\-2 (IVI'SV AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



In- School Street colony, and no caterpillars were found there 

 duriiiir tli" summer. All tin- Street trees and those standing on 

 i nt'e-ied private e-tates \vcn- burlapped and the burlaps care- 

 fullv ;ttti-ii(lf(l during the -ummer, with satisfactory results. 

 Si ran-.- t" say. -at least from the standpoint of one familiar 

 with the pos-ihle damage by the moth pest, -- the local super- 

 intendent met with considerable opposition, in the work of 

 hurlapping private estates, ou the part of several large property 

 owners. It must be admitted that the burlap is to some extent 

 un-ii:htly: hut stripped or dead trees as a result of gyp-y moth 

 damage are much mm-e repugnant objects. If the work is to 

 -ucceed in Manchester, property owners must co-operate fully 

 with the town and State authorities and it is to be hoped that 

 the conditions above mentioned will not prevail in 1907. 



The woodland has been thoroughly scouted by the local force, 

 and twn important iop-y un>th colonies have been located, -- one 

 near the K e\ line and the other on Pleasant Street. In the 

 f"rmei- upward of 5,000 nests were destroyed. The woodland is 

 generally infested, while the street trees and residential sections 

 .-how a great improvement over last year. 



The work of inspecting and clearing the street trees is now 

 in progress. 



Manchester, because of its popularity as a summer resort, is 

 particularly liable to infestation from outside sources; and, for 

 the -a me reason, the moth infestations there should receive as 

 thorough treatment as funds will permit. 



MARBLEHEAD. 



WILLIAM II. Srr.vKxs, L'l, Local />'/< rint< mleni. 



The former local superintendent, Mr. X. Allen Lindsey, had 

 a thorough in-pection made of all private properly in this tov.n. 

 finding numerous important gvp-y inolh colonies. During the 



BeaS t I'.MIi; lhe-e place- \vere t liol'oll^l I ly -prayeil. while a 



limiied amount of .-prayiuu was done on the street trees. The 



latter, n- v,,.|| ;i~ f |-< -i - on private property, were hurlapped and 



attended during the summer, hir^e number- of caler|.illars being 



'oved. At the < 'urii- e-tate, where a serious colonv had been 



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discovered, it was necessary to cut and burn several large infe-ted 



