1906.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT No. 73. 45 



sections the gypsy moth infestation is now of alarming ex- 

 tent, and the insect is scattered in small numbers in other 

 parts of the town. No thorough inspection as yet has been 

 made of the woodland, but gypsy moth nests have been 

 found along the road leading; to Essex. In the northern 



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part of the town there is a large tract of fine old-growth 

 trees which is infested in places. An effort will be made in 

 the near future to inspect thoroughly all the woodland in 

 Manchester. 



The local superintendent has destroyed the gypsy and 

 brown-tail moth nests on town trees over about three-fourths 

 of the town, and this work has been carried on in a very 

 satisfactory manner. The trees in the central district should 

 be burlapped and carefully attended next summer. There 

 are several small orchards which are badly infested by the 

 gypsy moth, and these should be sprayed at the proper 

 season. 



MARBLEHEAD. 



N. ALLEN LINDSEY, Local Superintendent. 



1905, amount required before reimbursement, . . . $1,420 26 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, . . . 2,840 52 

 1905, amount expended in work against moths, . . . 2,829 99 

 1905, amount of State reimbursement, 1,127 78 



The gypsy moth occurs generally throughout this town, 

 the worst infested sections being in the central residential 

 district. A great deal of good work has been done here in 

 past years under the direction of the tree warden, supple- 

 mented by the efforts of an effective local improvement 

 association. During the caterpillar season of 1905 the street 

 trees were burlapped in the worst infested sections. Later, 

 the infested roadsides were cut out and burned over. The 

 destruction of the gypsy and brown-tail moth nests on street 

 trees has been completed and a considerable amount of work 

 accomplished by the owners of private estates. Practically 

 all this work has been done by a contractor under the direc- 

 tion of the local superintendent. The trees throughout the 

 entire town should be burlapped next spring ; spraying will 

 be necessaiy in certain sections. 



