grassy banks. Where they are found breeding in rainbarrels, tubs, 

 tin cans, cesspools, cisterns, etc., the surest and safest means of eradi- 

 cation is to destroy the breeding place. If it is a barrel, dump it; if 

 a tub, overturn 

 it; if a tin can, 

 punch a hole in 

 the bottom of it ; 

 if a cistern, cov- 

 er it tightly; if 

 a cesspool, clean 

 it out and screen 

 it tightly; if a 

 corner sewer 

 catch-basin, oil 

 it completely and 

 periodically at 

 intervals of not 

 more than 1 days 

 throughout the 

 breeding season. 



Fig. 22 — {above) 

 A Bad Breeding. 

 Place in Union 

 County. 



Fig. 23— (to thr 

 left) The Sam* 

 Location Filled 

 and Converted to 

 Building Sites 



Man complains most bitterly about the house mosquito and ye» 

 man is clearly responsible by his own carelessness or indifference for 

 the existence of its many breeding places. Don't breed mosquitoes 

 on your property. Remember that the ingrate mosquito will most 

 certainly bite the "hand that breeds it." 



Organizations for Control 



A word should be added concerning the control organizations ai- 

 work on this problem in New Jersey. 



To the late Dr. John B. Smith, former State Entomologist, goeiv 

 the credit of demonstrating the practicability of mosquito extermina- 

 tion in New Jersey. Through his efforts the State Experiment Sta- 

 tion dug thousands of feet of ditches in different parts of the state 

 before the present county commissions were organized. Mosquito 

 extermination, of course, is a health measure and the sanitary code 

 of the State of New Jersey makes it a specific offense to cause or 

 maintain mosquito-breeding places. Most local boards of health 



