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summer, when conditions for mosquito breeding were very 

 bad. 



Chairman Brinkkrho:PF — Monmouth County. 



Status of Mosquito Control Work in Monmouth County. 



BY HE:NRY WKI^SH ROGe:RS, MI^MBKR 01^ the: MONMOUTH COUNTY 

 MOSQUITO e:xTe:RMINATION COMMISSION. 



The Commission has been actively engaged in sah-marsh 

 mosquito control for two years. Six thousand dollars has been 

 appropriated each year. Early in 1916, in co-operation with the 

 Middlesex Commission, we purchased an Eaton ditching ma- 

 chine, which has given complete satisfaction. The work for 

 which it was bought having been completed, we sold our half 

 interest to Middlesex. W-e figure that the .machine made our 

 ditching cost about two cents a foot. 



I shall take the liberty of quoting from the report of our 

 President, Mr. Barrows: 



''It is not generally understood by the taxpayer and property- 

 owners of the county that the annual appropriation for mos- 

 quito extermination applies only to the salt-marsh mosquito. 

 The average resident does not concern himself at all as to 

 whether he is annoyed by a salt-marsh or upland mosquito. He 

 is only aware of the fact that he is annoyed, and, thinking that 

 the county appropriation is expended for mosquito extermination 

 work, whether upland or salt-marsh, he naturally falls into the 

 error that the Commission is neglecting its work. 



''Since the Commission was organized and in effective opera- 

 tion there have been 1,161,903 feet of ditches dug, not only by 

 the county, but by private subscription as well. During the past 

 year there were 147,000 feet of new ditches dug, and nearly all 

 done by machine work. There were 499,640 feet of old ditches 

 cleaned up or maintained during 19 16. In other words, during 

 this year there were 646,640 feet of ditches dug and maintained 

 by the Commission. 



