(,V1SV AND r,K()WN-TAIL .MOTHS. [Jan. 



-ihle to make a thorough scouting of the town by the State 

 forces with tin- result that 25 caterpillars, 430 pupa? and 876 

 luster- wen- found scattered throughout the town, which 

 -h.>nld now I,.- regarded as generally, although lightly, infested. 

 A- -"in as the scouting had been completed, the local super- 

 intendent commenced a vigorous campaign of cutting and burn- 

 ing brush along infested roadsides, to stop the further scat- 

 tering of the moth. 



While some work has been done in the infested orchards, 

 as in ( 'arlisle and other towns in this vicinity, there are a very 

 largr number of neglected apple orchards, whose hollow trees 

 afford excellent hiding places for the moths. The work here 

 ha- 1'een \vcll supported by the local authorities, and well ad- 

 ministered. 



1 hiring I'.'OT large numbers of worthless apple trees should 

 1 cut and burned, and the usual methods of cementing and tin- 

 ning cavities in the remaining trees, together with burlapping 

 and -praying, should materially reduce the numbers of the 

 moths. If possible, there should be a very general spraying 

 Campaign in the orchard districts of the town. 



COHASSET. 

 JOHN S. CLARK, Local Superintendent. 



The ^yp-y nioih colonies, in this town were looked after last 

 -iimmer in very good manner. The burlap was used in all of 

 those in the residential districts. Xo important colonies have 

 been discovered, although the gypsy moth is scattered over a large 

 part of the town. In .January. In-pector ( '. K. Merrill made 

 an examination of woodland belonging to Messrs. Whitney and 

 Mandell, and here gypsy moth egg clusters were found scat- 

 tered in small numbers in all parts of the woods. These in- 

 fe-tation- were not cared for during the summer, and there 

 ha- been a slight increase in the number of nests. 



Tin-re ha- been a notable decrea-e in the brown-tail moth 

 in thi< town. 



