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they have sent the machine on from Cincinnati. It arrived too 

 late, the frost was in the meadov^s, and they are now waiting for 

 the spring thaw, when they intend to demonstrate the machine 

 free of any cost to our Commission. It is not a power machine ; 

 it is more on the order of a plow, and the company is satisfied 

 that it will do the work. 



PrKSidEnT DarnaIvI, — Any further questions or discussion? 



Mr. Britton — If not out of place, I would like to ask some 

 one to explain which system of organization he finds most 

 economical for inspecting and patrolling of the ditches in this 

 maintenance work. Sluppose, for instance, you have a thousand 

 acres scattered along the coast, reaching a distance of six or 

 eight miles ; how is it possible to cover that ? Would you divide 

 it up into sections and put a man on each and make him responsi- 

 ble for it, or have some more elaborate form of organization? 



President D'arnai,!,^ — Dr. Britton's question is very well 

 taken. I hope somebody will discuss it and tell him. 



Dr. HeadIvEE — Mr. Chairman, we have a number of different 

 ways, it seems to me, of getting at it. The condition laid down 

 by Dr. Britton involved a scattered marsh, pieces widely sepa- 

 rated from each other. The form of organization that we have 

 found the most successful is that involving individual responsi- 

 bility. With us it is a question of picking good men and giving 

 each man all he can attend. If we pick O'ur men rightly we 

 seem to have very satisfactory results. I would suggest one 

 man be given as much of this scattered marsh as he can cover 

 in a week, and that his covering power be increased to the maxi- 

 mum by providing him with a good means of transportation. 



President Darnai.1, — Any further remarks or questions? I 

 really hate to close this discussion, which is so important to' us 

 and so interesting. It is one of the most important questions, I 

 think, in the whole business of mosquito control. But the time 

 is slipping by, and I will call on those gentlemen who read the 

 papers for not more than two minutes' discussion, Mr. Delaney 

 iirst. 



