1907.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT No. 73. 101 



WHITMAN. 



CLARENCE A. RANDALL, Local Superintendent. 



There has been some difficulty in securing proper labor to do 

 the necessary work at Whitman, but as a result of the scouting 

 operations some 24 estates infested by the gypsy moth have 

 been located. The trees in all these estates were burlapped and 

 well attended during the summer. The fall scouting is in prog- 

 ress, and will be completed before the next caterpillar season. 

 A number of badly infested orchards will require trimming, 

 cementing and possibly spraying during the year, while the 

 burlap should be generally used wherever the moths have been 

 located. 



WILMINGTON. 



OLIVER MCGRANE, Local Superintendent. 



This town is thoroughly infested by the gypsy and brown- 

 tail moths, and, while as yet none of the colonies are of notable 

 importance, the general scattering of the moths throughout the 

 town will be a constant source of anxiety until the infestations 

 are destroyed. The work against the brown-tail moths early in 

 the season having been completed, the local superintendent bur- 

 lapped all the trees in the districts known to be infested by the 

 gypsy moth, with excellent results. Following this work, much 

 underbrush and many defective trees in badly infested sections 

 were cut and burned. This town presents a serious orchard 

 problem. It has been necessary to cut and burn numerous de- 

 cayed, infested trees, and to cement or tin the cavities in a very 

 large number of those remaining. 



Next season's work, if only limited funds are available, 

 should include a very general spraying of all infested orchards, 

 and the use of burlap on street trees throughout the town. 



YARMOUTH. 



CHARLES E. BASSETT, Local Superintendent. 



Good work was done in this town against the brown-tail moth 

 in the early part of the year, while later the single gypsy moth 

 colony received good attention. The burlaps were well attended, 

 "but no caterpillars found. Some scouting has been done outside 

 the colony, but no further infestations have been discovered. 



