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a project is approved and put in operation, the Reclamation Board has given it such 

 field supervision as its limited field force permits. 



During the year 1940 the Reclamation Board has given technical assistance to 

 some individuals who have undertaken mosquito control on their own property. In 

 some cases the work merely benefited the individual owner, yet in many cases 

 sufficient work has been done to make it of benefit to those living in the immediate 

 vicinity. 



Publicity on mosquito control has been given through special articles in the news- 

 papers, radio broadcasts, and talks to Garden Clubs, Women's Clubs, and other 

 organizations . The aim of this publicity has been to acquaint the public with the 

 importance of the responsibility of the individual property owner in preventing on 

 his own land the breeding of mosquitoes that may be the cause of a neighborhood 

 nuisance. Emphasis was also made on the need of continuous public support of 

 mosquito control activities undertaken by the community. 



The revised booklet entitled, "The Mosquito in Massachusetts", published by the 

 State Reclamation Board in 1939, has been in considerable demand during the past 

 year. The material in this bulletin is non-technical and is designed to acquaint the 

 general public with the problems of mosquito control, and the methods of procedure 

 by which effective control of the pest may be accomplished. 



