The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-10-17

rnat are developed IN the req DlOOO
cells Of many animals. They are known
TO exl st in the red blood cells of birds,
reptiles, frogs and mammals The
life history of these parasites is very
complicated. Taking the best known
of these beings, the parasites of the
worm blooded animals, we know they
have two cycles of existence-one cy-
Gle is completed in the red blood cells
and the other in the tissues of an in
sect. The parasites of Texas Fever
of cattle live in the red blood celss of
cattle; from these they pass into Pc
culiar kind of tick, then into the prog
eny of the mother tick; these biting
healthy cattle communicate the infec-
tion-bovine malaria.
In an analogous way the anopheles
mosquito takes the malarial parasite
from the blood cells of man, it COM
pletes a cycle of existence in the It's
sue of the mosquito and healthy hu-
man beings are inoculated with ma1a-
ria by the bite of the infected insect
The proposition may be stated with
out further argument that an insect
so injurious should be exterminated
For such efforts to be attended
with success we should know all about
the habits of the mosquito and the
conditions. of its existence.
We must know first that it propa-
gates it's species in water alone. This
fact gives definite information of the
whereabouts of its breeding places.
The female mosquito deposits her
eggs four hundred to five hundred
at one time, then come the larvae or
wigglers, then the pupae, then the
winged mosquito. From twelve to
twenty-five days after the deposit of
eggs comes the full fledged mosquito,
the anopheles in twenty-five days.
Some species propagate most ac-
lively in offensive water. Water is Sc
lected containing decomposing Or
ganic matter, such ais spoiled fish or
any kind of meat or in sewage water,
other kinds prefer small quantities Of
fresh water in which to deposit their
eggs. The anopheles belongs to this
class. This kind deposits its eggs in
small depressions in the earth filled
with water, in small ponds covered
with green scum, in pockets Of water,
in marshes and along running
streams. They also deposit in the
most unsuspected places, in the crotch
of trees, in sagging gutter that does
not empty perfectly, in the chicken
trough when the water is not changed
often, in rain barrels, in any wooden
or metal utensil that is left sitting
around to be filled with rain water, an
old discarded cooking utensil or an
empty fruit or meat can.
How long is the life Of the mosquito
is disputed point. The general inn
preston is that it lives but few days,
that the daughter mosquito sucks
blood but once and deposits her eggs
and dies. The male mosquito is not
blood sucker, he is a vegetarian. The
mosquito has been confined in a cage
and kept alive for two months on
sugar water. How much lorSer would
the insect live if allowed to go and
come as it pleased and allowed to Sc
lect it's own food?
The female mosquito hibernates.
When the cool evenings come she
seeks a place of refuge in such places
as barns, stables, caves. cracks Of
stumps, hollow trees and Our dwelling
houses. This explains why we have
more malaria in the fall than any 9TH
er time.
In the dormant libernating state
the mosquito lives the winter through,
at least, enough survive the winter to
deposit eggs in the spring and rear
a new crop Of mosquitoes.
Larvae found in blocks OF ice will
become active again and eggs having
lain on dry land for months will