GYPSY AND r.IioWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



\\-iirtlili-ss tree- :uil de-troy tin- gyp-y moth nests throughout the 

 Suckt-r llrook valley I' mm Mystic Street to Arlington Heights, 

 tlni- de-troying an exten-ive In-ceding place of the nioth, which 

 had proved in pa-t years a cdiistiint source of infestation. The 

 fall iii-pection -hows a great improvement in the condition 

 nf tin- .-MV:-I tret- ami residential districts of the town, but an 

 enormous amount of work yet remains to lie dune in the infested 

 woodlands. 



Plans for next year's work should consist in the continued 

 care of' street trees and residential districts, more extensive 

 \v<>rk in the Arlington Heights section, and, if possible, a begin- 

 ning should lie made in clearing the gypsy moth colonies from 

 the easterly side of the town. 



BELMONT. 

 A. W. ELSON, Local Superintendent. 



The moth-work on private estates, as well as on street trees in 

 the early part of the year, was performed by a contractor, and 

 was in the main satisfactory. During the caterpillar season 

 principal reliance was put upon spraying, which gave good 

 result.-, although the use of burlap in the central part of the 

 town would no doubt have reduced the cost of the fall and 

 winter cleaning operations. Early in August the local su- 

 perintendent organized a small force of men, which has been 

 principally engaged in cutting brush along infested roadsides, 

 cleaning the town trees, and in brush cutting and thinning 

 operations in certain badly infested pasture land. 



X ota hie improvement is apparent in the general condition of 

 the Mreet trees and private estates in the residential district, 

 '">' 'I" 1 l>:i-mre and woodlands of this town still remain in a 

 ino-i -erious condition. t-|>ecially as regards the gypsy moth. 



Much good work has been done on the property of the 

 McLean A-yliim, hut much more remains to be done. 



The holh.w or worthless apple trees scattered throughout the 



t"\\n \\ill require much aiteiition in the way of cementing and 



i inning, \\hile many of them should be cut and burned. There 



rioufi inlV-iaiion on the northerly side of Marsh Street, 



extending toward the Arlington line, which should have attention 



M a.- fund- permit. 



