32 ANNUAL BEPOBTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 193G 
->■ moth scouting or clean-up operations have been carried od In 174 towns 
in this territory, and in 1<»7 of these some int'e>tat ion ha- been found In N«-w 
Hampshire the area Is father heavily infested and the Mime i> true in son 
the towns bordering the Connecticut River In Vermont. The infestation is 
more serious In Massachusetts. Although there are some rather heavily In- 
fested area- in Connecticut, the infestation in general Is i as in 
Massachusetts. 
As a result of the decrease In the Dumber of camps and the curtailment of 
oel, together with the reassignment <»f large numbers of these men for 
repair and emergency work in the hooded areas early In the spring, it was 
Impossible to complete the program of work originally scheduled The figures 
given in table 11, however, indicate that a tremendous amount "f work has 
d ■ and that in the territory covered unproved conditions as to Uri 
tion bave resulted. The organization is now operating with increased efficiency, 
owing to the experience that has been gained during the last 2 years, alt: 
the periodica] changes in personnel, which make it necessary constantly to train 
new men. have greatly Increased the difficulty of supervision. 
Table 11. — Gypsy moth control work, fiscal year 1986 
Project 
Scouting 
State 
Open country scouted 
Wood- 
land 
scouted 
Open 
areas 
Road 
Apple 
trees 
Oak 
trees 
Shade 
trees 
clu>ters 
creosoted 
Maine 
W. P. A.... 
do 
C. C. C 
W. P. A.... 
C. 0. C 
W. P. A 
c. c. c 
W. P. A.... 
do 
c 
W. V. A.... 
do 
do 
rw. p. A— . 
\c. c. c 
Acres 
215, 668 
110,382 
4.387 
812, 167 
162,722 
136, 024 
68,999 
1,435 
127, 078 
197, 4is 
30,088 
28,449 
154,530 
Miles 
3,252 
488 
57 
3,697 
1,031 
1,097 
849 
12 
1,688 
1,874 
285 
164 
Number 
444.151 
47, 272 
537,903 
105, 819 
170, 132 
156, 238 
435 
307. 351 
30. 957 
511,806 
Number 
19,207 
19,343 
11,208 
21,214 
132,818 
640 
171,263 
330. 937 
49.510 
Number 
402,763 
■J. 681 
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173 
. 1 
- 
Acres 
16, 128 
263, I4fi 
- 
203.173 
- 
13. 169 
Number 
75,333 
New Hampshire. . 
Do 
Vermont .. 
Do 
i husetts 
Do_ 
Rhode Island 
Connecticut 
Do... 
211,. 542 
191,196 
79.907 
f»7.300 
214.984 
3.741. 103 

Ni".'. Jersey 
■ lvania 

Total 
1, 616, 721 
12,318 
3,811 
2, 102. 970 
781,676 
583,442 
4, 025. 523 
a 
1.121.333 
- 
Gran : 
2, 050, 247 
16,129 
2.SM..-.I6 
1,063.118 
1,875.401 
5. 493. 252 
Project 
Chopping 
ring 
Wood- 
l ii ii l 
:tiiniip«l 
CUt in 
Wire 
erected 
Wire 
re- 
moved 
Burlap 
bands 
applied 
crushed 
crushed 
W. 1- A 
W . P \ 
v P \ 
W 1' \ 
Acres 
I'M 
J. 1 1>N 
1,118 
1,004 
Number 
621 

106,019 


Number 

300,795 

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Number 
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10 



Nu mbcr 


New !' 
Do 
- 
- 
2,900 
■ 
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ii 
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II 
New Jei ej 
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r.,422 
911,936 
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B 
26,410 
504,290 
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