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MASSACHUSETTS FORESTRY WORK 



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GYPSY MOTH CATERPILLARS DYING FROM THE WILT DISEASE, OR FLACHERIE. 



It is believed that the national gov- 

 ernment can ill afford to take other 

 than a more progressive stand in this 

 work. A million dollars a year at pres- 

 ent will go farther than a much greater 

 sum later on. It is reasonable to hope 

 that the parasites, diseases or natural 

 causes may work to the detriment of 

 these insects, but there are many 

 chances of other sections of the coun- 

 try becoming infested and thereby 



they are not liable to be affected by 

 climate conditions. 



Plantations made this year in one or 

 two instances were quite badly affected 

 by the exceedingly dry season, as might 

 be expected. 



working 



great destruction before re- 



sults from these are realized. At pres- 

 ent the only practical means of pro- 

 tection from the spread of this pest is 

 through spraying and other well-known 

 mechanical methods. 



The reforestation work has been car- 

 ried on this year along the same lines 

 as formerly, and the increasing interest 

 of lumbermen and landowners proves it 

 a policy worthy of enlargement. 



The plantations put in during the 

 spring of 1909 and 1910 are showing 

 up well, and growth in many instances 

 on plantations made with transplant 

 white pine being as much as S to Hi 

 inches this last season. There was prac- 

 tically no loss this year from dry 

 weather affecting these plantations, 

 proving that when once well started 



THE POWEK-TRIVK SI'RAYER IN 

 ACTION. THROWING T\Y< ) STREAMS 

 AND TRAVELING AT Till'; RAT 1C OK 

 4 OR r, MILES AN Iloi'R. 



