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the trunks in masses and went right over the paper. The bodies 



of those that got stuck in the printers' ink served as a bridge for 



their brethren. The caterpillars were so thick on the trees that 



they were stuck together like cold macaroni. A little later in the 



season we saw literally thousands of moths fluttering in the back 



yard. In the fall the nests were stuck all over the street trees. 



Our four apple trees which we cut down because of the pest 



yielded the year before eleven or twelve barrels of fine Baldwin 



apples, I have been told that in other places in Glenwood the 



caterpillars even ate cabbages and other plants. In the summer 



of 1892 I noticed ver^^ few caterpillars. 



(Signed) J. P. Dill. 



Medford, Mass., Feb. 11, 1893. 



Copy of Statement of Mrs. S. J. Follansbee^ 35 Myrtle Street, 

 Medford, Mass. 



In 1889 the walks, trees and fences in the yard and the sides of 

 the house were covered with caterpillars. I used to sweep them 

 up with a broom and burn them with kerosene, and in half an hour 

 they would be just as bad as ever. There were literally pecks of 

 them. There was not a leaf on my trees. The apple and crab- 

 apple trees were all stripped, and the pears partly so. They even 

 nibbled the young green pears, and I lost a good many in that 

 way. My large cherry tree, which usually bears two bushels, was 

 stripped clean for two years running and I got no fruit. The 

 caterpillars ate all the young tomato vines and injured my rose 

 bushes. The Balm of Gilead trees outside on the street were 

 regular harboring places for the pest. Back of the house and 

 across the railroad track was a large tract of young growth, oaks 

 and maples. They were all stripped. The caterpillars did not 

 leave a leaf. The trunks and branches were covered with their 

 cocoons. The cocoons hung in bunches as big as a pint dipper. 

 The stench in this place was very bad. This tract has since been 

 cleared by the gypsy-moth men. Last year I had no trouble with 

 the caterpillars. I did not see one in the yard all last summer. I 

 picked a bushel and a half of cherried off my tree. For three 

 years previous to 1891 my Baldwin apple tree bore no fruit on 

 account of the ravages of the moth. It was stripp^ every year. 

 In 1891 the number of caterpillars was so lessened that the trees 

 escaped harm and bore three bushels of splendid apples. The 

 spraying seemed to do the blossoms good. Last fall (1892) I got 

 about two bushels oft" the tree. 



(Signed) S. J. Follansbee. 



Feb. U, 1893. 



