﻿RECORD 
  OF 
  SCOUTING 
  IN 
  WAREHAM, 
  MASS. 
  57 
  

  

  block 
  two 
  colonies 
  on 
  low 
  land 
  totalled 
  149 
  new 
  and 
  27 
  old 
  egg 
  

   masses. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  in 
  these 
  areas 
  were 
  pine, 
  maple, 
  and 
  

   birch, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  oaks 
  and 
  chestnuts. 
  On 
  the 
  whole, 
  these 
  colonies 
  

   were 
  not 
  very 
  favorably 
  situated 
  for 
  rapid 
  increase 
  of 
  the 
  species. 
  

   One 
  old 
  egg 
  cluster 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  woodland 
  south 
  of 
  Grafton 
  

   Center, 
  and 
  a 
  colony 
  of 
  20 
  nests 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  two 
  apple 
  trees 
  in 
  a 
  

   block 
  of 
  woodland 
  near 
  Farnumsville. 
  

  

  The 
  discovery 
  of 
  old 
  egg 
  clusters 
  is 
  noted 
  above, 
  because 
  it 
  is 
  

   probable 
  that 
  new 
  clusters 
  were 
  present 
  in 
  obscure 
  places 
  on 
  the 
  

   tree 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  were 
  not 
  observed 
  by 
  the 
  scouts. 
  During 
  

   a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  several 
  inches 
  of 
  snow 
  covered 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  In 
  all 
  the 
  places 
  mentioned 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  five 
  infestations 
  

   may 
  have 
  been 
  brought 
  about 
  by 
  wind 
  spread, 
  although 
  this 
  can 
  not 
  

   be 
  stated 
  with 
  certainty 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  infestation 
  of 
  the 
  

   orchards 
  in 
  the 
  town. 
  Grafton 
  was 
  first 
  found 
  infested 
  in 
  the 
  winter 
  

   of 
  1908-9. 
  It 
  is 
  located 
  only 
  7 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Hopkinton, 
  where 
  the 
  

   gipsy 
  moth 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  1905. 
  

  

  RECORD 
  OF 
  SCOUTING 
  IN 
  WAREHAM, 
  MASS. 
  

  

  Scouting 
  in 
  Wareham 
  was 
  begun 
  March 
  28, 
  1912. 
  As 
  it 
  was 
  im- 
  

   possible 
  to 
  secure 
  definite 
  results 
  by 
  examining 
  a 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  

   on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  prevalence 
  of 
  coniferous 
  growth, 
  several 
  areas 
  

   were 
  selected, 
  covering 
  in 
  all 
  about 
  925 
  acres, 
  and 
  a 
  scout 
  of 
  this 
  

   .territory 
  was 
  made. 
  

  

  This 
  area 
  was 
  used 
  because 
  hardwood 
  growth 
  predominated 
  and. 
  

   on 
  the 
  average, 
  about 
  75 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  it 
  was 
  oak. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  examination 
  112 
  egg 
  clusters 
  were 
  discovered 
  in 
  

   eight 
  localities. 
  

  

  Two 
  small 
  infestations 
  were 
  found 
  near 
  the 
  road 
  leading 
  from 
  

   the 
  Tremont 
  station; 
  another 
  was 
  in 
  woodland 
  near 
  West 
  Wareham. 
  

   50 
  egg 
  clusters 
  having 
  been 
  found. 
  The 
  white 
  pine 
  in 
  this 
  area 
  

   had 
  been 
  rut. 
  so 
  that 
  only 
  deciduous 
  trees 
  remained. 
  A 
  short 
  dis- 
  

   tance 
  away 
  were 
  located 
  trees 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  infested 
  for 
  two 
  or 
  

   three 
  years, 
  and 
  this 
  may 
  explain 
  the 
  source 
  of 
  this 
  colony. 
  

  

  A 
  block 
  of 
  dead 
  oak 
  growth 
  on 
  high 
  land 
  near 
  West 
  Wareham 
  

   contained 
  two 
  colonies, 
  one 
  of 
  50 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  of 
  2 
  egg 
  cluster-. 
  

   Apparently 
  these 
  were 
  caused 
  by 
  wind 
  spread, 
  as 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  

   infested 
  places 
  near 
  by, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  could 
  be 
  ascertained. 
  

  

  Three 
  other 
  colonies, 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  egg 
  cluster 
  each, 
  were 
  located. 
  

   One 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  road 
  between 
  Wareham 
  and 
  West 
  Wareham. 
  

   and 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  were 
  southeast 
  of 
  the 
  Wareham 
  railroad 
  station. 
  

   Two 
  of 
  these 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  brought 
  about 
  by 
  wind 
  spread, 
  but 
  the 
  

   third 
  was 
  near 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  a 
  colony 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  treated 
  for 
  

   several 
  rears. 
  

  

  