The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-02
Railroads Are Helping Out.

Railroads Are Helping Out.
The evident purpose of the de-
partment to quarantine parts of New
England against these two pests is
not quite so sensational as il sounds,
for, thanks to the wise cooperation
of the railroads, an unofficial quaran-
tine has been in operation for long
time. Through an arrangement with
the Office of ID. NJ. Rogers, the agent
of the United States in Boston, the
railroads have instructed local agents
to refuse shipment to the articles
named above unless they had been
duly inspected, but the whole sys-
tenn, although IL has worked fairly
well, has been informal. II is now
proposed to make il official and to i'm
pose the penalty of the law for any
shipment OF forest product which
does not bear Government certifi-
cate of its freedom from moth eggs.
How disastrous little careless
ness easily could become was recent
ly illustrated in the case of a fine
private estate in Lenox, away up In
the Berkshires, where the moth had
never appeared. A thriving colony of
gypsies was discovered on this estate
and investigation disclosed that UNI
doubtedly the eggs had been imported
in shipment OF trees or plants made
by the Boston park department.
II the proposed quarantine is es-
tablished, the Secretary OF Agricul-
ture will issue regulations providing
for the inspection of material to be
shipped out of the guaranteed area
which is liable TO transport the in.
sects. The shipment of Christmas
greens out of the quarantined area
probably will be prohibited altogether
except in so far as il may be pos.
sible to inspect them.
Range Of the Gypsy Moth Area.
The gypsy moth area over which
the quarantine will extend probably
will cover the following territory:
Maine. All towns bounded on the
south by the Atlantic Ocean, as far
east and including as a boundary the
following towns on the east and
north: Georgetown, Westport, Edge
comb, Damariscotta, Nobleboro. New
Castle, Alma, Whitefeld, Chelsea. Pit
tston, Dresden, Richmond, Bowdoin,
Webster, Lewiston, Auburn, Poland,
Casco, Raymond, Windham Standish,
Limington, Cornish, Porter and the
New HAMPSHIRE line on the west.
New Hampshire. All territory in
New Hampshire bounded by the At
lantic Ocean and the Maine line on
the east; by the towns of Freedom.
0ssipee, Tuftonboro. Meredith. New
Hampton, Hill, Danbury. Wilmot.
/ Salisbury, Warner. Henneker, Hills
boro, Antrim, Hancock, Dublin, Troy,
Richmond and Winchester on the
north and west and by the Massachu.
sets line on the south.
Massachusetts All territory bound
ed by the New Hampshire line on the
north; by the towns of Warwick
Orange, Athol, Petersham, Barre
Oakham, Spencer. Sturbridge. Charl
ton and Dudley on the west: Web
ster. the Rhode Island line and the
towns Of Swansea, Rehoboth. Taun
ton, Berkeley, Lakeville, Rochester
Acushnet. New Bedford, Marion and
the Atlantic Ocean on the east: and
also the towns of Lenox. Stockbridge
and Great Darlington in western
Massachusetts.
Rhode Island The following
towns in Rhode Island, Burrillivlle
Giocester. WOonsocket, Smithfeld,
| Cumberland, Lincoln. Pawtucket
North Providence, East Providence
Johnson, Cranston. Warwick, Bar.
rington, Warren, North Kingston
Portsmouth and Bristol.
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5rown-TsiI Moth Quarantine.
II it is determined to establish q
quarantine against the brown-tai
moth the following territory viii
probably be included:
Maine. All towns south and I'm