20 Tin; r.i:()\\ N-i AIL moth. 



off la»l winter, Imt tliero were a good many lift. T think most 

 i.f Un»«*' wr li«*l this siinuncr came from a family acioss the way. 

 Thrv wore jireatly troiihli'il with thoin. They did what they could 

 U> net rill i>f them. Imt roiild not keep them down. 



Mr. I». I".. < lia^i-, Siiiiurx illi', >ii \ s : — 



111 Uu- summer of isyd I first noticed the lirown-tail moth on 

 my premises. The caterpillars did not do any jjartioular damage 

 that year. Uioiigh the millers came out thick. In 1-Sl)7 the cater- 

 pillars came out in such numbers they destroyed everything. I 

 dill not take any special pains to get rid of them until after they 

 had eat«'n up everything. N\'e had no fruit that year, and we 

 have had none in IS'.iH. ^^'llile feeding, the cater}»illars would 

 devour leaves, fruit, buds and all. In ISIXI only one small tree 

 waK attacked ; the next year they attacked the cherry, ehi), pear 

 and apple trees. They came into the house; the walks and fences 

 were al»o covered with them. P^or three or four days I went out 

 every nmrniiig and swej)! them off the planks. Last winter I cut 

 off all the tents, so that we did not have any this year. Gener- 

 ally speaking, my neighbors took care of their trees, though there 

 were a fi-w who diil not. 



Hrid»fi I .1. holicrty, tljo S()iurr\illc Ammuc, Soinci'ville, 

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111 .May. IM'.'T. the hiown-tail moth caterpillars came out iu 

 hwarms and devoured everything, — leaves, blossoms and all; 

 they fed for alniut two months. I didn't have any chance to take 

 care of my trees, so they got ahead of me. One Sunday the men 

 and U>y« worked on them all day, killing and burning them. 1 

 uwhI to M'c the caterpillars on the fences, crawling over into the 

 next ({anien and on the railroad ; they were crawling everywhere. 

 Ijiter in the seanon they gathered themselves into the leaves and 

 on the side of the house. This year they got into the grape-vine. 

 I ha\e li:id no fruit for two years. Two small apple trees died; 

 liiey didn't seem strong enough to stand the stripping. 



Mr. ( '. K. Ki-nni-^ton. 17 Park Slnct, Somcrvillc, says : — 



1 II. . .li. ijMiKii^ III lA'.tT ate all the leaves off my trees, and we 

 dill not Imve any fruit with the exception of two or three pears that 

 year, and in 1K'.»k we had no fruit at all. The trees were old, and 

 Uie uiuUi JuHl alxMit finished them. After the leaves came out the 



