsides have been cleared of the brush in a 

 few of the gypsy moth colonies, but more work of this kind 

 will be necessary before the moth can be combated to ad- 

 vantage. Burlapping and spraying may be necessary next 

 season throughout the residential section. 



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SCITUATE. 

 JETSON WADE, Local Superintendent. 



1905, amount required before reimbursement, . . . $701 91 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, . . . 1,403 93 

 1905, amount expended in work against moths, estimated, . 110 00 

 1905, amount of State reimbursement, . 



In the summer of 1904 a single gypsy moth caterpillar 

 was sent from Scituate to the office of the State Board of 

 Agriculture. This was the first evidence of the occurrence 

 of the moth in the town. As yet we have been unable to 

 make a thorough inspection of the entire area, but as far as 

 this work has progressed a few egg clusters have been found 

 at widely separated points. It is important that a thorough 

 inspection of the town be made in the near future, and that 

 next season the trees in the infested sections be burlapped 

 and thoroughly attended. The existence of a large area of 

 woodland in the town emphasizes the importance of thorough 



