﻿RECORDS 
  FROM 
  SELECTED 
  TOWNS. 
  

  

  45 
  

  

  much 
  less 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  cities 
  in 
  New 
  Hampshire 
  noted 
  

   in 
  Table 
  VI. 
  which 
  is 
  due 
  largely 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  region 
  is 
  out 
  of 
  

   the 
  line 
  of 
  natural 
  spread 
  and 
  reinfestation 
  by 
  the 
  wind. 
  

  

  The 
  common 
  trees 
  growing 
  in 
  Rhode 
  Island 
  are 
  as 
  much 
  if 
  not 
  

   more 
  favored 
  for 
  food 
  than 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  cities 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  RECORDS 
  OF 
  DISPERSION 
  SECURED 
  FROM 
  SEVERAL 
  SELECTED 
  

  

  TOWNS. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  check 
  the 
  data 
  just 
  given 
  the 
  records 
  of 
  several 
  out- 
  

   lying 
  towns 
  (fig. 
  4) 
  in 
  different 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  infested 
  district 
  are 
  

   supplied 
  in 
  the 
  accompanying 
  table. 
  

  

  Tabi.k 
  vii. 
  

  

  -Record 
  of 
  egg 
  clusters 
  of 
  the 
  gipsy 
  moth 
  found 
  in 
  certain 
  towns 
  of 
  

   New 
  England 
  during 
  the 
  years 
  1906-1912. 
  

  

  1 
  No 
  record. 
  

  

  collected. 
  

  

  8 
  1 
  pupa. 
  

  

  * 
  Partial 
  record. 
  

  

  Towns. 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  1906-7 
  

  

  1907-8 
  

  

  1908-9 
  

  

  1909-10 
  

  

  1910-11 
  

  

  1911-12 
  

  

  Massachusetts: 
  

  

  Easton 
  

  

  Hopkinton 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  267 
  

  

  ( 
  2 
  ) 
  

  

  8 
  

   1,417 
  

  

  47 
  

   4,283 
  

  

  141 
  

   2,124 
  

  

  503 
  

   3,448 
  

   846 
  

   341 
  

   140 
  

   156 
  

   45 
  

  

  0) 
  4 
  

  

  3,613 
  

  

  2.825 
  

   ■A. 
  260 
  

  

  1,789 
  

  

  0) 
  

  

  1 
  897 
  

  

  Northboro 
  

  

  

  ( 
  3 
  ) 
  

  

  14 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  9 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  0) 
  

  

  524 
  

  

  308 
  

   1,170 
  

  

  142 
  

  

  

  

  1 
  421 
  

  

  West 
  Boy 
  lston 
  

  

  

  

  378 
  

  

  Ilolden 
  

  

  ( 
  3 
  ) 
  

   32 
  

  

  87 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  

  455 
  

  

  Millburv 
  '< 
  

  

  12 
  

  

  765 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  25 
  

   125 
  

  

  33 
  

  

  Pepperell 
  

  

  ! 
  4 
  

  

  (■) 
  

   4 
  12 
  862 
  

  

  New 
  Hampshire: 
  

  

  Dunbarton 
  

  

  42, 
  147 
  

  

  Fannington 
  

  

  

  (') 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  

  The 
  record 
  of 
  infestation 
  — 
  that 
  is, 
  the 
  record 
  showing 
  the 
  number 
  

   of 
  egg 
  clusters 
  found 
  while 
  scouting 
  various 
  towns 
  from 
  year 
  to 
  

   year 
  — 
  is 
  interesting, 
  as 
  it 
  gives 
  in 
  a 
  way 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  increase, 
  although 
  

   it 
  should 
  be 
  understood 
  that 
  all 
  egg 
  clusters 
  which 
  are 
  found 
  are 
  

   treated 
  with 
  creosote, 
  and 
  in 
  most 
  cases 
  the 
  infested 
  areas 
  are 
  

   attended 
  to 
  during 
  the 
  caterpillar 
  season 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  Larvae 
  found 
  are 
  

   destroyed. 
  Only 
  roadsides, 
  orchards, 
  and 
  private 
  estates 
  are 
  ex- 
  

   amined 
  and 
  treated. 
  In 
  most 
  cases 
  the 
  towns 
  have 
  Large 
  woodland 
  

   areas 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  examine 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  expense 
  involved. 
  

   The 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  infestation 
  is 
  given 
  for 
  several 
  towns, 
  which 
  shows 
  

   that 
  dispersion 
  must 
  be 
  due 
  to 
  causes 
  other 
  than 
  vehicles. 
  

  

  The 
  data 
  for 
  the 
  town 
  ol" 
  Kaston 
  were 
  furnished 
  by 
  Mi 
  1 
  . 
  L. 
  W. 
  

   Hodgkins, 
  an 
  agent 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  forester 
  of 
  Massachusetts, 
  who 
  had 
  

   charge 
  of 
  a 
  section 
  of 
  southeastern 
  Massachusetts 
  for 
  several 
  years, 
  

  

  The 
  town 
  has 
  been 
  examined 
  and 
  the 
  infestations 
  treated 
  each 
  year. 
  

  

  the 
  number 
  of 
  egg 
  clusters 
  showing 
  a 
  -low 
  hut 
  continuous 
  increase 
  

  

  Since 
  1000. 
  the 
  year 
  when 
  the 
  firsl 
  infestation 
  was 
  found. 
  During 
  

  

  