90 GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



have been found in the town. Nearly all the necessary work 

 against both species of moths has been done in a very satis- 

 factory manner by the local superintendent. The sections 

 infested by the gypsy moth should be burlapped and care- 

 fully attended next season. 



PLYMOUTH. 

 GEORGE R. BRIGGS, Local Superintendent. 



1905, amount required before reimbursement, . . . $1,869 74 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, . . . 3,739 47 

 1905, amount expended in work against moths, 



1905, amount of State reimbursement, 



The infestations of the gypsy moth in Plymouth are of 

 particular importance because of the immense amount of 

 summer travel which finds its way here. \Ve are unable 

 at this writing to state how badly the town is infested, but 

 already the moth has been found scattered in small numbers 

 throughout the entire residential section, and a single nest 

 has been found at Long Pond village and at Darby Pond. 

 The large amount of woodland in Ptymouth should be 

 thoroughly inspected at the first opportunit}^. A great deal 

 of camping takes place here each summer, one of the circum- 

 stances that render the camp sites in the wooded area 

 peculiarly liable to infestation by the moth. The brown- 

 tail moth has been kept under control in past years by the 

 efficient local superintendent. At this writing work against 

 both species of moths is being prosecuted vigorously and 

 in a very satisfactory manner. Burlapping will be neces- 

 sary next year wherever the gypsy moth exists. 



PLYMPTON. 

 ZINA E. SHERMAN, Local Superintendent. 



1905, amount required before reimbursement, .... f 66 24 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, .... 132 48 

 1905, amount expended in work against moths, estimated, . 25 00 

 1905, amount of State reimbursement, 



Six small gypsy moth colonies have been found in widely 

 separated localities in this town. A local gang has been or- 



