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Show CHECK ON BROWN-TAIL MOTH Infested Area In New England States Has Been Reduced 67 Per Cent, Says Entomologist. The maximum area infested by the brown-tail moth in New England has been reduced G7 per cent, according to the annual report of the entomologist of the United States Department of Agriculture. The maximum spread was in 1914, when over 3S,000 square miles was infested, including portions of all the New England states and the eastern end of Long Island, N. Y. Now this insect is known to be present only In Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts Massa-chusetts '. |