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Mr. Van Note — It seems to me if the ditches in the meadow 

 had a proper circulation of water the rain water will mix in 

 with the salt water that is circulating, and will not affect the 

 result. 



Dr. He:adi,e:e — Stagnant rain water on a salt marsh will 

 breed just as readily as salt water from the tide. It extracts 

 salt from the ground and becomes brackish. 



Pre^SidEnt Darnai,!, — One of the most interesting things 

 that occur during these annual meetings is the statement of each 

 county's difficulties and accomplishments. We all get together 

 and trade off our experiences, and in so doing we always pick 

 up very valuable points from each other. The next subject. is a 

 symposium entitled, "The Status of Mosquito Control Work." 

 All of the counties, I think, actively working on this line, are 

 represented, and the first to be called on is Hudson County. 

 We want tO' know what Hudson County is doing, how it is 

 getting along, what it is accomplishing, and I will call on Mr. 

 Charles Lee Meyers, of Jersey City, to tell us. 



Status of Mosquito Control Work in Hudson County. 



BY CHARIvES MYERS, MEMBER OE THE HUDSON COUNTY 



MOSQUITO EXTERMINATION COMMISSION. 



As the most populous county in the vState, Hudson stands at 

 the gate of the nation. Through her portals pass nearly all who 

 would see America. Those of you who only ride through the 

 mighty bores of Bergen Hill, or roll swiftly through the gigantic 

 cuts, cannot see or realize her beauty and her worth. With 

 the sunlit waters of the Kill von Kull smiling at her feet, she 

 rolls northward in an ever widening sweep, between two rivers, 

 the smiling Passaic on the west, and the majestic Hudson on 

 the east, with the placid Hackensack flowing through her heart. 

 As she marches northward she rises gradually to greater heights, 

 until her backbone of solid rock reaches the Bergen County line. 



First settled and first churched, her country roads become city 



