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ing. Different crew organizations were tried, but the condi- 

 tions and growths would not always warrant the same method. 

 However, for most scouting, a crew composed of five men and 

 a foreman seemed to give the best results. The crew men 

 worked on a line about 5 feet apart, with the foreman in the 

 rear to check up the work and keep the line. 



The eradication was started in Hanover and continued into 

 parts of Pembroke and Marshfield which immediately joined 

 Hanover, so that we have a connected area. In the Hanover 

 district we were able to clear 6,909 acres in the town of Han- 

 over, 1,820 acres in Pembroke, 224 acres in Halifax, and 1,658 

 acres in Marshfield. This totalled 10,611 acres and was com- 

 pleted at an average cost of 70 cents per acre. Parts of this 

 district were very hard to cover, especially the swamps which 

 were full of bull briers (smilax), and were quite certain to have 

 numerous wild Ribes, while the upland growth, which was usu- 

 ally covered with scrub oaks and blueberry bushes, was gener- 

 ally free of Ribes. It would seem that with these existing con- 

 ditions, certain areas in this district could be designated as 

 Ribes-free, and it would only be necessary to scout such places 

 as swamps, roadsides, walls, gardens, etc. A total of 110,957 

 Ribes were removed from this area. 



Ribes Eradication Data by Areas, 1918. 



