1907.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT No. 73. 91 



attended by the town organization during the summer. A 

 few badly infested places were sprayed, and it was necessary 

 in many sections to thin trees and cut brush along the roadside. 

 A large number of caterpillars were taken in the infested or- 

 chards during the larval season. The fall inspection shows that 

 street trees and those on private property are in much better 

 condition than in 1905. A thorough examination of the wood- 

 land will be necessary in the near future, and it seems probable 

 that many scattering gypsy moths will be found there. 



In this town there is a greater need of co-operation on the 

 part of citizens in clearing their own property, if the work is 

 to be brought to a successful issue. 



At the present time the work of clearing town trees and thin- 

 ning trees in Manning Park is in progress. 



ROWLEY. 

 DANIEL O'BRIEN, Local Superintendent. 



In this town property owners showed a general disposition 

 to comply with the requirements of the law, and to clear their 

 orchard and other trees of the brown-tail moth. The local 

 superintendent supplemented this work by inspection and care- 

 ful examination for the gypsy moth, with the result that many 

 orchards were found infested. Wherever the latter insect was 

 found, burlaps were used to good advantage during the summer ; 

 and during the fall months a considerable amount of cutting of 

 brush along roadsides was accomplished. Mr. O'Brien dis- 

 covered a colony of about 2,000 nests on the Stack Yard Road 

 early in the fall, and here the brush has been cut and burned, 

 trees thinned, and everything possible done to prepare for 

 thorough work next season. Plans for the future involve a 

 thorough scouting of the town, the cutting and burning of nu- 

 merous hollow trees, and the cementing of cavities in orchard 

 trees which are worthy of preservation. 



The work here has been well cared for, and the general con- 

 dition of street trees and those in residential sections is much 

 improved over that of 1905. 



