Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-26

moth. and especially at kittcry. In
speaking upon the subject to news
paper representative Capt. Philbrook
said;
"rhc United States government ilow
has % men at work i'm York county
under my direction and | have been
advised to add to the forces for York
county and to carry on the work all
winter-that is. so long as the wealth
er will permit. The particular place
that has been found to be badly In
tested is the property of John Thax-
ter on Cults island There is sonle-
thing like 800 acres of land in the in
tested wood lot and as far as secuted
our men have found the eggs of the
gypsy moth. On less than three acres
of the land 1850 egg clusters have
been found in the trees.
Mr.. ThaXter has met US very
kindly and allowed us to work &C
cording to our ideas of handling the
pests and has also at his own expense
put men to work assisting the govern
ment forces in cleaning out the egg
clusters and destroying them. The
small trees and underbrush are being
burned and the J egg clusters taken
! from the trees and burned, and in the
| spring the ground is to be burned over
and the trees covered with burlap by
the men employed by the State depart
! ment of entomology. Outside the
| Thaxtcr wood lot nearly every orchard
| is infested with from one to 95 egg
| clusters. These clusters run from $50
| to 500 eggs in each cluster and 80 per
| cent of the eggs hatch, so fortunately
| for the State and national governments
this discovery in kittcry was made in
season to enable us to get rid Of the
pests and thus save the State many
| thousands of dollars. The discovery
was made by F.. NJ. Saddler of Bruins
wick. one of the expert bug men in inc
employ of the State. who has also
worked along similar lines for the
! state of Massachusetts. The wood lot
on Cults island is quite bit out
| of the travelled way but because of the
| keen observation of Mr.. Saddler it was
| discovered. No amount of cold
| weather has any effect on the gypsy
moth eggs, 50 they have to be fought
from the first to the last of the year"
Speaking of the browntail moth
Capt Phibrook said that there is less
| the year than there was one year ago
| The State now has eight men at work
in making Il tour of inspection of the
| State and asking the city and town
| officials to cooperate with the State
| officials in the matter of enforcing
| strictly the State law enacted by the
| last Legislature requiring owners OF
| real estate to see to it that the brown
! tail nests are destroyed. or pay the
| penalty imposed under the law. Thus
far the men have met with good re-
! suits. finding that the people have
quite generally complied with the
| provisions Of the laws.
Notice has been received at the office
of Chairman Carleton of the Com.
| mission of Inland Fisheries and Game
stating that at the municipal court Al
Dover Saturday. Nov. %. before JUICE
f. G. Smith, l.. l.. Robbins of Brewrl
was arlaigned on d charge of having {
part of one deer i'm possession during
close time and on being convicted pah,
"a fine and costs amounting to $4".22
Robbins was arrested at FoxcrOf
station by Chief Game Warden w. 7
Pollard Saturday morning Capt
Pollard had been looking for the MAJ
since July 20. 1905. and although h'
had not seen him since that time h'
knew him the moment the mai
boarded the train, and the arrest fol
lowed