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day of July, 1907. the caterpillars were discovered crossing the 

 road in large numbers. We burned the walls and about 5 acres 

 of pasture land with oil. We also cut out all of the bushes. 

 Since finding this infestation it has been watched very closely 

 and we have only been able to find one single egg cluster. I 

 simply call attention to this place to show what can be done 

 towards cleaning out the gipsy moth. 



A large spraying machine has been bought by the \'illage 

 Improvement Society of this town at the cost of $1,000 and 

 turned over to the State for use in the work. This machine is 

 one of the finest in the country and will be of great value in the 

 work against the gipsy and brown-tail moths. 



In many of the orchards which have been cleaned, scraped, 

 pruned and tin patched, to clean out the gipsy moth, there was 

 gathered this fall the finest fruit ever grown in the town. 



Mr. C. C. Nichols, Chief Inspector, has been in charge of the 

 work in this town for 18 months and deserves much credit for 

 the manner in which the same has been handled. 



Next year a great many men will be required here to handle 

 the work as this is the worst town of all as far as the gipsy moth 

 is concerned. 



ELIOT. 



In the spring of 1908 the scouting showed 18 orchards and 

 4 wood lots infested. These places were handled in the same 

 manner as those in Kittery with the result that nearly all were 

 found to be free from the moths in the fall. 



No general scouting of the woodlands had been undertaken 

 until this fall and they were found to be badly infested. Eighty- 

 eight wood lots with 1,139 ^SS clusters were all treated with 

 creosote and the lots cleaned in the usual manner. 



A great deal of work will have to be done here next year both 

 in scouting and cleaning. Many old apple trees will have to be 

 cut down and many trimmed. Much will have to be done in 

 the woods. This is next to York the worst town we have, but 

 I am satisfied that at the close of the next year we will have 

 it under control. 



The work here has been done under the charge of Foremen 

 Pratt and Cleaves. 



