1906.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT No. 73. 37 



BURLINGTON. 

 WALTER W. SKELTON, Local Superintendent. 



1905, amount required before reimbursement, . . . $11449 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, . . . 228 98 

 1905, amount expended in work against moths, . . . 1,628 14 

 1905, amount of State reimbursement, 1,513 65 



Burlington may now be placed in the same category with 

 the towns of the central infested district. In the southern 

 part of the town remarkably large gypsy moth colonies exist 

 in woodlands, and numerous estates are very badly infested. 

 In one section the gypsy moth caterpillars stripped in the 

 summer of 1905 some 20 acres of woodland, and street trees, 

 orchards and even garden produce were injured and in some 

 cases destroyed by them. 



The local work against the moths is well organized and is 

 being carried out in a satisfactory manner. The town offi- 

 cials and citizens generally have supported the efforts of the 

 local superintendent, and satisfactory results should be in 

 evidence next season when a considerable amount of bur- 

 lapping, spraying and burning out of infested roadsides will 

 be necessary. The brown-tail moth is generally distributed 

 throughout the town and but little has yet been done against 

 this insect. 



The principal operations to date in Burlington have been 

 on the large woodland colony in the southern part of the 

 town where the orchards and wood lot have been thoroughly 

 cleared of gypsy moth egg clusters up to the probable snow 

 line. The underbrush, decayed trees, etc., have been re- 

 moved, and the work of destroying the remainder of the 

 nests is now under way. In the vicinity of this colony the 

 infested roadsides have also been cleared of the brush and 

 put in proper condition for burlapping. 



CAMBRIDGE. 

 JAMES A. MONTGOMERY, 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, . . . 6,900 63 

 1905, amount of State reimbursement, .... 



