Procekdings 01^ FiP^TH Annual Me:eting 49 



SAI.T-MARSH WORK 



Perhaps the quickest and surest way to set forth the facts re- 

 garding the progress in the control of salt-marsh mosquitoes is 

 to examine the accompanying map of New Jersey (fig. i). The 



Tabi,e I 



Bstimate o'f Salt Marsh Drained in New Jersey 



"NT A TVTT? r\Xf' C^rkTT\r^'V 



tidal marsh. 



age stated in 



LCl 111b Ui iU -A. 



30-inch ditching 



dL ciiu. UI xyi^. 



Estimated per- 



LCIlLdgC Ui lllc 



marsh that is 



QlcHIlcQ UI LlUCb 



not need drain- 

 age. 



T-T 1 1 ri c 



^ 



1 1 ,4-^6 





50 









uu 







1,278,000 



90 



Union, 



4,413 



864,651 



90 





8,199 



578,862 



50 





3,378 



514,313 



60 



Ocean, 



40,400 



1,568,306 



62 



Burlington, 



9,943 











53,325 



3,089.453 



55 





53,638 



209,634 



II 





52,661 



630,000 



4 





31,780 







Total, 





9,903,219 





I 



bordering salt marshes of the ocean and bay coasts are either com- 

 pletely black or cross-barred with black. The former represents 

 untouched salt marsh and the latter the more or less completely- 

 drained portions. The original area of upland formerly covered 

 by flights of the salt-marsh mosquitoes are outlined by the dotted 



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