The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-08-29
SHOULD BIZ KILLED.
WAR SHOULD BE MADE ON TIE
MOSQUITO

MOSQUITO
md the Lit 10 Annoying Pests rriVen
From Every Household in
the County.
We know it would cause JOY to run
through every household In this
MOSQUITO ridden community to know
;hatthe little pests can be destroyed.
With the exception Of the salt waite,
variety, every species Of the b. zz!ng:
,,tvtng pest csn be exsermiEated b!
ndivIdcal or llcal ef~rt, with ccm
oaratiVely slight expense OF time anc
money. The secret 0: success OF IN
lividual or communal Wsrfare on thf
n, souito lies in the scientifically
proved fact that the mosquito In
variably lives, bl zzss and bites yer,
aear tie place OF It's birth, unless, CT
ourse, 1t Is carried away by a strong
Wind. Therefore, in order to wage
.uccessful war OF determination o.
he mo quito, 1t is necessary only tt
discover the breeding place or places
always standing or stagnant waite,
and to remove them entirely eithe:
by draining and then filing In th,
lepressiops, or, II that Is impossible
Il impracticable, by coating the sur
'ace OF the water with kerosene oil.
Right here let it be known that thf
earch for stagnant water must b
thorough, II relief from mosquitoes Il
% be Obtained. They breed In the
most unsus pscted places-tn old til
ans, rsi1-fIled hollows Of trees vel
1p from tie ground, crotches OF trees
nd hollow stumps. broken bottles:
hidden by grass OF topping stone
Hslls as ornament; pitchers OF the
pitcher plant, closed sewers, ths
'emale entering and leaving through
.he perforated traps; flower vases Il
which the water is not charged 6sily
Jars OF water insulating the legs o.
.efrigerators, roof lesders that ar
lot properly graded. Obvious breed
lag places are uncovered rain waite
,arrels, open cisterns and wells, ths
oits Of outdoor water closets, grount
expressions, unused household waite
,ecr p acles, still water along tie edge
streams, pools formed by under
rush, pools fed by springs, wate!
.long the edges CT swanps and in th'
.~amps. watering t1oughs irfrs qnent
y used, and the pools formed under
cath by d.ipplrgs.
In brief, the varieties Ct n SQuttt
bat give the greatest trouule-bar
Ing the salt water genus-Ti]l breet
nywhere in anything holding stand
ug or stsgnant water. These Varie
.es ale he cul. pungens, CT inlsn'
nosquito, the most common Of a
ne two hundred o3d species; th
segor yis, or yellow fever bearln!
oc, o.lito, which is found prett,
enerally over the south; and tn
,nopheles, CT malaria bearing mos
,uito, whose habitat is tbe create
ars OF America. It is the inlan'
aosquito that generally breeds In o
ear q house, and owing to this trait
!: is often called the house mosquito
Che more offensive the water th
uore prolific this species. This ]
lso true Of the stegomyta. Th
.ropheles prefers to breed in smal
,cols Of uncontaminated water, bu
:hich are + .quently covered witt
:resn scum. TIE edges Of sWamps
round depresstons and springfet
FOOLS are favored breeding places. S.
Lso, are unused recaptacles sbout
'ouse; but, unlike the culex pungens
be anophels rarely enters house.
The best way to apply kerosene i
.iuh garden sprtnkltng pot, afte!
he openings in the ncZz!e have bee,
alarged somewhst. Or pint Of Of
wafer surface twenty feet II
.amessr Is the accepted proportion
IN application will suffice for abou
40 Ws: Ks, when it should be repeat
1. The method bv which the Of
estroys the larvae (.igg]crs) is no
,xic, out mechanical. a lsrva must
ONE TO the surface every minute O.
&c fo1 air. The inisnd larvae ap
,roaches the surface at right angle!
md gets its air by sticking iss tail
quippsd With an air tube, aboVt
sater. The ancpiels laiya lies paral
ell to the water surface and secures
.ir by putting its head above water
(n Whatever way a larVa obtains all
ne oil osssructs its delicate respira
ory apparatus and rapid srf 'catior
esultS. An unbroken oil film vii
ortng death to all the larvae in 3
;iven body OF water in few hours.
Care should be taken to keep the
Ill film continuous. Kerosene tends
% collect around water gaSs logs anc
other foreign bodies In a pond, for ex
ample. Thus spaces Of water surface
more or less extensive are left with.
,ut an oil covering, and the breeding
II mosquitoes 6 es on space; shs
lime from eggs to winged mosquito
7aries from twelve to twenty-five
lays, according to the species. B,
removing grasses and all other Oh
structions from body Of water an
unbrcken oil film can be obtained.
The edges OF streams, springs ano
ponds should also be kept clean, az
she presence OF logs and grass tend
20 standing water, In the shape OF
little pools, and In these the female
anophels delights to deposit her eggs.
Among the very few bodies OF water
:,bout a house that can not conVen'
tently be treated with kerosene are
cisterns. These, however, as well as
open wells, can be screened, and lro
ibis way kept from the mosquito. I:
you are aVsrse to putting oil on the
water In rain water barrels, fit then
With tight covers, with screened
loles In the center for air, and d1a"