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vated areas are Bridgewater, East Bridge water, Hanover, Hing- 

 ham, Scituate and Whitman. 



Brockton and Whitman contain the largest proportional resi- 

 dential areas, although Plymouth and Middleborough have 

 actual residential areas larger than Whitman. 



Abington, W T hitman and Hingham contain the largest pro- 

 portional amount of pasture land. 



Marshfield, Marion and Carver have large amounts of marsh 

 land, Marshfield, as the name suggests, having by far the great- 

 est area of this salt marsh. 



The largest and best cranberry bogs are found in Carver and 

 Wareham, while Lakeville contains more actual water area than 

 any other town in the county. 



Moth Infestation. 



Since Plymouth County contains such a proportionately 

 large amount of oak as compared to other sections of the State, 

 we would naturally draw the conclusion that the moth infesta- 

 tion must be exceptionally large. This, however, is not true. 

 Conditions here, with the exception of the town of Plymouth, 

 are not much worse than those throughout the eastern part of 

 Massachusetts, and at the present time the moth situation is 

 such that, with careful supervision and a reasonable expendi- 

 ture of money for spraying purposes, it may be kept well under 

 control. 



There are, however, large tracts of land forested with oak of 

 poor quality, not large enough for cordwood and with little 

 chance of being so for some years to come, that present a seriou 

 problem. These lots, most of them located in the southern p 

 of the county, are situated far away from the centers, and 

 account of the poor quality of the wood, and its distance from 

 market, spraying is out of the question because of the expense 

 entailed. These lots should be clean brushed and reforested 

 with white or Scotch pine. The State forestry department has 

 not at the present time the money to do this work, and any- 

 thing that is attempted along this line must be done by the 

 owners of the lands in question. 



