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woodlands has been examined and all egg clusters have been creo- 

 soted. In the more seriously infested towns in the southeastern part 

 of the State such thorough work could not be undertaken, and the 

 creosoting was done only along the roadsides, usually to a distance of 

 about 100 feet back from the road. Four towns in New Hampshire 

 have been added to the infested area, there being in all 125 towns 

 in which the gipsy moth has been found. In several of the northern 

 towns no moths were found and it is thought that the pest has been 

 exterminated there. This cleared area about equals the newly in- 

 fested area. In several other towns there is a marked decrease in 

 the number of egg clusters. 



The Xew Hampshire Legislature made an appropriation during its 

 session of 1911, but the funds do not become available until Septem- 

 ber 1, so that whatever summer work is accomplished must be done 

 by the bureau. The trees embraced in the territory covered by two 

 tiers of towns on the outer border of the infested area have been 

 burlapped, and about 60 men were employed to attend the bands. 



The brown-tail moth situation in New Hampshire is very serious. 



WORK IN MAINE. 



In Maine the bureau carried a force of men for eight or nine months 

 scouting and creosoting egg clusters. The gipsy moth has been 

 found in 30 additional towns, about doubling the infested area. In 

 only two or three of these towns, however, have well-developed 

 colonies been located. In the great majority of instances single egg 

 clusters were found. Until the winter and spring of 1911 there 

 were not known to be gipsy moths east of Portland, but the scouts have 

 located them continuously for about 40 miles east of that city. The 

 brown-tail moth has not occurred as yet north of the forty-fifth 

 parallel of latitude in Maine. 



WOBK IN BHODE ISLAND. 



A considerable colony was found at North Smithfield, E,. I. About 

 500 egg clusters were creosoted and the locality was given a careful 

 cleaning. It was afterwards gone over by the State moth force, and 

 ought not to become serious if given careful attention by the State. 



The brown-tail moth is gaining a strong foothold in the north- 

 eastern part of Rhode Island, and is causing people some trouble. 



WORK IN CONNECTICUT. 



The gipsy moth colony at Stonington, Conn., has not been wholly 

 eradicated, but conditions are not more serious than a year ago. The 

 State took care of the colony during the summer, and in the early 

 winter one of the most experienced scouts in the bureau could find 

 only two or three egg clusters. The gipsy moth colony at Walling- 

 ford, upon which the State began operations in December, 1909, is 

 quite well under control. During the winter of 1909-10 several 

 thousand egg clusters were creosoted, and last winter less than 30 

 were found. The bureau scouts have examined all the towns along 

 the main route of automobile travel from New Plaven to the Massa- 

 chusetts line. No gipsy moths were found. 



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