THE GIPSl MOTH. 
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even partially control the gipsy moth is clearly established, 
for meantime, if not controlled by the means already well 
known and which have been found effective, a condition 
might arise which would make it impossible to cope with the 
pest and we would be left comparatively helpless in at- 
tempting to control it in woodlands and forests. 
An account of the work thus far done in importing these 
parasites will be found in an article by Dr. L. 0. Howard, 
chief of the Bureau of Entomolgy in the Yearbook of the 
Department of Agriculture for 1905, pages 123-138, and 
more recently in the Second and Third Annual Reports of 
Fig. 10— Killing the eggs of the Gipsy Moth in woodland, showing the large amount 
of labor and expense involved in combating the pest in badly infested districts. 
(After Forbush and Fernald.) 
the Superintendent for Suppressing the Gipsy and Brown- 
tail Moths in Massachusetts. 
Remedies. 
Killing the Eggs. — "No single method of destruction 
against the gipsy moth is more effective than killing the 
eggs. The egg masses, wherever accessible, can be killed 
from August to May by soaking them thoroughly with creo- 
