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AGRICULTURE OF MAIND. 



and hundreds of thousands of caterpillars were destroyed. The 

 entire force was laid off from August 9th until September 3d. 

 This is the period in which the female moth is depositing her 

 eggs and during this time work in the field is not productive 

 of good results. 



The fall scout began on September 3d. Thirty-three men 

 were placed in the field and about this average number of men 

 have been employed up to December 14th. Our eft'orts have 

 resulted in the destruction of thousands of Gipsy moth egg 

 clusters. Operations have been carried on in twenty towns and 

 I give below the number of egg clusters destroyed in each town, 

 and, in comparison, the number destroyed in some of the 

 same towns during the year previous : 



t Town not finished Dec. 31, 1912. 



It will be noted from the preceding figures that there has 

 been a large increase in the number of egg clusters destroyed 

 in 1912 over the number for 191 1. 



