THE BROWN-TAIL MOTH. l-U 
found to comprise the infested area in New Hampshire, 
with the exception of the southern part of Stratham. In 
December, 1903, no nests were found in Atkinson, and but 
few in Salem, N. H., along the Massachusetts line, they 
becoming scarce and disappearing northward in Salem, 
thus showing that the pest had not spread much over the 
line west of the eastern part of Rockingham County. The 
greatest spread occurred in 1904 during the summer flight 
of the moths in July. On Saturday, July 9, the moths 
invaded Nashua in immense swarms, so that the electric 
light posts and wires were white with them and they were 
reported in large numbers on all the principal streets by 
the police. At Newmarket they appeared on July 12, "by 
the million, ' ' according to Mr. Pinkham of The Advertiser, 
who stated that two quarts of the dead moths were taken 
from one arc-light globe and the front of a church was 
covered as if by a snowfall. On July 22 but few moths 
were to be seen in Newmarket. Further north the moths 
do not seem to have appeared in such numbers, though 
Manchester, Concord and Rochester became well infested. 
The spread in 1904 was the greatest recorded, the northern- 
most infested points being North Conway and Holclerness, 
representing a spread of some seventy-five miles in that 
season, undoubtedly occurring during the flight of the 
moths. The exact spread in the southwestern part of the 
state was not determined as definitely as was desired, but 
there seemed to be but little infestation west of (Concord. 
Inspections made by assistants of this office showed that 
Contoocook and Henniker were slightly infested, but War- 
ner and Hillsborough were not. Specimens were received 
from several towns south and slightly east of these. 
In February, 1904, this station issued a warning bulle- 
tin on the brown-tail moth by Dr. C. M. Weed, so that the 
public was well informed concerning it. In January, 1905, 
in cooperation with the state board of agriculture, a poster 
was circulated throughout the infested portions of the state, 
considerable attention was given the matter by the press, 
