Annual report . ped. Extraprecaution is taken during the caterpillar season by tangle-footing and burlapping the trees, and spraying in the worst-infested places. The burlaps are watched during the summerseason, and the number of caterpillars have been property owners in the generally infested towns are hav-ing their woodlands thinned so that they can be cared for eco-nomically, and also so that the remaining trees may have a betterchance to grow. In some localities, where roadside thinning wasthought advisable, it was opposed on the ground that the naturalbeauty of the roads wo
Annual report . ped. Extraprecaution is taken during the caterpillar season by tangle-footing and burlapping the trees, and spraying in the worst-infested places. The burlaps are watched during the summerseason, and the number of caterpillars have been property owners in the generally infested towns are hav-ing their woodlands thinned so that they can be cared for eco-nomically, and also so that the remaining trees may have a betterchance to grow. In some localities, where roadside thinning wasthought advisable, it was opposed on the ground that the naturalbeauty of the roads would be destroyed. However, when it wasfound that only a short time was required for a new growth ofshrubbery, this opposition was withdrawn. In several woodlandcolonies, where thinning was necessary, there was opposition onthe part of the owner; but after the work was performed, and thethinning was found to be done scientifically, the work obtainedapproval. Many of the cities and towns that are generally in- •.
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