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We note with regret the falling off among the pioneers and the 

 lack of sufficient material to take their places, due, we infer, to 

 the nature of the work and insufficient remuneration. It seems to 

 me, at this stage of the game, that proper inducements should be 

 made to recruit our ranks from the present generation. Due to 

 the lack of interest in many localities by our constituted author- 

 ities, we are not able to state at the present time how this can be 

 done. There is one thing certain — we commenced the work, have 

 carried it on to the present time, and must see that it is carried to 

 a successful conclusion. 



In relation to Greater New York, we have no hesitation in 

 stating that in the near future our city will be mosquitoless, as 

 far as the active specimen is concerned. We expect to direct 

 visitors to our city to the Museum of Natural History for infor- 

 mation in relation to the extinct mosquito. 



President Meyers — We will now have the pleasure of listen- 

 ing to a paper read by a man well versed in mosquito control in 

 Connecticut. Mr. Samuel Sealy, Assistant Entomologist of the 

 Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, will address us on 



Recent Development of Mosquito Work in Connecticut. 



Interest in mosquito control in the State of Connecticut is 

 very much affected by the seasons and sometimes runs very low 

 at this season of the year. Some of our . good citizens seem to 

 forget that it is very necessary to make some plans ahead to 

 combat the mosquito pest that surely will be present in some 

 localities next summer. Others remember the stings of last 

 season and are planning a campaign of relief. 



There are along the shores of Connecticut, twenty- four towns 

 which have within their boundaries greater or lesser salt marsh 

 areas. Most of those areas are, or have been breeding places 

 of mosquitoes, some of a more serious nature than others. The 

 marshes in eleven of these towns have been drained for mosquito 

 elimination, the funds necessary to do the drainage work in most 

 cases being obtained by private subscription. 



At the present time, approximately 6,000 acres of salt marsh 

 have been drained and are under control. We still have some 

 14,000 acres that need attention, and have great hopes of getting 

 the public agitated to the point where they will provide funds 

 enough to go ahead with this work. 



The drained areas, with two exceptions, are continuous from 

 the New York State line eastward to the Hammonassett River, 

 a distance of approximately seventy-five miles. Continuous in 



