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priated by the towns involved. In spite of the vigorous work carried 

 on in the brown-tail moth infested section, the insect contmued to 

 spread with marked rapidity and was found in many towns east of the 

 known infested area. In the fall of 1907 scouting parties examined 

 the roadways and orchards throughout the gipsy-moth infested terri- 

 tory. This resulted, as might be expected, in the discovery of sev- 

 eral vigorous woodland colonies in Kittery and York. Work was 

 immediately begun in clearing out the brush and sprout growth in the 

 infested region, creosoting the egg clusters, and preparing for effective 

 summer treatment. Five new towns were found infested with the 

 gipsy moth as a result of scouting work durmg the winter of 1907-8, 

 namely, Berwick, North Berwick, Sanford, Lebanon, and Acton. 



Fig. 16. — Pile of 120,000 wehs of the brown-tail moth gathered and destroyed at York, Me. 



(From Hitchings.) 



The following summer the infested areas were burlapped and given 

 careful attention, especially the one at Togus, where an attempt was 

 made by the Maine department of agriculture to secure the extermi- 

 nation of the insect. The work at this point was especially difficult, 

 owing to the large number of people who visited the home during the 

 spring and summer, and because it was not possible to remove some 

 of the board walks, which furnished excellent places for the moths to 

 deposit egg clusters. The trees surrounding the one infested were 

 burlapped and tended during the summer, and in the fall the grovmds 

 were thoroughly scouted for egg clusters. In addition to the cater- 

 pillars, pupae, and moths foimd when the burlap bands were turned, 

 40 egg clusters were found and treated. 



