:,n GYPSY AND lil{()\VN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



ir tin- niiim-roii- badly infected private estates. In spite of 

 iv|N-aTrd rr.|iir-t- ;in<l prote-t- liy this office, this work \vas 

 ted, while during the nn-nili of May, when spraying opera- 

 tion- -hould have h.-.-n prosecuted, no funds were obtainable for 

 thi- iiii-t important work. In fad, throughout the entire season 

 tin- effort-; of this oilier to obtain funds when-with to carry on a 

 -\ -lematic campaign against the moths over the entire city 

 havr hi -en most >eriou~ly delayed and hampered by the non- 

 anion of tin- city ^..vrniinont, - - a condition of affairs wholly 

 unexpected in ii city which has shown in so many ways a constant 

 and nm-r oommendable public spirit. Xo city or town in the 

 rntirr infr-tt-d .listrirt has caused the superintendent so much 

 an.xirty during the pa-t year as Salem, and in none has so little 

 pr.i-T. toward controlling the moth been made. 



A- a rr.-nlt of the neglect to clear the moths from private 

 \\rrr soon seriously injured by the caterpillars, 

 which ilirn .-warnird in lar^r nundirrs into the street trees; 

 and. as a conse<|uenc<\ the general condition of the whole city 

 i- much wor-e than in l!>o."i. While the general use of burlap 

 on -tn-et ti-rr-. and tin- -pi-ayin- of certain badly infested sections 



1 rc-ult> in many cases, it was impossible to overcome 



the rtFert of the neglected private estates. During August, 

 Srptrmher. <)ctoher and \oveiiibrr, when, had funds been 

 availablr, a large amount of work could have been done with 

 reference to making a net -a in next year, it was practically 

 impoilile to obtain the nece--ary appropriations. 



If the people of Salem wish to have the moth increase in 



their city to a point where they will be obliged to decide be- 



n very large expenditures or the loss of their trees, the 



dilatory poliey of r.nn; .-honl.1 ] )e continued. If, on the other 



hand, the moth is to be brought under control in this city, 



nt fund- -hoiild ! provided for the thorough cleaning of 



tin- street trees and the vigor.ni< enforcement of the law on 



pri- bates before the iie\t caterpillar season. hollowing 



thi~ v.ork it will he necessary t> burlap j)ractically all the trees 



in the city, and io -pray a very lar-e percentage of them. 



Work on the >treet tree- \va- be^iin December 3, and is now 

 in 



