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clearing the moths from the remaining trees on their estates. 

 Next season the trees throughout the town should he bur- 

 lapped, and a considerable amount of spraying also will be 



necessary. 



SWAMPSCOTT. 



GEORGE NEWHALL, Local Superintendent. 



1905, amount required before reimbursement, $1,53J 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, 3,078 1 

 1905, amount expended in work against moths, . 2,624 14 

 1905, amount of State reimbursement, . 



Swampscott is badly infested by both species of moths. 

 The gypsy moth colonies in the westerly part of the town 

 are of large size. In the woodland in the easterly part there 

 are numerous scattering gypsy moth egg clusters ; but in the 

 Cedar Hill section, where a large moth colony was treated a 

 number of years ago by the employees of the State Board 

 of Agriculture, only a few moths have been found. 



Work against the caterpillars was begun by the local 

 superintendent June 17, and a gang of men has been em- 

 ployed against the gypsy moth practically all the time since 

 that date. The infested roadsides have been cut out and the 

 remaining trees put in condition for burlapping next season. 

 Nearly all the large infested pasture area has been cut out 

 and should be burned early in the caterpillar season of next 

 year. Practically all the work against both moths on street 

 trees has been completed at this writing. Aside from burn- 

 ing over the infested pastures a great deal of burlapping and 

 spraying will be necessary next season to bring the gypsy 



moth under control. 



WAKEFIELD. 



W. W. WHITTREDGE, Local Superintendent. 



1905, amount required before reimbursement, $1.66 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, 3,338 24 

 1905, amount expended in work against moths, . 



1905, amount of State reimbursement, . I. 770 10 



Wakefield is now generally infested over its entire area by 

 both moths. The gypsy moth is most abundant in the 

 southern and eastern parts of the town and it occurs in scat- 

 terino- numbers in the northern woodlands. 



