l82 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



E. Ring, Hon. Geo. E. Macomber of Augusta, J. F. Garrity, S. 

 h. Boardman of the Bangor Commercial, Dr. Chas. D. Woods, 

 .?rof. W. D. Hurd and Miss Edith M. Patch of the University of 

 jVlaine, J. E. Bunker, Chas. F. Payne, Wm. Miller and Mr. Walz 

 of Bar Harbor, A. L. Reed of Northeast Harbor, and others. 

 Letters were read from Hon. Eugene Hale, Dr. Geo. E. Fellows 

 and Hon. A. T. Wiswell, regretting their inability to be pres- 

 ent on account of previous engagements. 



At this meeting Dr. Howard promised to send a scouting 

 party in the early fall to ascertain if the gipsy moth had invaded 

 the State. Those present at the several meetings expressed 

 their appreciation to Dr. Howard and Prof. Kirkland for their 

 interest and active co-operation in an endeavor to arouse public 

 sentiment in favor of a much needed legislation not only at the 

 National Capital but in the different infested states as well. 



In November Mr. .Rogers sent a scouting party which began 

 operations in Kittery on the 20th, with the intention of making 

 a thorough inspection from Kittery to Portland along the main 

 routes taken by the automobiles on their way from Massachu- 

 setts to different points in Maine. The inspection gave the 

 following results : Kittery, 226 new egg clusters and 8 old ; 

 Eliot, 2^ new ; York, 182 new and 8 old ; Wells, 47 new and 3 

 old ; Kennebunk, 9 new and 2 old ; Kennebunkport, 3 new and 

 T old. The old nests indicate that the moths must have been 

 here at least the year before. By the time Biddeford was 

 reached the snow was too deep to continue, so that the work was 

 suspended until later in the spring when it will be again resumed 

 and the total area of infestation determined. 



