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THE (Hl'SV MOTH. 
ing the gipsy moth, Mr. A. H. Kirkland, we secured the 
services of one of the most experienced of the Massachu- 
setts inspectors, who, in company with our assistant, Mr. 
W. P. Flint, inspected all the towns along the coast from 
the Massachusetts line to and including the city of Ports- 
mouth. The pest was found in all of these towns, though 
only the main road and the village streets were examined, 
except in Portsmouth, where practically the whole city was 
inspected. But a small portion of each town was, there- 
fore, examined, merely enough being inspected to establish 
the existence of the pest and something as to its relative 
abundance. One or two examinations of back roads, not 
so much traveled as the main road, revealed, however, the 
presence of eggs along them. In two of these infestations 
the pest had been introduced in 1904, from 25 to 30 egg 
masses were found this year, and the caterpillars had spread 
from the original point to nearby orchards, 200 yards dis- 
tant. The number of infestations found and their nature 
were as follows : 
INFESTATIONS IN 1905. 
Town. 
Number of 
localities 
infested. 
Number new Number old 
egg masses, egg masses. 
Seabrook 
Hampton Falls. 
Hampton 
North Hampton 
Greenland 
Rye 
Portsmouth 
14 
6 
14 
5 
1 
7 
2 
21 
8 
17 
30 
35 
Total, 7. 
49 
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The cities of Exeter and Nashua were also carefully ex- 
amined but no trace of the gipsy moth found. 
1906. In the spring of 1906 Congress made an appropri- 
ation of $83,500 to the Secretary of Agriculture for pre- 
