458 BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Wakefield. 

 It was stated in my last annual report that an examination 

 of the central part of Wakefield was made in November, 

 and two egg-clusters were found. This examination was 

 continued, and after the date of that report a few egg- 

 clusters were found in several places in other parts of the 

 town. This indicated that the moths had begun to spread 

 into the village from the badly infested woods in Saugus 

 and Medio rd. Very little work was done in Wakefield from 

 1894 until 1898, except in localities known to be infested. 

 Early in 1898 the infested woodland in Wakefield adjoining 

 the Saugus woods was cleaned up ; many of the trees were 

 cut, the underbrush cut and burned, and the burlaps care- 

 fully attended to all summer. The gypsy moth appears 

 now to be very nearly if not quite extinct in that locality. 

 An inspection of the entire town of Wakefield was begun in 

 December, 1898, and the greater part of the town has 

 already been covered. A few egg-clusters have been found 

 here and there. If an appropriation can be made early in 

 1899, this work can be finished, and all these small infested 

 spots can be cleared of the gypsy moth. 



Watertown. 

 Gypsy moth caterpillars were again found in Mt. Auburn 

 cemetery in 1898. They are very likely to occur there so 

 long as the moths are found in any numbers in any of the 

 central towns, for there is much travel from all these towns 

 to the cemetery during the time of the year when the cater- 

 pillars are on the foliage. There is another locality where 

 a few egg-clusters appeared. Elsewhere no gypsy moths 

 were found in Watertown during the year. 



Winthrop. 

 Winthrop appears to have been more than once practically 

 cleared of the gypsy moth. The trees in the town were 

 nearly all burlapped this year, and a caterpillar was picked 

 up here and there. This indicates that the caterpillars have 

 again been brought into Winthrop by summer travel from 

 Everett, Maiden and Medford. A few caterpillars escaped 



