Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-30
Tree Preservation.


,,rIetOn 4 NileS Who have had men
at york on the shade trees of Angus
ia and other Maine cities during the
DC , summer, are now closing up this
work for the winter, and Will shortly
undertake the determination of the
B,oWn-Tail Moth in the infested See
tio:s of the State
The tree preservation work, which
uD to the past year has not been car
ricd on extensively III Maine. has at
tracted general interest, and owners
OF shade and ornamental trees Whlch
cou!d not be replaced at any cost have
be- n glad to employ intelligent and
con?netent measures to place the trees
in healthy. sound and slightly condi-
ton Nature works miracles in tree
culture. but frequently wounds or
sickness appear in trees, which nature
is unable to heal or remedy without
human aid. Especially is this true in
cities and towns where the shade trees
are subject to damage by leaking gas,
sewers, the electric currents, sind at
ta-,lrlcnts for wires. etc, not properly
mace. Tree surgery includes the re-
mcyal of dead and chatting branches
and the proper treatment of diseased
parts and cavities. Decay is sure TO
start from injuries or diseased con-
dition, and if not properly Checked
wilt in time destroy the tree In many
cascS proper methods OF PRUNING,
spraying, cementing. fertiizing and
betting. have saved valuable trees and
made them a credit rather than an
eye sore to the premises.
THO people who have had their trees
treated realize that as one writer puts
it. Trees are very much like living
creatures; they are not destined 10
drag through life in diseased or
crippled condition; that every time you
cat off a live branch you Interfere with
both respiration and circulation OF the
tree; that the inhcton of wound on
n II GO is neither destructive or injurl-
Gus to any great extent if the struc-
ture Of the tree is understood ana the
wound is properly cared for.
According to Chapter "a OF the PUB
lie Laws of 1909, entitled An Act 10
Amend Sections 3, 4, 6, I, II, II, ana ~
of Chauter Is Of the Public Laws Of
1867. relating to the protection OF trees
and shrubs from the Introduction and
"a 1.a res of dangerous insects and de-
ceases, it becomes necessary Tor CUES
and towns and private individuals TO
take steps to exterminate the Brown
Tail Moth pest which has been de-
stroving so many beautiful trees. and
gradually extending over the settled
oraa of the State This law or a SINH
lar one has been enforced to the letter
in other states and the Commissioner
Of Agriculture is authorized and i'll
cIined to see that it is enforced here.
The law was framed because of the
fu+ilitv of the efforts of few people
who were trying TO eXterminate the
insects while their neighbors remained
inactive. 1t is absolutely necessary
that a combined effort be made by
every for the suppression of the
Rrown-Tal Moth, as this insect mas
already caused serious devastation or
vegetation, and much inconvenience
and sickness among people, and which
# not controlled in the immediate fu-
ture may bring about injury beyond
prediction.
The determination of the insect re-
c,,ires men with experience and skill
in locating and caring for the cater
ri,lars which lie in nests during the
,,,inter at the tip ends of branches of
raes. An experienced spotter locates
+ha nests by means of field glasses,
ana expert climbers clip Of the twigs
MON which they are located. Ii the