190<i.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT No. 73. 75 



HAVERHILL. 

 HENRY FROST, 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, . . . 785 70 

 1905, amount of State reimbursement, 



Haverhill has been examined at different dates by the 

 State inspectors, who found the gypsy moth on about a 

 dozen private estates. The two principal colonies are at 40 

 Park Street and 15 York Street. There can be but little 

 doubt that the city has become infested with the gypsy moth 

 from the large amount of automobile travel passing through 

 it from points to the southward. 



The local work is in good hands, and is being carried out 

 in a satisfactory manner. The brown-tail moth webs have 

 been removed from about one-third of the city trees, and a 

 considerable amount of work has been done by private 

 citizens. Next season the trees in the sections infested by 

 the gypsy moth should be burlapped and sprayed. 



HlNGHAM. 



WARREN W. LOTHROP, Local Superintendent. 



1905, amount required before reimbursement, . . . $872 69 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, . . . 1,745 38 

 1905, amount expended in work against moths, estimated, . 100 CO 

 1905, amount of State reimbursement, 



During the caterpillar season 13 estates infested with the 

 gypsy moth were located in Hingham, all within one-half 

 mile of the railroad station. The fall inspection by the local 

 superintendent showed 275 estates infested by the gypsy 

 moth, but usually there were not more than one or two egg 

 clusters in a place. While these moth colonies are scattered 

 practically throughout the entire town, none of them offer 

 any serious difficulties in the way of treatment. At this 

 writing the street trees throughout the town have been 

 cleared of the g3'psy moth, and active operations against the 

 brown-tail moth are in progress. The street trees of the 

 town should be burlapped next season. 



