BUREAU OF PLANT QUARANTINE O 
WORK IN NEW ENGLAND AND NEW YORK 
In New York five towns in Clinton County adjoining Lake Champlain were 
scouted, and no gypsy moth infestation was found. This completed the scouting 
of a group of towns approximately one tier in width extending from the Canadian 
border to and including Putnam and Hague, N. Y. Towns other than the five 
indicated in Clinton County had been examined in previous years by this 
Bureau and by gypsy moth experts employed by the Conservation Department 
of the State of New York. 
Cooperation with the State department of agriculture and the State department 
of conservation in enforcing the State gypsy moth quarantine on Long Island 
was continued throughout the year. A total of 2,989 shipments of nursery stock, 
lumber, and other materials which might carry infestation were inspected and 
certified before being shipped out of the area. The conservation department in 
carrying through the scouting and clean-up work on Long Island, located 14 
infestations totaling 128 egg clusters in North Hempstead and 25 infestations 
totaling 386 egg clusters in Oyster Bay Town. These infestations were all sprayed 
during June, and the Bureau cooperated to the extent of lending three spraying 
machines and the necessary equipment to carry on the work. Territory in the 
eastern part of Long Island has been scouted during the year by men from 
Civilian Conservation Corps camps, supervised by regular employees of the 
conservation department, but no additional infestations have been found. One 
small infestation in the New York section of the barrier zone was located in the 
town of Northeast and was thoroughly treated and sprayed. 
For many years it has been realized that infestations between the Connecticut 
River and the barrier zone were a distinct menace in keeping the zone free from 
gypsy moth infestation. For the past 2 years evidence was reasonably conclu- 
sive that reinfestation of cleaned-up territory in the zone was due to the spread 
of small larvae from the infested area to the eastward by wind. A large share of 
the work in western New England was accordingly devoted this year to the 
destruction of egg clusters east of the barrier zone. 
In Vermont the first scouting was done in towns located on both sides of the 
barrier-zone line from the Canadian border as far south as Hancock and Goshen. 
This territory covers the summit of the Green Mountain Range. Wooded 
elevations ranging from 3,000 to over 4,000 feet are common, and the work 
presented unusual difficulties. Scouting in most of these towns was completed, 
as was that in many towns between this area and the New York State line. In 
a number of towns the scouting was not completed on account of unfavorable 
weather conditions. 
In the southern half of the territory in Vermont, where work was to be carried 
on, the woodland in a number of towns was completely scouted, and the territory 
along the Connecticut River was given particular attention. It was impossible 
to complete the scouting in all the towns in this southern section, for the most 
part because of the reduction of funds, necessitating a change in plan. With the 
exception of towns bordering the Connecticut River, only one gypsy moth infes- 
tation was found in the territory scouted in Vermont. This was in the town of 
Shorcham, where remnants of egg clusters were discovered on a sled that had 
been purchased by a farmer and brought there from eastern Massachusetts. In 
the southern part of the territory along the Connecticut River heavy infestation 
was found, as is indicated in table 1. The creosoting of egg clusters was carried 
on both by the regular force and by men from a C. C. C. camp near Bellows 
Falls, and five spraying machines were operated in the worst infestations through- 
out June. Scouting work was done in 98 towns in Vermont; from slight to very 
heavy infestations were found and treated in 17 towns. 
In Massachusetts the scouting indicated that many of the towns were more 
generally infested than had previously been suspected, and some infestation \w s 
found in all towns except a few in the western pari of the area Dearest the barrier 
zone. Special anangements were made in carrying on the work east of the zone 
in Massachusetts because each town has a local organization that is doing gypsy 
moth work. The funds appropriated by the towns are seldom adequate to do 
the work that is absolutely necessary in the villages and orchards and on the 
street trees and to make examinations of the woodland areas. Accordingly, an 
agreement was made between the local authorities, the State department of 
conservation (which has general supervision over gypsy moth work in Massa- 
chusetts), and the Bureau of Plant Quarantine so 'that the Federal and local 
work could be coordinated to eliminate friction or duplication of effort. The 
results have been satisfactory, and table 1 indicates the acreages covered and the 
