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man is in an apple tree and another man on the ground is at- 

 tempting to build a fire to keep warm. 



The next picture that we will show is that of an infested 

 tree that it was necessary to cut down. After cutting down the 

 tree the wood was piled up. There were six and one-half cords 

 of wood and nearly every stick of wood in the pile contained a 

 gypsy moth cluster. 



Our work has been visited several times during each year by 

 Mr. Gilman, the Commissioner of Agriculture, and this picture 

 shows Mr. Gilman in the field, and the inspectors pointing out 

 to him the egg clusters of the gypsy moth. 



This is what is known as the Bragdon orchard in the town of 

 York. The slide shows the orchard before any burning or 

 trimming had been done to it. The next picture shows the 

 crew in the orchard trimming, and afterwards the trees were 

 scraped and pruned in fine shape. Then we have a view of the 

 spraying of the orchard by the barrel spray in the early spring,, 

 and another view of the barrel spray in action. 



During our work in the town of York the people there were 

 so satisfied with what w'e had done towards clearing the woods 

 and orchards from the gypsy moth that they wished in some 

 manner to show their appreciation, and several of the citizens of 

 the town, with the help of the summer visitors, raised one thou- 

 sand dollars with which they bought this spraying machine and 

 turned it over to the Department of Agriculture, for their use in 

 York. This machine has a four hundred gallon tank, a ten- 

 horse power engine, and is one of the finest machines made in 

 the world, and that is saying a great deal. It is known as the 

 Woodland sprayer. Tlie slide shows the machine spraying 

 the woods in the town of York. 



The next view is a woodland sprayer used in the streets of 

 Newton, Mass., spraying a spruce tree 71 feet high. You no- 

 tice the spray is being carried over the top of the tree. From 

 200 to 300 pounds pressure is used. I will also show you the 

 same machine spraying in the woods in the town of Newton, 

 with 1500 feet of hose. These slides were loaned me by the 

 Frost Insecticide Company. 



This finishes my slides, and I want to take this opportunity to 

 thank the officers and members of the Pomological Society for 

 the many courtesies which I have received here in the last two 

 days. I feel very grateful to you all. 



