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THE GYPSY MOTH. 



found and destroyed by hand on each estate ; the number of 

 trees cut or treated by banding, burlapping, cementing or 

 scraping; and the number of acres of brush or woodland 

 burned over. Mention was also made of any work left 

 unfinished for the time being, or thought to be necessary 

 later. Whenever the moths were found in a locality not 

 before known to be infested, the inspector was required to 

 sketch on the day's report a map of the locality, marking the 

 colony in a manner prescribed and in such a way that it could 

 be found at once by one not familiar with the place. 



The name of the inspector appears on each of his daily 

 reports, together with the names of his men. The number 

 of hours per day that each man works is also recorded on 

 the report. The reports are filed, and by them it is pos- 

 sible to determine which inspector and men are responsible 

 for any work done at any point on a given day in any year, 

 and to fix the responsibility should any omission of duty or 

 any misdemeanor occur on the part of the employees. An 

 account with each infested estate is kept in the office in 

 books known as section books." 



The section books in which the records of field work are 

 kept now number seventy-eight, of one hundred pages each. 

 On the first page of each book the bounds and a general de- 

 scription of the section are given, and the work done in it 

 and the results attained for the year are recorded on the 

 succeeding pages. There is also a " blue print " map marked 

 in such a way as to designate each infested locality. (See 

 Appendix C.) It is possible by consulting these books to 

 learn how much work has been done on each infested estate, 

 how many units of each form of the moth have been killed 

 by hand, and whether the moth has been eradicated from 

 that locality or not. There is thus kept a complete record 

 of the progress made. 



The Spring Inspection. 

 An inspection of the infested region was begun in March, 

 with a view of determining its extent. This inspection com- 

 menced in Medford and Maiden near the centre of the region, 

 and extended to the surrounding towns as the organization 

 of the force was perfected and its size increased. Each 



