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apple and pear trees were stripped and the fences and walks were 



covered with caterpillars. The work of the present department in 



stopping the ravages of the moth has been a success and should 



be continued by all means. 



(Signed) E. Clark, 



Station Agent. 

 Feb. 11, 1893. 



Copy of Statement of Mr. A. R. Bunting, Swampscott, Mass. 

 The gypsy-moth caterpillars were very thick in the spring of 

 1892 at the Marshall place, on Humphrey Sti-eet. The trees for 

 two or three acres were stripped of their leaves. It looked as if a 

 fire had been through thehi. There was no more sign of a leaf in 

 May or June than there would be in February. 



(Signed) A. R. Bunting. 

 SwAMPScoTT, February, 1893. 



