774 connecticut experiment station report, i9o7-i908. 



Scouting for the Gypsy Moth in Other Parts of the State. 



Hartford Regiotir— "An egg-mass of the gypsy moth having 

 been found in Springfield, Mass., and Hartford being on the 

 same route from Boston to New Haven and New York, it was 

 thought advisable to spend some time scouting around the garages 

 in that city, and then to scout the main highways leading to 

 Springfield on each side of the Connecticut River. 



"Scouting was commenced about the 24th of February, 1908, 

 and continued two weeks in this vicinity by Mr. E. W. Norman 

 and myself. 



"On the west side of the river the towns of Windsor, Windsor 

 Locks and Suffield were visited, the scouting being done along 

 the main highway and including the shade trees, the orchards 

 bordering on the highway, freight yards and garages. In the 

 villages several of the streets other than the main one were 

 scouted. On this side of the river scouting was carried on as 

 far north as the road leading from Suffield to Thompsonville. 



"East Hartford, South Windsor, East Windsor Hill, Ware- 

 house Point, Enfield and Thompsonville were all visited, as well 

 as all the territory between these villages along the main highway 

 on the east side of the river. Considerable time was spent around 

 the freight yard in East Hartford, as a great many of the cars 

 pass through infested territory in Massachusetts. 



"The scouts were on the lookout for any nests of the brown-tail 

 moth as well as for those of the gypsy moth, but no evidences 

 were found of either. 



"It is estimated that a distance of one hundred and twenty-five 

 miles was traversed. 



Eastern Connecticut — "The latter part of March and first of 

 April several of the larger towns were visited by the writer to 

 look for evidences of the gypsy moth and brown-tail moth. 



"Norwich, Plainfield, Danielson, Putnam, Grosvemordale, East 

 Thompson, Willimantic and Middletown were visited. In these 

 places, garages, freight yards, and some of the shade and fruit 

 trees were examined. 



"As Putnam is the largest town in the northeastern part of 

 the state nearest tlie Massachusetts infestations, considerable 

 time was spent there scouting the shade trees and orchards border- 

 ing on the highways. Quite a little time was occupied in scouting 



