'M) ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, I 
Burvey work Id all the counties In New York State wesf of the Hudson River, 
with iii<- exception of those In the southeastern portion that were examined 
during the previous year, in New Jersey scouting and check-up work, with a 
moderate amount of thinning, was planned in the northern part of the state, 
centering around an area where a small Infestation was found a few 
Sixty-nine high-powered Government-owned sprayers, i_ of which were pur- 
chased during the year from Works Progress Administration funds allotted to 
tins project, were osed during the spraying season, a total of 27<t t 
lead arsenate was purchased with Federal funds and To tons were procured bj 
the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture for use during the sprayii 
Weather conditions were favorable and excellent results from spraying were 
obtained. 
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in Maine special Bcouting was carried on in the region of the quarantine line 
to determine whether infestation existed there. Intensive Bcouting, creosoting, 
and thinning work was also done in the southern portions Of Oxford, Franklin, 
Somerset, and Penobscot Counties in order materially to reduce Infestation In 
several towns near the quarantine line. Works Progress Administration 
workers discovered and treated Infestations in 11 towns outside the quarantine 
line, and an additional town in Washington Counts was found infested early 
in August 1936 by regular employees on this project 
EDxcepI Cor a Limited amount of special survey work in the northern portion 
of Coos County, the work in X»-w Hampshire was chiefly confined to scouting, 
creosoting, selective thinning of favored food species, and burlapping In towns 
bordering the Connecticut River where eligible workers were available io the 
lour western counties in that State. Three counties bordering the river. 
aamely, Cheshire, Sullivan, and Grafton, were found to be Infested, but a 
Single infestation of L.874 egg (lusters was located and treated in the town 
of Lancaster. Several serious infestations discovered in Hath and Haverhill 
in Grafton County were thoroughly sprayed during .June and the first part 
of July. 
in Vermont, the four western counties in Massachusetts, and all counties in 
Connecticut except Windham, Works Progress Administration workers were 
engaged in scouting, creosoting, burlapping, and selective thinning of favored 
food species in woodland areas where Infestations were found during the year. 
Approximately 125 men detailed from Civilian Conservation Corps camps 
located in Berkshire County, Mass.. and Litchfield County. Conn., performed 
thinning work and patrolled burlap hands during July 1935. Several other 
Infestations were located and treated in the Massachusetts and Connecticut 
portions of the harrier /one. and the work done east of the zone was confined 
principally to cleaning up and treating existing Infested areas, infestations 
were found and treated in the Connecticut River Valle\ towns in Vermont, but 
only "ne InfestatioD was Located in the Vermont portion of the barrier /.one. 
it consisted of 133 egg dusters discovered in Essex, Chittenden County, winch 
is approximately 25 miles SOUtb of the Canadian herder. During the fall of 
1935 another infestation consist inn of nine euu r Clusters was discovered within 
<; miles of the Canadian border in the town of Derby, Orleans County. As 
man\ Christmas trees are normally Bhipped from this town to States west of 
the harrier /one all areas from which they were to he cut during the fall of 
1935 were scouted. No additional infestation was found in that section. These 
two Infestations, together with Beveral others of serious nature discovered in 
Orange and Windsor Counties, \'i.: Berkshire, Hampshire, ami Hampden 
Counties. Mass.; and Litchfield, New Haven, Fairfield, ami Middlesex Counties, 
Conn., were thoroughly sprayed during .June and the flrst •"■ days of July. 
Gypsy-moth work in Rhode Island was confined to Washington County, in the 
extreme southwestern portion of the state, and consisted of close Bcouting and 
Intensive creosoting of the Infestations found At the request of the Resettle 
mem Administration, 14,000 acres of woodland in Federal reservations Bituated 
in this county were scouted. Bis Infestations were discovered and treatments 
applied, 
in the state of New York Intensive Bcouting was done by Federal Works 
Progress Administration workers with negative results in Washington, Kens 
selaer, and Dutchess Counties within the harrier /.one and in Albany County 
adjacent to and west of the /one. a Bmall force of experienced Works Progress 
Administration workers also performed special survey work with negative re 
suits iii IT counties. ;||| ,,f which are situated weSl of the Hudson Rivet V 
