BEGINNING OF WORK BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. 



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and since that time 5 more crews have been added, making a total 

 of 21 crews, or 105 men, engaged in examining the towns. The first 

 work was taken up in the region surrounding Lake Winnepesaukee 

 and in towns west of the Merrimac River and north of Concord. 



January 1, 1910, 41 towns had been scouted and egg clusters were 

 found in 6 towns not previously known to be infested. No egg 

 clusters were found in 6 other towns outside the infested area, and 

 in 4 towns which were found infested and treated last year a care- 

 ful examination failed to bring to light any egg clusters. 



The severe snowstorm and blizzard which prevailed in New Eng- 

 land on December 26 resulted in making the roads almost impassable. 



Fig. 14.— Same road shown in figure 13, after the completion of thinning operations against the gipsy moth. 



(Original.) 



and coating the trees with snow and ice, and it was necessary to lay 

 off all the scouting crews until weather conditions were suitable to 

 continue the work. 



During the season when trees are banded with burlap about 47 

 men working in Maine were carried on the Bureau of Entomology pay 

 roll, and since that time the number has been increased so that about 

 60 men engaged in cleaning and scouting have been employed. Small 

 colonies have been found in 3 towns not previously known to be 

 infested. In Rhode Island 53 men were employed during July 

 turning burlap, and on November 21 were transferred from the state 

 pay roll and have been engaged in treating egg clusters and cleaning 

 the trees in the infested territory. 



Two men in the employ of the Bureau of Entomology examined the 

 colony at Stonington, Conn., in December and only a single egg cluster 

 was found, A large colony of gipsy moths was found at Wallingford, 



