34 GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



way. The town has already made a liberal provision for 

 the work in 1906, which will include a campaign of burlap- 

 ping, spraying, banding and fall cleaning. From the large 

 amount of traffic which finds its way through Arlington the 

 condition of the town is of serious importance to the sur- 

 rounding country, and every effort will be made to bring the 

 pests under control here at the earliest possible moment. 



BELMONT. 

 F. D. CHANT, Local Superintendent. 



1905, amount required before reimbm-sement, . . . $1,105 21 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, . . . 2,210 42 

 1905, amount expended in work against moths, . . . 4,396 51 

 1905, amount of State reimbursement, 3,291 30 



While much good work has been done on private estates 

 and on town trees in recent years, the woodland colonies 

 in Belmont have increased to formidable proportions. The 

 work of the past season has been handled by a contractor, 

 ;and has consisted of spraying, burlapping, fall cleaning of 

 trees and cutting brush along infested roadsides and on other 



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town property. Aside from the woodland colonies this town 

 is now in condition where thorough-going measures can be 

 employed to great advantage. It is hoped that at least a 

 part of the infested woodlands may receive attention before 

 next spring. 



There has been in evidence a very general desire on the 

 part of the citizens to co-operate with the tow r n officials in 

 clearing the moths from their own estates. 



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BEVERLY. 



FRANK W. HAMMOND, 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, . 3,500 00 

 1905, amount of State reimbursement, 



Beverly is generally infested by the gypsy moth, in spite 

 of the good work done by the local improvement association 

 and numerous public-spirited individuals. The city is much 

 in favor as a summer resort, and there is a great amount of 



