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ment of the New Jersey mosquito problem and of the means 

 taken to solve it. This manual is intended for use by pupils in 

 the eighth grade and in the four years of the high school. It is 

 recommended by the state commissioner of education to the 

 county and city superintendents of schools for inclusion as a 

 regular part of their course in biology. The executives, in con- 

 sidering this matter, felt that this form of publicity would reach 

 the young people who are soon to become citizens, and would 

 tend to form in their minds the proper conception of the mosquito 

 problem. Many difficulties had to be overcome in the preparation 

 of this manual. It was first necessary to get it written in a way 

 which would be easily understood, and at the same time suffi- 

 ciently informing to insure that the pupil should get the right 

 conception. After it was written it then became necessary to find 

 a publisher. Finally the New Jersev Agricultural Experiment 

 Station agreed to publish the manual and to take 30,000 copies 

 for its own use, provided the mosquito commissions would pur- 

 chase from the printer the copies necessary for the school children 

 in the counties where they are working. The plan of distribution 

 of the manual involved the idea of making it the property of the 

 public schools, in order that it might not quickly be thrown away 

 and disappear. This idea seemed very welcome to the State 

 Department of Education, and is the one which has been adopted. 

 All active mosquito commissions have now ordered a sufficient 

 supply of the manual for the school children of the grades men- 

 tioned within their counties, and the Experiment Station has 

 ordered 30,000 copies. The total number of copies printed is 

 119,000. Samples of the manual have been brought to the con- 

 vention and are available to any or all of you for examination. 

 The manual is now ready for distribution. 



The second effort was the making of a moving picture of the 

 need for, the work of and the results of anti-mosquito work. 

 The principal problem here was the question of finance, because 

 a considerable sum of money was obviously necessary to have 

 such a picture made. The associated executives, through the 

 agency of Mr. Albert St. Peter, found a public-spirited citizen, 

 Mr. Arthur T. Dear, of Jersey City, who was willing to under- 

 take this proposition as a private venture. The plan finally settled 

 on included the right of the mosquito commissions and the Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station to purchase it, if they so desired, at 

 a cost of 6^ cents per foot. The photographer and the materials 

 were to be furnished by Mr. Dear, and the associated executives 

 were to prepare the scenes and furnish transportation to the 

 photographer to the points where they would be taken. The 

 associated executives were also to furnish the oversight of the 



