kKi'ORT Ol" STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 79 



BERWICK. 



The work of scouting this town was finished about May ist, 

 and 394 egg ckisters were found and creosoted; 4259 trees 

 were burlapped and the same carefully attended during the 

 summer season, which resulted in finding and killing 2904 

 caterpillars. A great deal of spraying was done and many 

 thousands of caterpillars were killed by the poison. The scout- 

 ing showed the orchards and woodlands to be generally in- 

 fested. The work in this town has been carefully looked after 

 and with funds to carry on the work it is safe to say the situ- 

 ation can be easily handled. The citizens are interested and 

 Iiave helped to make the work pleasant for the crew located 

 here. The government will scout the town after January ist, 

 1911. 



NORTH BERWICK. 



No scouting was done here in the early part of the year owing 

 to the lack of funds. During the summer months the trees 

 were burlapped and the same carefully attended to; 5501 cater- 

 pillars were taken and destroyed. During the fall scout made 

 by the government crew 275 egg clusters have been found to 

 date and the work is still going on. This town is in bad shape 

 and needs much work next year to hold the insect in check. 

 Considerable spraying was done during the season with good 

 results, many thousand caterpillars being killed by the poison. 



SOUTH BERWICK. 



Owing to the lack of funds no work was done in this town 

 until May ist. During the months of May and June spraying 

 was carried on with good results, mostly in infested orchards. 

 Some cleaning, pruning and trimming were done in these same 

 orchards. 



The trees were burlapped and attended during the season 

 and 18,749 caterpillars were taken from under the burlap bands 

 and killed. Many thousands more were killed by the arsenate 

 of lead used in the spraying operations. 



The town has been partly scouted this fall and 841 egg clus- 

 ters found and creosoted. More scouting will be done soon 

 after the new year. The town is in bad shape and much 

 money and many men will be required to handle the same. 



