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THE BROWN-TAIL MOTH IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



wherever found most abundant and are left where it is 

 difficult and not worth the bounty to secure them. Is it not 

 the duty of every property owner to clean his trees of this 

 pest within a reasonable cost, and is there any reason why 

 he should be paid for so doing? The large majority of re- 

 plies from selectmen from all parts of the infested area 

 show that public sentiment is strongly in favor of state 

 legislation which will ensure the control of the pest in the 

 best possible manner, making its control obligatory on every 

 property owner and aiding the towns in their fight with an 

 appropriation from the state. 



Fig. 2.— Apple trees on Water Street, Somersworth, N. H., defoliated by 

 brown-tail moth caterpillars in June, 1906. 



