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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  fight 
  flies 
  or 
  other 
  pests 
  they 
  fall 
  off 
  in 
  milk, 
  and 
  every 
  farmer 
  

   that 
  ever 
  sold 
  a 
  hide 
  knows 
  that 
  hot 
  holes 
  lessen 
  its 
  value. 
  

  

  Even 
  man 
  does 
  not 
  escape 
  attack, 
  and 
  has 
  parasites 
  as 
  specific- 
  

   ally 
  dependent 
  upon 
  him 
  as 
  has 
  any 
  other 
  animal. 
  But 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  

   only 
  the 
  direct 
  attack 
  that 
  is 
  annoying, 
  unpleasant 
  or 
  dangerous. 
  

   Some 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  of 
  our 
  pests 
  act 
  as 
  carriers 
  or 
  inter- 
  

   mediate 
  hosts 
  for 
  serious 
  diseases. 
  It 
  is 
  bad 
  enough 
  to 
  be 
  bitten 
  

   by 
  a 
  mosquito, 
  but 
  if 
  that 
  mosquito 
  inoculates 
  its 
  victim 
  with 
  the 
  

   germs 
  of 
  malaria, 
  yellow 
  fever 
  or 
  other 
  pernicious 
  trouble, 
  the 
  

   matter 
  becomes 
  much 
  more 
  serious. 
  To 
  be 
  bitten 
  by 
  a 
  flea 
  is 
  no 
  

   great 
  matter 
  in 
  itself, 
  but 
  if 
  the 
  flea 
  came 
  from 
  a 
  plague-infested 
  

   rat, 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  another 
  matter. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  definitely 
  demonstrated 
  that 
  a 
  considerable 
  number 
  

   of 
  febrile 
  diseases 
  depend 
  for 
  their 
  transmission 
  altogether 
  upon 
  

   certain 
  kinds 
  of 
  insects, 
  and 
  that 
  if 
  these 
  insects 
  were 
  eliminated, 
  

   the 
  diseases 
  would 
  disappear. 
  

  

  Ordinary 
  house 
  flies 
  are 
  about 
  the 
  most 
  abundant 
  of 
  all 
  our 
  

   usual 
  pests, 
  and 
  besides 
  the 
  annoyance 
  they 
  cause 
  they 
  are 
  capa- 
  

   ble 
  of 
  carrying 
  and 
  often 
  do 
  carry 
  the 
  organisms 
  that 
  cause 
  

   typhoid 
  fever, 
  and 
  other 
  enteric 
  diseases, 
  consumption, 
  diph- 
  

   theria 
  and 
  several 
  other 
  equally 
  dangerous 
  ailments. 
  We 
  must 
  

   not, 
  therefore 
  consider 
  these 
  small 
  creatures 
  as 
  insignificant 
  or 
  

   unworthy 
  of 
  study 
  and 
  attention. 
  They 
  are 
  more 
  dangerous 
  and 
  

   less 
  easily 
  controlled 
  than 
  the 
  large 
  predatory 
  animals 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  

   and 
  jungle. 
  A 
  campaign 
  against 
  flies 
  and 
  mosquitoes 
  looks 
  un- 
  

   worthy 
  of 
  a 
  comparatively 
  huge 
  animal 
  like 
  man; 
  but 
  the 
  com- 
  

   bat 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  unequal 
  and 
  the 
  victims 
  of 
  insect-borne 
  diseases 
  run 
  

   into 
  the 
  thousands 
  each 
  month. 
  Large 
  areas 
  of 
  Africa 
  have 
  been 
  

   depopulated 
  by 
  the 
  sleeping 
  sickness, 
  borne 
  by 
  a 
  Tsetse 
  fly, 
  and 
  a 
  

   similar 
  fly 
  makes 
  the 
  keeping 
  of 
  horses 
  an 
  impossibility 
  in 
  other 
  

   portions 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  continent. 
  

  

  The 
  fight 
  against 
  insects 
  is 
  not 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  farmer 
  and 
  

   fruit 
  grower, 
  nor 
  is 
  he 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  that 
  suffers 
  from 
  their 
  depre- 
  

   dations. 
  The 
  community 
  at 
  large 
  is 
  as 
  much 
  on 
  the 
  defensive; 
  

   but 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  recently 
  that 
  this 
  fact 
  has 
  been 
  appreciated 
  by 
  our 
  

   sanitary 
  and 
  medical 
  authorities. 
  As 
  the 
  agriculturist 
  has 
  learned 
  

   to 
  control 
  those 
  insects 
  that 
  oppress 
  him 
  and 
  to 
  lessen 
  to 
  the 
  

   vanishing 
  point 
  their 
  tax 
  upon 
  him, 
  so 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  possible 
  to 
  ma- 
  

   terially 
  lessen 
  if 
  not 
  to 
  altogether 
  eliminate 
  the 
  fly, 
  mosquito 
  and 
  

   other 
  pests 
  that 
  prey 
  upon 
  humanity 
  at 
  large. 
  

  

  