110 FOREST PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION 
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The areas selected for the checks were taken at random from all 
parts of the eight and more square miles of the eradication area, 
the only pre-requisite being that the number of plants from the same 
area for the previous season should be definitely known, so that the 
above comparative figures might be obtained. 
THE KITTERY POINT AREA 
The Kittery Point area presented more difficult problems in 
keeping an accurate record of the checks, inasmuch as some of the 
LOW STUMP. Photo by Maine Forestry Dept. 
Five and one-half inches from the soil to the top. 
data for the eradication work of previous seasons was deficient or 
missing. Some of the work on this area was done during the early 
stages of the eradication work, before the methods of procedure 
had been very far perfected, so that the results are not as definite 
or as convincing as for the Alfred area. Nevertheless, they are of 
value and the fact that they compare so reasonably with the work 
on the Alfred area would seem to indicate that they are not far 
out of the way. 
The average number of Ribes found on check plots, aggregating 
some 425 acres on this area, was 15, up to this season’s work. The 
finding of 243 plants; or an average of one-half plant per acre, 
brings the previous eradication figure to a little better than 9514%. 
