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is also deeply interested in roadside trees and shade trees of 

 all kinds. Last spring a great deal of interest was aroused in 

 a competition by various cities and towns over roadside tree 

 planting, and the winning town was given the trees and the 

 expense of planting two miles of roadsides. It is needless to 

 point out that this work popularizes forestry and educates our 

 citizens, and particularly the coming generation, to appreciate 

 trees and forestry. 



Under the head of "Forest Management," which is treated 

 more in detail in this report, the department has made 58 

 examinations which cover a total area of L3,255 acres. Working 

 plans, making forest fire lines and mapping work have also 

 come under this head. 



The department has again increased its nursery work by 

 establishing a new nursery at Barnstable, Mass., which will be 

 used largely for growing seedlings. This nurserj', in conjunction 

 with our old one at Amherst, will supply us with sufficient stock 

 to meet our increased demands. The new seed beds at the 

 Barnstable nursery contain as fine a stand of seedlings as the 

 writer has ever seen. A transplant nursery has been started on 

 the grounds of the State Farm at Bridgewater, and it is our 

 purpose to greatly enlarge this acreage in the spring. A large 

 amount of nursery stock was given to various State institutions 

 for planting upon their holdings the past year. 



The practice of aiding towns and cities from the State ap- 

 propriation, in getting better and more permanent equipment 

 for use in work against the gypsy and the brown-tail moths, has 

 been followed throughout the past season, with the result that 

 they are in a position to do far more effective work in the 

 future, and at less expense. Where this office is getting proper 

 co-operation from cities and towns (and this is quite general) 

 the moth work is constantly improving. 



Now that the United States Department of Agriculture has 

 for the past two years assumed the work of checking the spread 

 of the gypsy moth, and also taken over the parasite work, our 

 State work has become more specific and definite. Each year a 

 number of towns and cities that have been having State aid are 

 added to the list of those self-supporting. Such cities and towns, 

 now that they have had assistance and are in a position to 



