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where taken. Thus at the end of the season we had a record of 

 the entire matter, and knew where to look for the greatest 

 number of egg-masses. The caterpillars were gathered with 

 forceps and destroyed in the same manner as last year, by 

 dropping them into small bottles of alcohol carried by the men. 



Cutting Brush. 



Plans were made to clear from brush all of the land between 

 the northernmost extension of the water from Stonington harbor 

 to the Wequetequock River and as far north as the cemetery 

 road. Mr. Phelps; at his own expense, had cut considerable 

 brush just east of his residence and. south of the cemetery road, 

 and by January 8th, 1907, a strip had been cleared from water 

 to water, though not very wide, near the east entrance to the 

 cemetery. During the first part of the winter there was little 

 snow, and the brush cutting work could be carried along without 

 hindrance. Some brush cut during August had not been 

 burned, and this was gathered and fired. Considerable heavy 

 brush east of the cemetery was cut in early summer, and the 

 section between North Main street and Elm street south of 

 the cemetery road was entirely cleared of brush except a small 

 patch just east of Mr. Phelps' house, which was cut in Novem- 

 ber, 1907. The heavy brush near j\Ir. Atwood's was also cut 

 and the remaining trees pruned, but it was not possible with 

 the force employed to cut all of the scattering brush in the 

 pasture north of Mr. Atwood's house. This area was finished 

 up in December, 1907. As a few caterpillars were found at 

 Walnut Grove in July, a gang of men were set at work cutting 

 brush in this vicinity. Mr. Hollister estimates that during the 

 past year a hundred acres of brush land has been cut over, and 

 some of this was heavily covered with green brier (Smila.v 

 rotundifolia) , often called "bull brier," making the work 

 extremely difficult. Some of the men were so badly poisoned 

 with poison ivy that for a few days they were unable to work. 

 Brush along the boundary walls of fields and meadows has 

 also been cleaned up over an area of about three-fourths of a 

 square mile. Brush cutting work is shown on Plate IX. 



Infestation at ^^^\LNUT Grove. 

 About the middle of July the men- found some gypsy cater- 

 pillars on the trees beside the drive leading from the Mystic road 



