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  SELECTED 
  TOWNS. 
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  that 
  early 
  infestations 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  brought 
  about 
  by 
  automobile 
  

   traffic, 
  but 
  this, 
  of 
  course, 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  proved. 
  

  

  The 
  data 
  from 
  the 
  two 
  towns 
  of 
  Pepperell 
  and 
  Townsend, 
  which 
  

   are 
  nearly 
  due 
  north 
  from 
  the 
  towns 
  already 
  mentioned 
  and 
  are 
  

   bounded 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  by 
  the 
  New 
  Hampshire 
  State 
  line, 
  have 
  been 
  

   furnished 
  by 
  the 
  local 
  moth 
  superintendents, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Tune 
  and 
  Mr. 
  

   George 
  E. 
  King, 
  and 
  are 
  given, 
  as 
  they 
  show 
  a 
  contrast 
  in 
  the 
  increase 
  

   in 
  infestation 
  over 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  towns 
  already 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  The 
  town 
  of 
  Pepperell 
  was 
  found 
  infested 
  the 
  same 
  year 
  as 
  were 
  

   the 
  town 
  of 
  Westboro 
  and 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Worcester. 
  It 
  lies 
  about 
  40 
  

   miles 
  north 
  of 
  Westboro, 
  and 
  instead 
  of 
  immediately 
  adjoining 
  towns 
  

   that 
  were 
  infested 
  with 
  the 
  gipsy 
  moth 
  in 
  1905, 
  as 
  was 
  the 
  case 
  in 
  the 
  

   town 
  of 
  Westboro, 
  it 
  is 
  located 
  more 
  than 
  12 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  nearest 
  

   town 
  that 
  was 
  found 
  infested 
  at 
  that 
  time. 
  In 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1906-7 
  

   4 
  egg 
  clusters 
  were 
  found 
  near 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  by 
  State 
  in- 
  

   spectors. 
  These 
  were 
  properly 
  treated, 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  following 
  

   winter 
  87 
  egg 
  clusters 
  were 
  discovered 
  and 
  creosoted. 
  In 
  the 
  winter 
  

   of 
  1908-9 
  756 
  egg 
  clusters 
  were 
  found, 
  and 
  since 
  that 
  time 
  the 
  insect 
  

   has 
  become 
  so 
  abundant 
  that 
  no 
  effort 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  local 
  

   moth 
  superintendent 
  to 
  keep 
  a 
  record 
  of 
  those 
  that 
  were 
  found 
  and 
  

   treated. 
  

  

  The 
  town 
  of 
  Townsend 
  adjoins 
  Pepperell 
  on 
  the 
  west, 
  and 
  was 
  

   first 
  found 
  infested 
  one 
  year 
  later 
  than 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  Pepperell 
  and 
  

   Westboro, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  year 
  as 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  Holden 
  and 
  Millbury, 
  

   a 
  record 
  of 
  which 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  given. 
  The 
  infestation 
  in 
  Town- 
  

   send 
  is 
  interesting, 
  inasmuch 
  as 
  the 
  record 
  has 
  been 
  carefully 
  kept 
  

   by 
  the 
  local 
  superintendent, 
  Mr. 
  George 
  E. 
  King. 
  In 
  the 
  winter 
  

   of 
  1907-8 
  1 
  egg 
  cluster 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  town. 
  

   It 
  was 
  treated 
  with 
  creosote, 
  the 
  trees 
  were 
  burlaped, 
  and 
  later 
  5 
  

   caterpillars 
  were 
  found 
  and 
  destroyed. 
  In 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1908-9 
  1 
  

   egg 
  cluster 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  and 
  treated 
  

   m 
  the 
  same 
  way, 
  and 
  3 
  egg 
  clusters 
  were 
  found 
  near 
  the 
  center 
  

   of 
  the 
  town, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  burlaping 
  15 
  caterpillars 
  were 
  

   killed 
  during 
  the 
  summer. 
  The 
  following 
  winter 
  65 
  different 
  colo- 
  

   nies 
  were 
  found 
  scattered 
  throughout 
  the 
  town. 
  Five 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   twenty-four 
  egg 
  clusters 
  were 
  treated 
  and 
  10,500 
  caterpillars 
  were 
  

   destroyed 
  during 
  the 
  summer. 
  During 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1910-11, 
  245 
  

   colonies 
  were 
  found 
  scattered 
  throughout 
  the 
  town, 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  

   being 
  in 
  orchards 
  along 
  roadways. 
  In 
  these 
  colonies 
  3,613 
  egg 
  

   clusters 
  were 
  destroyed, 
  and 
  later 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  about 
  20,000 
  cater- 
  

   pillars 
  were 
  killed. 
  On 
  February 
  -27, 
  1912, 
  Mr. 
  King 
  informed 
  me 
  

   that 
  12,862 
  egg 
  clusters 
  bad 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  257 
  localities, 
  and 
  that 
  

   the 
  work 
  for 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1911-12 
  was 
  not 
  nearly 
  completed. 
  The 
  

   increase 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  colonies 
  found 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  egg 
  

  

  clusters 
  and 
  caterpillars 
  destroyed 
  is 
  in 
  marked 
  contrast 
  to 
  the 
  

  

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