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will continue to spread until it will become impossible to handle 

 it. A great deal of work has been done here during the year and 

 the conditions are much improved over last year. Large tracts 

 of woodlands have been cleared of underbrush, the deadwood 

 taken from the trees and spraying and burlapping done, with ex- 

 cellent results. 



Many acres of ground have been burned over and millions of 

 caterpillars destroyed by the fire. During the scouting opera- 

 tions carried on in the early part of the year 29,054 egg clusters 

 were found and treated. 



During the burlap season over 30,000 trees were burlapped 

 and attended, with the result of finding 104,693 caterpillars, 

 Avhich were destroyed. Millions of caterpillars were killed by 

 the arsenate of lead used in the spraying work. 



No scouting has been done here this fall so it is impossible to 

 state the exact conditions at the present time. The government 

 crews will scout this territory after the first of the year. 



Bri.vham. — The conditions in this district are nearly as bad 

 as those existing in Agamenticus district. There are many bad 

 woodland colonies which are in bad shape and it will require 

 much work to properly handle them. The usual methods were 

 employed during the year for the suppression of these infesta- 

 tions. Scouting, cleaning, burning over the ground, spraying 

 and burlapping were carried on with good results. During the 

 scouting in the early part of the year 2597 egg clusters were 

 found and destroyed. 



A large amount of spraying was done both in woodland and 

 orchard with excellent results. 2595 trees were burlapped and 

 carefully attended, which resulted in finding and killing 12,682 

 caterpillars. 



In addition to the above figures many thousands of caterpil- 

 lars were killed by fire and spray. 



No scouting has been done here this fall. The government 

 crew will scout this section after Jan. ist, 191 1. 



ELIOT. 



Scouting operations were not taken up in this town until April 

 1st owing to lack of funds. This left but six weeks to scout be- 

 fore the spraying season began, therefore the town is but partly 

 scouted at the close of the year. The government forces will 



