No. 4.] GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. 201 



REPOKT OF COMMITTEE ON GYPSY MOTH, INSECTS 

 AND BIRDS. 



[Read and accepted at the Annual Meeting, Jan. 8, 1907.] 



To the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture. 



Your committee on gypsy moth, insects and birds submits 

 liereAvitli its report for the year 1906. As in the past few- 

 years, the work of this committee has been principally con- 

 fined to observing and noting the conditions in the moth- 

 infested territory, and in giving advice to citizens seeking 

 information as to how l)est to combat the moth pests. From 

 time to time we have had occasion to examine the State work 

 now in progress under the direction of the State Superin- 

 tendent for Suppressing the Gypsy and Brown-tail Moths, 

 and have endeavored to assist him in every way in our power. 

 A large quantity of maps, record books and other valuable 

 material concerning the former work of this committee has 

 been turned over to the State superintendent, and we are in- 

 formed by him that they have been of particular value in his 

 work. He has also frequently consulted us with reference 

 to various features of his work, and we are glad to state that 

 most harmonious relations have prevailed between the two 

 offices, both w^orking for the end of preserving our fruit and 

 shade trees from damage by one of the most injurious pests 

 which has ever yet reached our shores. 



Condition of Infested Territory. 

 The district occupied by the gypsy moth now extends 

 from Tyngsborough on the northwest southward through 

 Ayer, Marlborough and Westborough, thence easterly to 

 Stoughton, southerly to Lakeville and easterly to Bourne. 

 There are also several gypsy moth colonies at various points 



