Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-23

| it covered a longer perod, and there
seemed to be an unusual number of fe.
males in the flight which were attract
ed to the lights This was true, espe-
| cially, towards the last of the flight.
account for this on the ground that the
| first heavy flight was from moths
| at "a distance and they were principal,
| males, while the later flights must have
come from more local sections and in
these the females were quite prevalent
THE flight also extended further inward
than ever before. reaching to Madison
| Sangervile and other towns beyond Tho
previous border of infestation. 1t is
| therefore, up to the officials of the town.
| and cities to see to it that as soon as the
| leaves are off this fall thorough in
| Investigation be made of all the shade
trees and along the highways and to no.
| tify the property holders to lookgaftel
| their shade and orchard trees as tkk law
| requires. Many have expressed anxopin-
| ion that the State ought to appropriate
| a sufficient amount to handle the brown
| tail moth situation but that would be
impracticable as it would require a
greater expenditure than could possibly
be appropriated for the work.
The broWn-tail moth is dreaded byssum-
mer people on account of the poisp&1us
effects of the hairs shed by the cateTpil-
lars when they moult. In some sections
this has proved great annoyance, but
Il the winter nests,sare removed from a
given locality therWoud be noting left
to cause any fnee from the effect
of the poison u destruction to the
fruit or shade 4fS
THE brown-tailsmoth will not take to
the woodlands unless driven Lott sby lack
OF food The female moth Us her eggs
on the plant instead of secfetfng them as
does the female gypsy moth These are
laid during the month of July and hatch
ed during the first part of August, the
young of which Immediately proceed to
construct their winter nests. The moths
are dead at this time and there is no 9TH
err form in existence so that by removing
tho nests there would be nothing left as
before stated, to cause any annoyance.
There are many native parasites at
work on the brown-tails and few such
as our bugs and beetles which are de-
stroying both species. The parasites
which are being introduced from foreign
countries are proving to be effective in
the sections where they have been plated
out from the laboratory at Melrose, Mass.
'Of course it is understood that it will
take several years before this work will
have been successfully completed. 1t
must be remembered that no other coun-
try in the world has undertaken to stamp
no pinsU moth and the
eptomologists abroad are watching with
a great deal of interest the experiments
being conducted here by DR.. l.. o. How
ard of Washington, D. c., the national en-
tomologist.
although the situation is serious.
there is no immediate cause for alarm.
There is no question but that the pest
can be kept under control if sufficient
amount is appropriated by the State and
national governments"
1t is learned at the office of the secre-
tary of State that although the summer
season is now drawing to a close and
that with the coming of September the
fall season will be on, the business in the
registration of automobiles still holds
good and while there has been fall
ing off within the past few weeks in the
number of registrations as compared with
that of earlier in the season, there are
quite a number of machines registered
each week The records of the office show
ed Saturday that the number of machines
registered thus far this year was 1862
which was 355 more than were registered
for the whole year in 1908 The total
number which have been registered since
the law went into effect in 1905 is 460l
The number of licenses which have been
issued to operators since the law went
into effect is $500, which exceeds the num-
her of registrations by about 100. The
number of licenses which have been is
SIZED to operators this year is 1910. The
records show that the number of motor
cycles registered and the number OF IL
censes issued to dealers thus far during
the year is small.
The Board of Railroad Commissioners
have Just received from the Interstate
Commerce Commission at washington,
d. c., the blank forms for the returns OF
operation of the steam railroad corpora
tons of the State and are sending out the
same to the various companies. There are
this year - companies, which Is less thdii