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in Walling'ford this winter, only 21 eg^g-masses could be 

 found. 



At Stonington the work has been continued, and only a 

 few individuals remain. The gypsy moth has not )'et been 

 found elsewhere in the state, though much scouting has been 

 done. 



The brown-tail moth, Eiiproctis cJirysorrJwca Linn., has 

 reached Connecticut, probably by spreading from the infested 

 area in either ^Massachusetts or Rhode Island. This area 

 has been very close to us in both states for two years or more. 

 Pear and apple-trees at Thompson w^ere infested in April, 

 and on May 10th they were sprayed with lead arsenate. 

 Later the pest was found to be even more abundant at Put- 

 nam, where a number of fruit trees in the city yards were 

 attacked and some nearly defoliated. At the time it was too 

 late to spray, but the whole territory will be looked over this 

 winter, and the winter nests removed and destroyed. These 

 nests w^ere again brought into Connecticut this season on nur- 

 sery stock imported from France. As there has never been 

 any system of Federal inspection of such stock, the states have 

 been obliged to inspect it for their own protection. Fourteen 

 nests in five cases of stock from three French nurseries 

 shipped to three Connecticut firms in different sections of the 

 state were found and destroyed out of 707 boxes, bales and 

 packages examined. There w^ere a few other shipments that 

 could not be traced. Several other insects have also been 

 brought into the country with this nurser\- stock, and while 

 we cannot say that they are pests, they may prove such. At 

 an}- rate, the danger is great enough to warrant a thorough 

 system of Federal inspection. 



In spite of the advice and warnings given at these meet- 

 ings and at Institutes, also in the Station publications, hun- 

 dreds of apple orchards were stripped by canker w^orms last 

 season. The damage covered nearly all sections of the state. 

 When this pest can be controlled so easily by early spraying, 

 in these davs of so much talk about conservation of our re- 



