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appears on the signs. In one community, which is located on a 

 hill, there was considerable objection to the wording" of the sign 

 erected, which was to the effect that this and other swamp land 

 had been drained in that community, although the sign distinctly 

 mentioned that the swamp land hud been drained. Some of the 

 people of the town went so far as to state that there were no 

 swamps in that community, although in 19 12, when the commis- 

 sion began work, we found 108 swamps and pools in the town. 

 An even 100 have been drained and the remaining eight are im- 

 possible to drain and must wait until fill is available. In cases 

 like this a slight change in the wording of the sign has resulted in 

 withdrawal of any objection to the use of the sign for educational 

 purposes. 



In closing, I wish to speak a word as to the good results fol- 

 lowing a couple of thorough inspection trips of the work in our 

 county during the past year. Our commission invited members 

 of the board of freeholders, editors of the fourteen newspapers in 

 the county, and city officials of various communities to inspect the 

 work done. A large turnout resulted, and it was surprising to 

 see how much interest was taken in the work, V arious kinds of 

 drainage work were shown along the roads on the upland, the 

 actual oiling of a roadside pool, the drainage of a woodland 

 swamp, and another inspection trip to the salt marshes disclosed 

 the dredging, ditching, diking and tide-gate work. The cutting 

 of new ditches was shown, and a film showing the development of 

 the salt marshes at Port Newark. It was the first time in many 

 cases that the editors of the newspapers had been out in the field 

 to see the actual work done, and, from the favorable tone of the 

 stories of the trips that they wrote and the increased co-operation 

 on the part of the city officials, etc., we feel that the results are 

 worth far more than the cost of the inspection trips. It has 

 resulted especially in our board of freeholders seeing the need of 

 increasing our appropriation $5,000 this year, and as obtaining 

 money is one of the hardest parts of mosquito control work, I can 

 recommend that the making of frequent inspection trips with the 

 county and city officials is particularly apt to result in better 

 knowledge of the work, the problems that the commission is 

 faced with, and much more cheerful granting of appropriations 

 for continuing the work. 



President MeyErs — This paper is now open for discussion. 

 I will ask Mr. Howell to lead the discussion. 



Mr. Reid HoweIvL — I think that Mr. Gies is to be congrat- 

 ulated on bringing before us again so ably this question of edu- 



