Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-26
STATE HOUSE.
Gipsy Moth Situation Still
Very Serious.
1900 Egg Clusters Found In
Area Of Y Feet.
ekhAtAaLa -.
Farmers Institutes Announced IFoi
Two Weeks In November.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Friday, Oct. 80, at 10 A. M.

From information given out at the
department of agriculture SatGrda J
concerning the crusade against the
.ipsy moth it is apparent that while
1h4 work which has already been done
IN that line has been OF very thor
ough nature and many thousands Of
the caterpillars and nests have been
destroyed the situation in the State
TO-DAY is q very serious one, and that
me pest can only be driven from lis
horders Ly constant and continued eff
forts for some time to come and by
the expenditure of large amount OF
money.
CAPT. +, T.. Philhrook, the special
field agent in charge of the working
forces now engaged IN lighting the
moths in the southern part OF thl
state, was at The State House Satur-
day for the purpose of consulting with
Commissioner Gilman Of the lepaIt t
lnent, an,. with Prof. Hitchlngs, The
head Of the bureau of entomology, and
said in connection with the work ,iiai
the scouts had during the past Wcel;
discovered Il big infestation III York
county, located III 5000 acres OF Wood
land The men are now WOl king III
YORK, Eliot, Wells and South Der
wick. and OH Friday in the locality
above mentioned took 1000 egg cluster:
in an area Of II feet. Twenty men arr
now scouting this locality for the pun
pose Of getting the range of tins IN
testatiun which is without doubt tn,
largest, or one of the largest, ,h&t has
Vet been discovered.
The location is practically wilder
ness and is at some distance from any
house on other habitatiun. IN" ma jor-
ity Of the egg clusters are found OF
white oak trees, and almost invariably
where the clusters are discovered there
is also q crows nest, either IN Tho
same Tree or one in close proximity
thereto, which is believed to prove
,onclusiv-ly that the spread is "ailae.
by crows conveying catcrpiliars o1
eggs.
In addition to the men VIII" ar
working in the above section there i:
one crew in Fryeburg. another IL
South Eliot, two in Kittery, and ont
estcn in sanford, Portland and Range
ley lakes The latter crew in charge
of f.. NJ Saddlcr Will return TO YORK
and Eittery the latter part OF the
week, and another crew in charge 81
c. E. Totman will be sent from Port
land to scout the automobile road FROM
,nat city to Poland Springs, and al
ter spending the Week in that vicinity
will return To York. Another crew IL
charge Of c. G.. Nichols Will be sent {
Moosehead lake. There are now 6!
men engaged in the work, and opera
tons will be carried on all winter.
An example which shows the thor
uushncss with which the work is cA:
ried on is seen in what has been &C
complsnod in the ThaNtcr Wood'nt il
I<ittcry. This lot covers 80 acres ant
Turing the past winter the scout:
found there $500 egg clusters, which
were taken and destroyed. In ad1i
ton to that 50 cords OF wood We're Gu
and piled. the ground was burned over
and in the spring the trees were bur
Tapped tanglefooted and sprayed
During the summer months the bur
laps were turned and many caterpll
lars were destroyed. and when it came
to the iall scout and each tree, shrut
and all underbrush was thoroughly
gone over by the most expert men j:
the business. they only succeeded ::
finding FIVE egg clusters.
This work is conceded by The eX-
rerts of Massachusetts and New
Hampshire and those Of the United
States government to be the best ever
done in Il gypsy moth crusade. in ad-
dtion 10 this 100 infested orchards il