EXPERIMENT STATION EEPORT. 663 



improN'ed : but in South Atlantic tliere are ^-et enough breeding places 

 to make it interesting. It is. only a matter of a very few years before, 

 in the normal course of improvements, all breeding places will be 

 eliminated: it need be a matter of only one season with well-directed 

 work. 



At Ocean City much interest was manifested early in the season, 

 and an organization to improve conditions was perfected. At the 

 request of this organization careful surveys were made in the city 

 limits and in this immediate neighborhood, and estimates were made 

 of tbe amount of money that would be required to do the work. 

 Unfortunately it proved here, as at other points, that there was no 

 money available for work of this character, and the local government 

 was simply unable to make an appropriation, because no item in the 

 budget as passed could be drawn upon. Had the insects been as 

 numerous as usual, it is possible that private interests might have 

 contributed; but so long as there was no lack of custom because of 

 mosquitoes there was no disposition to provide for a possible future 

 infestation. The surveys and estimates have been made, however, and 

 are available for any future work. 



At Cape May the board of health and some of the persons interested 

 in New Cape May made an efEort to secure the amount necessary to 

 improve conditions. In my report on the original investigation I 

 showed that no place on the New Jersey shore could be more cheaply 

 and completely rid of the mosquito pest than this point, and the board 

 of health as a whole was in accord with the effort. As a preliminary, 

 I sent Mr. Henry L. Viereck over the territory again, to secure definite 

 figures of cost, and then presented the subject at a meeting of the 

 common council. The desirability of doing the work was admitted, 

 but again there was no fund available from which an appropriation 

 could be made. Within the limits of Cape May City the board of 

 health has done much to remove or abolish breeding places, and 

 toward Sewell's Point tlie dredge filling by the Cape May Eeal Estate 

 Company has done away wdth all chances of mosquito development. 

 Unfortunately South Cape May, which has the greatest breeding area, 

 has also the smallest population and taxable property, so, unless some 

 combination can be effected it will be difficult to get the necessary 

 money, even though the entire amount needed does not exceed $3,000. 



Many inland communities have asked and received suggestions and 

 advice as to the best method of dealing with local problems, and the 



