42 GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



the gypsy moths; we have cleared the ground of underbrush and unde- 

 sirable trees; pruned the trees; creosoted the gypsy moth egg clusters; 

 cut and burned the brown-tail webs; burlapped, tanglefooted and 

 sprayed strips 100 feet wide in 30 cities and towns, as follows : — 



We have now about 230 miles of these roadside strips being cared for, 

 doing practically all of the work against the moths on them. In the 

 last calendar year our Massachusetts force has varied in number from 

 105 men in August to 242 men in December. 



Eesolution adopted by the Ameeicakt Association of 

 Economic Entomologists. 

 At the twenty-first annual meeting of the American Associa- 

 tion of Economic Entomologists, held Dec. 29, 1908, at Balti- 

 more, Md., the following resolution was adopted : ■ — 



Resolved, That we again place on record our conviction that the con- 

 trol of the gypsy moth in New England is an entomological problem of 

 the first magnitude, and of great practical importance to the entire 

 country. Furthermore, we would emphasize the necessity of the State 

 of Massachusetts continuing with undiminished vigor the policy prose- 

 cuted so ably during the past few years. 



Adopted Dec. 29, 1908. Signed by the committee on resolu- 

 tions : E. P. Felt, E. L. Washburn and E. I. Smith. 



Spraying Operations. 

 It has been fully proved that in the work of combating in- 

 jurious leaf -eating insects the use of arsenical poisons is one 

 of the most effective methods, provided it is applied at the proper 

 time, and weather conditions are suitable. The use of arsenate 

 of lead in the fight against the gypsy and brown-tail moths has 

 been very helpful, and especially during the last season, as it was 



