also have passed ordinances covering this subject. The State Legis 

 lature in 1912, however, decided that the county rather than the city or 

 borough was the most efficient control unit. Therefore, a state law 

 was passed providing for a mosquito extermination commission in 

 each county of the state. These commissions are appointed by the 

 Justice of the Supreme Court presiding over the courts of the county 

 They are composed each of 6 men who serve without compensation 

 They appoint a superintendent or chief engineer, who trains and 

 supervises inspectors and laboring gangs. The funds used are raised 

 in the regular county tax budget. The State Experiment Station 

 supervises and directs the work of these several county mosquito 

 commissions and the Director must approve all budgets before money 

 is appropriated and pass in general on all policies adopted. The 

 Experiment Station organizes mosquito work in counties or munici- 

 palities where it has not yet been taken up and contributes help to 

 others where state aid is necessary to maintain or encourage local 

 endeavor. 



Ten counties in the state are now doing active anti-mosquitc 

 work on a large scale. About a quarter of a million dollars a yeaT 

 is being expended on this great project, and the results already at- 

 tained may be measured by the growth of suburban communities and 

 industrial centers, the continued influx of farmers to Jersey's fertile 

 soil, and the general steady upward trend of tax ratables throughoul 

 the state. The benefit to be derived by the people of the state when 

 it is successfully concluded is estimated in the billions. It will take 

 time, it will take money, but it must be done. The mosquito is the 

 greatest pest in the state. Other lesser pests have been stamped 

 out and now the ultimatum has been issued : THE MOSQUTTO 

 VTUST GO. 



Summary 



In conclusion, the important facts about mosquitoes may be summed 

 up briefly. All mosquitoes breed in water. They swim before they 

 fly. They do not breed in wet vines, trees or brush, but in water 

 only. To get rid of them all the breeding places must be discovered 

 and each treated effectively according to its needs. Mosquito control 

 has passed the experimental stage ; it is here to stay. Just as 

 soon as people become educated to the point where they under- 

 stand the important facts about mosquitoes and mosquito breeding 

 just so soon will rapid strides be made toward the object 

 in view — a mosquitoless state ! 



The boys and girls of our schools, the future men and women ot 

 New Jersey, can help materially. Let them think what it realh 

 means. Let them study the question. Let them get interested it 

 it. Let them get their parents interested in it. Let them help thos< 

 who are trying to help them and see to it that they use their influence 

 and power to stamp the great mosquito pest out of the state 



