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TllK FIRST PUWKR-TRUCK SPRAi l.K lA KR IXVKXTI'U. HL'ILT BY TIIK 

 MASSACHUSETTS STATIC FORESTKR IN 1911 FOR SPRAYING IN THE 

 GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH WORK. THE WHOLE OUTFIT WAS 

 DESIGNED AND BUILT FOR THIS WORK, AND PROMISES TO REVO- 

 LUTIONIZE THE QUESTION OF SPRAYING, PARTICULARLY ROAD- 

 SIDE, PARK AND SHADE TREE WORK. IN COMBATING INSECT AND 

 FUNGOUS DEPREDATIONS. IT CAN BE USED FOR FOREST FIRE 

 WORK AS WELL. THE SAME ENGINE THAT PROPELS TIIIC TRUCK 

 ALSO IMPARTS THE POWER FOR SPRAYING. 



much as the three previous years com- been included all the scrub growth and 



bined. Estimating the forest area of old pastures), it will rcciuire only twen- 



the State at 2,500,000 acres, which is ty-five years to completely destroy 



a very conservative estimate (and in every acre of forest land within this 



order to reach this amount there has State. Then what is tlie result? Sim- 



