GIPSY MOTH AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH AND THEIR CONTROL. 21 



in the southern part of this territory and causes much injury and 

 financial loss to the famous watering places along the coast. A mod- 

 orate amount of work is being carried on each year by some of the 

 towns in the infested area, but more should be done since under pres- 

 ent conditions the residential sections can not be handled satisfac- 

 torily with the amount of funds available. State work is being car- 

 ried on in the worst infested sections. The superintendent of moth 

 work of Maine is Maj. E. E. Philbrook, Portland, Me. 



Xc(r Hampshire. Work in New Hampshire is in charge of a 

 State agent appointed by the governor. Infestation by the gipsy 

 moth throughout the southern part of the State is very heavy, and 

 large areas of woodland have been completely defoliated during the 

 past few years. The total area known to be infested by this insect 

 is 4,960 square miles. The range of the brown-tail moth in New 

 Hampshire is 8,100 square miles, and much loss has been caused dur- 

 ing the past few years to the owners of woodland and summer prop- 

 iTty. Fortunately neither of these insects has become established in 

 any great numbers in the White Mountain section of the State. Many 

 of the towns in New Hampshire are cooperating with the State agent 

 in an attempt to reduce the infestations, and progress in some sec- 

 tions is quite marked. The State agent is also carrying on a series 

 of demonstration cuttings in wood lots in order to induce farmers 

 and others to manage their woodland so as to prevent future moth 

 injury. Prof. W. C. O'Kane, Durham, N. H., has charge of the work. 



Vermont. So far as is known, the gipsy moth does not occur in 

 Vermont, but the brown-tail moth has become established in small 

 numbers in several tiers of towns west of the Connecticut River. 

 The work is in charge of the commissioner of agriculture, who has 

 appointed a field deputy to look after the handling of infestations. 

 The whole area known to be infested embraces about 2,635 square 

 miles. Most of this infestation is recent, and owing to the thorough 

 work done in the spring of 1913 it seems probable that the infested 

 area will be reduced. Mr. E. S. Brigham, commissioner of agricul- 

 ture, St. Albans, Vt.', has charge of the work. 



Massachusetts. Moth work in Massachusetts is in charge of the 

 State forester, but the law requires that each infested town shall 

 appoint a local superintendent, subject to the approval of the State 

 forester, who shall take charge of the work in his locality. The 

 area infested by the gipsy moth in this State is 4,975 square miles. 

 The brown-tail moth infestation covers 6,510 square miles. Each 

 property owner is required by law to expend not to exceed $5 on 

 each $1,000 valuation, and additional work is done in each town and 

 paid for locally. The State appropriation is made in such a w T ay that 

 a certain amount of State funds can be used to assist towns which are 

 most seriously infested or financially least able to bear the burden. 



