No. 4.] 



REPORT OF STATE FORESTER. 



545 



to aid property owners in suppressing this insect. If it is found necessary 

 to incur any expense in carr3'ing on tliis work such expense will be borne 

 by the Commonwealth. Local superintendents have been advised by 

 agents of this department that all bills, after being approved by the divi- 

 sion superintendent, must be forwarded to the office of the State Forester. 

 It is distinctly understood that no part of such cost shall be borne by the 

 city or town wherein the work is performed. 



Very truly j^ours, 



F. W. Rane, 

 State Forester. 



Instructions were immediately given to the State field agents, 

 employed in the gypsy and brown-tail moth Avork, to render to 

 cities, towns and private owners within their respective dis- 

 tricts all possible aid in the work of extermination. 



The thorough training of the gypsy moth men in insect- 

 suppression work, and the fact that the moth department of 

 each city and town is well equipped with spraying apparatus, 

 made it possible to apply quickly and effectively the necessary 

 measures of suppression. The presence of the army worm was 

 reported to the State Forester's office from tlie following- 

 named towns : — _ 



Abington. 



Arlington. 



Athol. 



Attleboro. 



Barnstable. 



Berkley. 



Boston. 



Bourne. 



Braintree. 



Brewster. 



Brighton. 



Brockton. 



Carver. 



Chatham. 



Chelmsford, 



Cohasset. 



Dartmouth. 



Dighton. 



Duxbury. 



East Bridgewater. 



Easton. 



Edgartown. 



Fairhaven. 



Fall River. 



Fahnouth. 



Gloucester. 



Halifax. 



Hanover. 



Hanson. 



Harvard. 



Harwich. 



Hingham. 



Holbrook. 



Longmeadow. 



Mansfield. 



Medford. 



Middleborough. 



Milford. 



Nantucket. 



Newbury. 



North Andover. 



Northbridge. 



Norton. 



Norwell. 



Oak Bluffs. 



Pembroke. 



Plymouth. 



Plympton. 



Raynham. 



Rochester. 



Rockland. 



Rockport. 



Salisbury. 



Scituate. 



Seekonk. 



Somerset. 



Taunton. 



Tisbury. 



Topsfield. 



Wareham. 



West Boylston. 



West Bridgewater. 



Weymouth. 



Whitman. 



Worcester. 



