GIPSY MOTH WOEK IX NEW ENGLAND. 



31 



secured from these inspections have been very satisfactory. The 

 inspection work in 1914 began on July 6 and was continued until. 

 July 31. 



The stations where trains were examined and the number of adults 

 found are given below: 



Station. 

 Bellows Falls, Vt... 



Greenfield, Mass 



Gorham,N.H 



Hartford, Conn 



New London, Conn. 



Brown-tail 

 moths found. 

 16 



Brown-tail 

 Station. moths found. 



North Stratford, N. H 



Springfield, Mass 1 



St. Johnsbury, Vt 45? 



Wells River, Vt 24? 



White River Junction, Vt 1,484 



In addition to the foregoing, 296 adults were found and destroyed 

 at arc lights in White River Junction, Vt. 



RESULTS OF QUARANTINE WORK. 



The results of the quarantine work have been very satisfactory. 

 Only one infested shipment of plant products has been known to 

 pass out of the territory and it was promptly returned. 



Several carloads of stone and quarry products have recently been 

 found infested with gipsy-moth egg masses and a quarantine was 

 declared by the Secretary of Agriculture on October 23, 1914. Such 

 products must now be inspected and certified the same as plant 

 products. 



Considering the number of infested shipments that have been 

 found and the wide range of country to which they would have been 

 sent if the egg clusters had not been found and treated, it is safe to 

 assert that this work has resulted in enormous saving of money 

 value to the agricultural and forest interests of the United States. 



COOPERATIVE WORK. 



Since the Federal work was commenced, active cooperation has 

 been secured from the States in which operations were being carried on. 

 While the organization of the State force and that of the Government 

 force are entirely distinct the work is planned in such a way as to avoid 

 duplication and to secure the best results. The general plan is for 

 the Bureau of Entomology to concentrate its efforts in stamping out 

 colonies in the territory along the western border of infestation from 

 Lake Winnipesaukee to Long Island Sound, and to carry on as much 

 work as may be necessary in eliminating the isolated colonies that 

 have been found in New York, Ohio, western Massachusetts, and 

 Connecticut. The State officials concentrate their efforts in the ter-* 

 ritory inside the border towns. Owing to the hearty spirit of coop- 

 eration that has existed between the Bureau of Entomology and the 

 officials in New York, Ohio, and Connecticut, where isolated colonies 

 are present, it has not been necessary for this office to expend much 

 money for control work, as the States concerned have made every 

 effort to stamp out these colonies. A system of following up and 



