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In Maine the work is in charge of the commissioner of agriculture, 

 who has authority to appoint a superintendent of moth work. The 

 southwestern portion of the State is from generally to badly infested 

 with the gipsy moth, while in the outlying area only scattering 

 infestations have been found. The brown-tail moth usually is most 

 abundant along the coast or near the main water courses. Seven 

 thousand six hundred and fourteen square miles in this State are 

 infested with the gipsy moth and 16,783 square miles with the 

 brown -tail moth. 



In New Hampshire the moth work is in charge of the State ento- 

 mologist. Five thousand nine hundred and twenty square miles 

 are infested with the gipsy moth and 8,113 square miles with the 

 brown-tail moth. The heaviest gipsy-moth infestations in the State 

 are south of Lake Winnepesaukee, although extensive infested areas 

 occur west of the Merrimac River. 



In Vermont the moth work is in charge of the commissioner of 

 agriculture, who appoints a deputy to carry on the field work. Only 

 one town in this State has a gipsy-moth infestation and this con- 

 sists of a few eggs clusters which have been treated and the locality 

 cared for by employees of the Bureau of Entomology. The whole 

 area known to be infested by the brown-tail moth amounts to 2,666 

 square miles, but tfye infestation is very light and in many of the 

 towns within this area it is very difficult to find this insect. 



The State forester has charge of the moth work in Massachusetts. 

 Each infested town is required by law to select a local superintendent, 

 whose appointment must be approved by the State forester. Owners 

 are required by law to keep their property free from these pests, 

 but can not be compelled to expend for this purpose more than $5 

 on each $1,000 assessed valuation. Town and city appropriations 

 are made to give proper treatment to the street trees and those in 

 public parks, and if sufficient funds are not available to do the work 

 properly, financial aid is given by the State. The gipsy moth 

 infested area in Massachusetts covers 4,980 square miles and 6,115 

 square miles are infested to a greater or less extent by the brown- 

 tail moth. 



The moth work in Rhode Island is in charge of the State board of 

 agriculture and is placed by it under the supervision of the State 

 entomologist. Every town in the State is infested with both of 

 these pests. The insects are most abundant in the northern part 

 of the State and in the territory immediately surrounding Providence. 



In Connecticut the work is in charge of the State entomologist. 

 The brown-tail moth infestation covers 1,993 square miles and the 

 gipsy-moth infestation 639 square miles. There is great danger that 

 the gipsy moth will spread rapidly in this State, owing to the fact that 



