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attempting to eradicate the mosquito. We are sure, however, 

 that we are not alone in the affliction. The publicity which our 

 work has brought forth has disclosed the fact that many com- 

 munities in our country have been silent but nevertheless acute 

 sufferers from the pest. 



To one who believes in his fellow men it is something to 

 initiate a' good work, and so give encouragement to others who 

 may need the stimulus of example. Our work in New Jersey 

 will probably be responsible for a country-wide movement 

 against the mosquito. If to New Jersey should come the credit 

 of ridding residential and industrial communities throughout 

 the world of mosquitoes, it would well be worth all the expend- 

 itures of moneys, brains and effort. 



In all of these movements for the betterment of living con- 

 ditions a start has to be made, and New Jersey should be proud 

 of its record in this conquest. 



From a purely New Jersey standpoint mosquito extermina- 

 tion has a tremendous importance. Fortunately mosquito-borne 

 diseases have never been generally prevalent in New Jersey. 

 Malaria is the only disease at present known which is carried 

 by the mosquito in New Jersey. The Anopheles mosquito, the 

 variety in question, is prevalent, but only in scattered com- 

 munities has it become a nuisance as a malarial carrier. In so 

 far as this disease has an importance the eradication of this mos- 

 quito has been a benefit. It is, however, the other varieties O'f 

 fresh-water mosquitoes and the migratory salt-marsh species 

 which give the great importance to the work. 



The sleepless nights due to the singing and stinging pipiens, 

 the unbearable annoyance to people on their porches, in their 

 gardens, at their out-of-door occupations, the impossibility of 

 pursuing farming, the great distress to cattle and beasts of 

 burden, the rendering of otherwise attractive places of recrea- 

 tion and vacation useless, all of these and many more give us 

 a good and sufficient reason for spending any reasonable amount 

 of energy and money to eradicate the mosquito. 



The attitude of the people themselves as a study in psychology 

 has been most interesting. First, an incisive ridicule, then a 



