sii (iVPSV AND BKOWN-TAIL WIDTHS. [Jan. 



LOWELL. 



CHARLES A. WHITTET, Local Superintendent. 



Marly in tin- year, in certain parts of the city, there was a 

 vigorou- enforcement of tin- law with reference to the brown- 

 tail moth. On account of lack of funds no thorough work has 

 been done in Lowell against the gypsy moth, but operations 

 against the brown-tail moth have been carried out in a most 

 admirable manner, as far as local appropriations would permit. 



During the fall and winter it was possible for inspectors 

 and scouts employed by this office to make a thorough inspection 

 of the city, and as a result some 900 infestations by the gypsy 

 nioih were found, which included -2 large colonies in the Paw- 

 tncketville section. In 1 of these colonies some 150 nests 

 were found, and in another over 250. The finding of these 

 infestations on the northerly side of the Merrimac River is 



-i important with reference to the further spreading of the 

 i. not only in Massachusetts but also toward New Hamp- 

 shire. 



The plans for next season's work include the liberal use of 

 the burlap, and in the badly infested sections much spraying 

 should lie done. It is only proper to say that, while at Lowell 

 public-spirited citi/ens have 1 appreciated the importance of 

 promptly dealing with the moth, and while the local superin- 

 tendent has endeavored in all possible ways to carry out our 

 directions, efficient work has been very seriously hampered by 

 lack of funds at a critical time, and the non-action, not to say 

 apathy, of the city officials directly in charge of providing 

 appropriation 



MARLBOROUGH. 



M\ K. LYONS, Local Sti/n rii 

 Tin- condition of this city shows no improvement over that 

 of la-t year, owing in part to lack of funds at critical times, 

 and in part from neglect of the local authorities to carry out 

 the instructions of this office. The city was not thoroughly 

 cleared of the brown-tail moth last winter, and at the present 

 writing the condition .,f the outlying territory, particularly that 

 along the Ilud-on line, [g worse than it was in 1005. The con- 



