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tion has shown a large number of infestations not developed 

 in the spring scouting. Many orchards in the residential sec- 

 tion have been trimmed, dead trees removed and cavities tinned, 

 the cost of this work in many cases being paid for by the prop- 

 erty owners. 



There yet remains a large area of infested woodland, which 

 should be thoroughly scouted before the caterpillar season of 

 1907. At the present time there are 394 known, colonies of the 

 gypsy moth in NTatick, while during the season over 50,000 

 caterpillars and pupae were destroyed, and upward of 3,500 

 new egg clusters treated last fall. 



NEEDHAM. 



ERNEST E. EILEY, Local Superintendent. 



During the caterpillar season upward of 2,800 street trees 

 and also those in colonies on private property were burlapped 

 and carefully attended. In August and September Inspector 

 Colin Mclsaac made a preliminary scouting of the woodland, 

 finding much of it infested by the gypsy moth. The clearing 

 of town trees of the gypsy and brown-tail moth nests began on 

 November 12, and is now nearly completed. The result of the 

 scouting above mentioned will mean a great deal of work in this 

 town next season; the woodland colonies should be thinned 

 out and a large number of burlaps used. The work up to date 

 has gone on in a very satisfactory manner, and has been well 

 supported by the local authorities. 



NEWBURY. 



BENJAMIN PEARSON, Local Superintendent. 



The thorough winter and spring work carried out by the 

 local superintendent showed the brown-tail moth generally abun- 

 dant, while numerous gypsy moth egg clusters were found in 

 the Oldtown district. In the latter section there are a large 

 number of orchards containing many hollow, worthless trees, 

 which serve merely as a breeding place for the insects. If the 

 owners of these trees do not value them sufficiently to clear 

 them of the moth, they should be cut and burned, since their 

 existence is a menace to the surrounding property. 



