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at many of the principal summer resort places. Pointing 

 out the very considerable automobile traffic from Boston 

 and its vicinity to Lake Sunapee and Lake Winnepesaukee 

 and the White IMountains, and also the very considerable 

 transportation of goods by rail for vacation outings, he con- 

 siders the possibility a strong one. 



The character of the infestation in the regions where the 

 moth has been found is not such as to have resulted as yet 

 in any considerable damage. The colonies are all small, 

 but nevertheless there is a great deal of work necessary to 

 prevent the increase and further spread of the moth. The 

 infestation is not confined to any particular section in any 

 of the territorv but it is scattered in nearlv all sections, 

 including both village and farm property. It is interesting 

 to note that the scouting parties have discovered but one 

 colony in the woodlands, namely on Chapel Street in North 

 Hampton. Several of them, however, are quite near to for- 

 est growth, and a more careful search may possibly show 

 them to be beyond the present known bounds. For the 

 most part in the territory covered the insects are confined 

 to apple orchards. There are very few street trees in all of 

 this section on which the insect has been found, and on none 

 of them were there many specimens. 



Wliat Should Be Done in New Hampshire. 



When we consider what has happened in ]\Iassacliusetts 

 in the way of damage to property, and when we consider 

 further the enormous amounts which it is necessary to 

 spend in that state annually at the present time simply to 

 hold the gipsy moth in check, it seems to the writer that 

 New Hampshire should undoubtedly aim at the extermina- 

 tion of the insect within her borders. Should it gain such 

 a foothold in New Hampshire as it has in ^Massachusetts, 

 the amount of money reciuired to even hold it down will 

 prove a very serious burden to the financial resources of the 

 state. The government will go on with its inspection work 



