64 N. J. Mosquito Extermination Association 



The commission was never more encouraged than now, and have 

 never had more heart to prosecute the work. For in spite of the 

 wettest summer we have had for many years, the mosquitoes were 

 not remarkable until August and in Beach Haven, for instance, no 

 mosquitoes were complained of until August 24, a situation never 

 recorded before in the history of that resort. If nature is so de- 

 termined to beat our work that she will cause rain nearly every 

 day and flood the meadows with high tides almost continuously, then 

 we will have to expect the mosquitoes to have their ''innings" oc- 

 casionally. But in the ordinary course of events, conditions like 

 those of last summer are not to be expected and the study of mos- 

 quito breeding in Ocean County leads us to the conclusion that our 

 work is right and efficacious, and if persisted in, and conscientiously 

 carried out, the result is certain. It takes money and time and 

 patience but whatever our pessimists may say, the goal is in sight. 



It must be continually borne in mind that even where we can say 

 we have completed the initial drainage of all the waste area of our 

 county, there still exists some ten thousand acres in Atlantic and 

 ten in Burlington, that will produce flights of mosquitoes that will 

 seriously bother Tuckerton, Manahawkin and Long Beach when the 

 wind is favorable. We are hoping that pressure will be brought to 

 bear on these counties to abate their nuisances this year. 



Atlantic County 



Fred A. Reiley, Atlantic City, Chief Inspector 



This, the seventh season of mosquito elimination and control work, 

 proved much like those of the past. Our greatest efforts, of course, 

 were directed toward the drainage of the salt marsh, supplemented 

 by a campaign against the breeding of house mosquitoes. 



Salt-marsh ditching was carried on during the winter months when 

 the weather permitted, which was very little until late in February 

 and near the time to start spring cleaning. 



Anticipating a shortage of labor for the annual cleaning of ditches, 

 this work was started with the men from the machine gangs. Fair 

 progress was made until the Tuckahoe River meadows and the 

 meadows south of Great Bay were reached. The former were 

 ditched after the previous spring cleaning and were in very bad 

 shape. Not only were the 10 by 30-inch ditches filled with sod, but 

 the creeks used as outlets were filled with sod and seaweed, stop- 



