. Annual report. on. The land west of the pond is now badly infested with bothgypsy and brown-tail moths, and a force is at present employedin painting the egg clusters with a mixture of equal parts ofcreosote and gas oil, and cutting off and burning the nests of thebrown-tail moths. This work was commenced November 20, andup to January 1 about $1,300 had been expended. The total cost of work on the Spot Pond property, exclusive ofthe work of cutting trees, was $6,300 for the year. Work of asimilar character at Mystic Lake pumping station and reservoirhas cost about $700, and at Chestnut Hill
. Annual report. on. The land west of the pond is now badly infested with bothgypsy and brown-tail moths, and a force is at present employedin painting the egg clusters with a mixture of equal parts ofcreosote and gas oil, and cutting off and burning the nests of thebrown-tail moths. This work was commenced November 20, andup to January 1 about $1,300 had been expended. The total cost of work on the Spot Pond property, exclusive ofthe work of cutting trees, was $6,300 for the year. Work of asimilar character at Mystic Lake pumping station and reservoirhas cost about $700, and at Chestnut Hill reservoir $500, makinga total of $7,500 expended during the year in protecting trees onthe property in charge of the Board. Some of the land of the Board in Marlborough, Southboroughand Framingham is infested with brown-tail moths, and a fewclusters of eggs of the gypsy moth have been found in Westou,Way land and Framingham. Yours very truly, (Signed) DEXTER BHACKETT,Engineer Sudbury and Distribution
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