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Trees (fruit, shade and forest) — Concluded. 



Scraped, 



Cut, 



Acres of brushland and woodland cut and 

 burned over, .... 



Buildings : — 



Inspected, 



Found to be infested, . 



Cleared of eggs, .... 

 Wooden fences : — 



Inspected, 



Found to be infested, . 



Cleared of eggs, .... 

 Stone walls : — 



Inspected, 



Found to be infested, . 



Cleared of eggs, .... 

 Number of each form of the moth destroyed 

 during the year by hand : — 



Caterpillars, 



Pupae, 



Moths, 



Hatched or infertile egg clusters, 



Unhatched and probably fertile egg clusters. 





 395 



115 



2,406 

 4,055 



184 



It will be seen that nearly twice as many trees were in- 

 spected in 1893 as in 1892. This is accounted for by the 

 fact that a larger number of experienced men were employed 

 in searching the towns along the border of the infested 

 region in 1893, and also that more time was spent during 

 the summer of 1893 in inspecting the trees in these and the 

 central towns. 



It will be noticed that the number of trees, walls and 

 fences found infested and the number of eg^ clusters found 

 in 1893 were much less than in 1892, while the number of 

 caterpillars destroyed was greater. In this connection it 

 should be remembered that the number of trees burlapped 

 during 1893 was nearly four times as great as the number 

 burlapped in 1892, and the number of men employed dur- 

 ing the summer of 1893 to inspect them averaged larger 

 than the number employed in 1892. This resulted in a more 

 frequent examination of burlaps and a consequent greater 

 destruction of caterpillars. 



