104 THE GYPSY MOTH. 



necessary in the winter of 1906-1907, as caterpillars will 

 probably again be brought in from ]\Iassachusetts as long as 

 the pest exists in the enormous numbers now present there. 

 It is to be hoped, however, that the Legislature of 1907 will 

 enact laws and appropriate funds whereby this and other 

 serious insect pests may be controlled by agents of the state 

 after that time. 



Let every citizen who loves and is proud of the grand old 

 shade trees which line the highways of New Hampshire; 

 let every farmer and fruit-grower who washes to prevent a 

 future heavy tax in combating this pest in his orchards ; let 

 every lover of the mountains and forests of the Granite 

 State, join in securing immediate action by the towns in 

 which it is now necessary and in securing suitable state^ 

 and if, as now seems necessary, national legislation by the 

 present Congress, to secure the control and prevent the 

 future spread of this pest, which has caused such serious 

 devastation and which, if not controlled within the next 

 year or two, may bring about conditions w^hich no one can 

 predict. 



(Note. — The writer will be glad to identify any eggs 

 which may be thought to be those of the gypsy moth. In 

 all cases where they are found tightly adhering to the bark, 

 they should be saturated with creosote before removing 

 from the tree, else some may be scattered and sufficient live 

 eggs be left to propagate the pest for another season.) 



For the most complete accounts of the gypsy moth pub- 

 lished, see: Howard, — Bulletin 11, new series, Division of 

 Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture; 

 Forbush and Fernald, The Gypsy Moth, pp. 495, etc., plates 

 66: Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture (1896); 

 Kirkland, — Bulletin 1, Office of Superintendent for Sup- 

 pressing Gypsy and Brown-tail Moths. (Boston, 1905.) 



