Proceedings of Eighth Annual Meeting 15 



concrete dikes by this time would be on their way to China, yet our 

 sod dikes still stand. 



Industrial developments, railroad spurs, street building, sewer and 

 water pipe installation are continually interfering with our drain- 

 age, necessitating always watchful care. 



As to the upland work, methods have also undergone an evolution. 

 House to house inspection has been found less and less important, 

 this is due to two causes ; one, people have been educated to care for 

 their own premises and secondly it has long been a belief of the 

 writer that when local condition has been fairly well cared for, a 

 severe infestation of mosquitoes always indicates a large area of 

 breeding, probably located at a distance. In dealing with severe 

 infestations of mosquitoes, it is our belief that preventive work must 

 be done at a distance from the point of nuisance, commensurate 

 with the flight of the infesting mosquito. 



During these later years, there has developed a fine spirit of co-op- 

 eration between mosquito commissions and property owners. It is 

 a fixed rule of our commission to insist upon property owners bear- 

 ing at least a part of the expense of draining or filling their own 

 property. 



As for figures, I do not think it the place to tire you with statistics. 

 I would simply refer all to the carefully compiled circular No. iii. 

 New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, entitled 'The Mos- 

 quito Must Go." 



The results thus far have been most excellent, and I feel sure that 

 none would wish the work to stop. None would wish to return to 

 the old days, when mosquitoes had to be taken with the food we eat 

 and the air we breathe. To me personally the change has been 

 marvelous. 



It is characteristic of the human race to forget the unpleasant 

 things of the past, the present is the big thing, and a small flight of 

 mosquitoes today lasting for a week seems almost to excite as much 

 comment and even more than did the continued whole-season pest in 

 the old days. 



I can see nothing other than better and better results as time goes 

 on. This is not a foolish optimism, but a sane feeling born of actual 

 experience and observation for the past ten years. 



The longer or shorter time which will be required will depend 

 largely upon the available funds on hand. If smaller amounts of 

 money are used, it will take longer, and if larger expenditures are 

 made the results will be more speedy. 



