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cut out. In the spring the trees were burlapped and the bur- 

 laps carefully attended during the crawling season. The work 

 here was under the charge of C. B. Hamilton, Inspector. At 

 the beginning of the year there were 83 infestations in York, 

 80 being in orchards and 3 in the woodlands. Of the 80 in 

 orchards 53 have been entirely wiped out or exterminated. 

 Very few of the others showed any but scattering larvae. 



Up to the fall scout no woodland had been scouted other than 

 the three places mentioned above. 



Believing that there were gipsy moths in the woodlands of 

 York, I detailed A. M. G. Soule to take charge of a crew there 

 and see what he could find. The results were startling in the 

 extreme as he found enough Qgg clusters in the northern part 

 of the town to wipe out (if left for a year) any township of 

 pine or spruce in the State. On one tree on the Haley estate 

 were found 1,034 egg clusters and on three trees 1,845 ^§S 

 clusters. This is the record in the State of Maine. 



Another bad infestation was that found on the estate of J. R. 

 Mclntyre where 1,244 ^SS clusters were found. 



The worst infestation ever found in the State of Maine is 

 that on the Henry Moulton place. Here is a large tract of land 

 of about thirty acres on which is stacked 480,000 feet of lumber. 

 Surrounding this cleared land is woodland of pine, spruce and 

 a few hardwood trees. Here was found 5,001 egg clusters, in 

 the stone walls, board piles, trees, and in fact about everywhere 

 about the place. The lumber belongs to parties in Rochester, 

 N. H., and had it been left and shipped no one can tell the 

 amount of harm that would have been caused. The woods all 

 around this place have been cleared for a hundred feet from the 

 field and by this method we will be able to handle the work to 

 good advantage during the coming year. The work which is 

 being done here will cost in the near vicinity of $1,200 and will 

 save many times that in the years to come. Great credit is due 

 to the ability and energy of A. M. G. Soule in directing his men 

 so that such infestations as the three mentioned above could be 

 found. They are situated in the remotest part of the town and 

 are six miles from the village and fully one and one-half miles 

 from any habitation. 



One of the worst infestations found in 1907 was that on the 

 A. Thompson place at Cape Neddick. At this place on the 13th 



