

1906.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT No. 73. 99 



WEST BRIDGEWATER. 

 ARTHUR W. HIATT, Local Superintendent. 



1905, amount required before reimbursement, .... $223 24 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, .... 446 48 

 1905, amount expended in work against moths, . . . 15 00 

 1905, amount of State reimbursement, 



A single egg cluster of the gypsy moth has been found in 

 this town on Main Street near Ash Street. The brown-tail 

 moth is very scarce throughout the entire area. The use of 

 burlap next season will be imperative in the place where the 

 gypsy moth egg cluster was found. 



WEST NEWBURY. 

 WILLIAM MERRILL, Local Superintendent. 



1905, amount required before reimbursement, .... $208 52 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, .... 417 04 

 1905, amount expended in work against moths, . . . 660 64 

 1905, amount of State reimbursement, 452 12 



A few gypsy moth egg clusters have been found in the 

 central residential section of this town. The local superin- 

 tendent has carried on a vigorous campaign against the 

 brown-tail moth, and has practically completed clearing the 

 street trees of this insect. The work has been carried on 

 in a thorough manner, and should yield good results next 

 season if followed up by burlapping in the localities infested 

 with the gypsy moth. The roadside brush has been cut out 

 in the infested district and the trees put in proper condition 

 for next season's work. 



WESTON. 

 F. G. COOPER, Local Superintendent. 



1905, amount required before reimbursement, . . $1,09950 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, . . 2,199 00 

 1905, amount expended in work against moths, . 254 48 

 1905, amount of State reimbursement, . 



During the caterpillar season Inspector H. W. Vinton 

 found gypsy moth larvae in Weston, scattered along North 

 Avenue from the Waltham line nearly to Lincoln. The fall 



