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were taken. Next year burlaps should be used in and around 

 these places, and watched carefully. There still remains a 

 portion of West Peabody that should be inspected before the 

 foliage appears in the spring. If this is done, and nothing 

 found, the expense otherwise required for the work of next 

 year in this town can be greatly reduced. 



Reading. — Previous to the fall of 1899, our finances have 

 never permitted a thorough inspection of Reading. In 1898 

 nothing was found in the places formerly infested. A close 

 inspection of the entire town, made in October and Novem- 

 ber, 1899, by some of our most experienced men, resulted in 

 the finding of a small colony in the western part of the town. 

 In all, ten egg-clusters were destroyed there. This appears 

 to be the extent of infestation west of Main Street ; on the 

 east side of Main Street are located several infested estates, 

 and an infested area about one-eighth of a mile square lies 

 south-east of the centre of the town in the residential portion. 

 To exterminate the moth from Reading it will be necessary 

 to clear up all the infested areas and put them in condition 

 for burlapping. A large part of the town should then be 

 burlapped, and the burlaps attended thoroughly. If these 

 conditions can be fulfilled, the work of exterminating the 

 moth from Reading is not a difficult problem. 



Revere. — The condition of Revere now shows marked 

 improvement. The underbrush in the Franklin Park section 

 was cut and burned and the trees thinned previous to bur- 

 lapping. Several vacant lots near the centre of the town 

 were cleared, and the burlaps were well attended during the 

 entire season, which resulted in the destruction of about 

 three times the number of larva? found in 1898. A close 

 inspection of the whole town in the fall of 1899 developed 

 less than one-third the number of egg-clusters taken in 

 1898. Revere will need attention so long as Maiden and 

 Everett remain infested ; and before extermination can be 

 accomplished in this town, a considerable amount of prelim- 

 inary work, such as trimming, scraping, and closing cavities 

 in infested trees, will be necessary. 



Salem. — During the burlap season only two places were 

 found infested, six larvae being taken in the residential 

 district. One of these places was near the Peabody line, 



