432 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



C. THE BEACH HAVEN WORK. 



This is really a part of the Barnegat Bay problem ; but is sepa- 

 rately dealt with here, partly because Beach Haven was one of 

 the first sea shore places where practical work was attempted, 

 and partly because considerable work was done under the super- 

 vision of, first Messrs. Wagner and Mellor, and later of Mr. 

 Mellor alone. 



Early in the season of 1903 Mr. Brehme covered the ground 

 in a general way and located breeding areas on the shore strip. 

 In 1902, I spent two or three days as the guest of Mr. R. F. 

 Engle, at the Engleside. It was the general belief at that time 

 that the mosquitoes which were sometimes very troublesome were 

 a main shore product and came in with a west wind. When there 

 was a sea-breeze there were few or none. The facts were cor- 

 rect, the explanation erroneous. The mosquitoes did really come 

 in from the west but only for a few hundred feet ; because on the 

 bay shore there were acres of breeding territory of the most at- 

 tractive kind. These were pointed out to those interested and 

 the promise was made that in 1903 if the State authorized the 

 investigation the surroundings of Beach Haven should receive 

 attention. Mr. Brehme, therefore, did not confine his survey to 

 the seashore strip, but examined the islands and part of the 

 main land as well. 



Mr. Brehme's conclusions were, at the time, that the main land 

 had little to do with the Beach Haven supply and Mr. Engle was 

 encouraged to secure local action. 



Early in July, Messrs. Wagner and Mellor were assigned to 

 lay out the plan for clearing the infested area and to render what 

 assistance they could. Mr. Engle was the moving spirit in the 

 work and his courtesy in accommodating the assistants at the 

 Engleside, added materially to their comfort. 



The report and the accompanying maps show what was done, 

 what time was spent in doing it, and what remains to be done. 



It needs only to be added that as a reward for his efforts on 

 behalf of Beach Haven, Mr. Engle was defeated for re-election 

 to the Council because he had favored spending borough money 

 for the mosquito work. 



Report on the JVork at Beach Haven and l^icinity. 



The work at Beach Haven and vicinity was done between the sixth (6th) 

 and twentj'-eighth (28th) days of July by Mr. Wagner and the undersigned, 

 and between the fourteenth (14th) and the twenty-fourth (24th) day of 

 August by the undersigned alone. The work consisted of a general survey 



