GYPSY AM) r,KO\VN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



In .January a large part of iln- private property was cleared 



'lie iii..ih> by the local superintendent, and infested brush 



and kreea em in tin- l>a<lly infe-ted localities. The serious in- 



ation in Hurley Street was treated in a most excellent 



manner. I Miring I lie summer .-praying was followed with good 



ill-, while all private and public trees were burlapped and 



thoroughly attended. A limited amount of scouting done this 



fall bv In-pector F. ('. Worthen showed a number of important 



woodland colonies of the gvp-y moth which should be attended 



to during the eoining year. 



At the present writing the work of clearing the street trees 

 and rutting and burning infested bru-h is in progress. 



ESSEX. 

 OTIS 0. STORY, Local Superintendent. 



In the early part of January the work of destroying the 

 brown-tail and gypsy moths on private property w^as commenced, 

 with the discouraging result that nearly every orchard in town 

 wa- found infested by the gypsy moth; some of these orchards 

 are in very >erious condition, and hollow trees there should be 

 e'n her cemented, or cut and burned. The trees on streets and 

 in n-idential section- were burlapped and thoroughly attended 

 during the summer, large numbers of caterpillars being found on 

 private property. 



If the gypsy moth is to be checked in Essex, much vigorous 

 work will be necessary in the orchards next season, and spraying 

 an be followed here to great advantage. Brush along infested 

 p>ad-ide- ha- been eiu and burned, but work of this class remains 

 to be done on Apple Street and along ihe Manchester Road. 



The woodlands are knoun to be infested in spots, and should 

 horoiighly scouted a- soon as fund- permit. 



F.\ KIIKTT. 

 WILLIAM I. :I.Y, Local Sujicrin tcndt n I. 



This city i- comparable to Chelsea in having no large wooded 



area- and bein^ a thickly -ettled residential district. The local 



.-iiperjntendent went over the to\\n thoroughly early in the 



ii. de-troying both forms of moth-, and doing an excellent 



