Evening journal., 1917-05-10
Spring drive Opens
AGAINST MOSQUITO
DUPONT Company Sends Oil
Spraying Squad TO Battle
With Pests
CARNEY'S POINT IS
THE DEATH ZONE

The dupont Company has opened a
spring drive agains mosquitoes at Car
ney's Point In an effort to destroy the
pest altogether or diminish it as much
as possible. a squad of men has been
put to work putting oil on bitches.
ponds and other breeding places. Where
it is thought better, laryacide is being
used. The force OF men now engaged
will be increased later i'm the spring All
OF the residents of the DUPONT dlmmun-
ity at Carney's Point have been asked
TO help in the campaign, the quarter
masters department having notified them
OF the danger of mosquitoes and the ne
cessity Of joining in the campaign to
eXteuminate them.
/ d.. w. c. Hudson, medical director of
the DUPONT Company, has issued a warn
ing against the pest. Dr. Hudson has
given much attention TO the subject of
! mosquitoes and is the author of a pampb-
let. malaria and Mosquitoes" publish
/ ed in 1913 by the company
As an aid in guarding the health Of
the community, Dr. HulsOn has drawn
attention to the weekly bulletin Of the
/ Department Of Health New York City.
/ recently published. which says:
They're On the Way.
with signs of spring all about. dan
/ delions blossoming in.the grass. ma
pie and willow trees I'm bud black
birds chattering and robins singing
their song, the editor was panied when
walking through the woods on Sunday
to find innumerable pools swarming
/ with mosquito larvae. A few more
! warm days, such as we are now ex-
J periencing. will start this first brood
on the wing to repeat the breeding a
! few weeks later on q scale thousands
Of times greater.
'Now is the time TO strike at this
| pest. A few gallons of oil sprinkled
/ on mosquito breeding pools now will
avert an incalculable amount of dis
comfort this summer. The best oil to
use for this purpose is that known TO
} dealers as "Fuel Oil 29-31" At the
present time It sells in the New York
! market, I'm barrel lots, at 10 1-2 to IL
cents a gallon
In HIS own pamphlet Dr. Hudson
calls attention TO the discomfort and
danger arising from mosquitoes and
states: The early spring is the most
effective time for fighting this plague
for the earlier we begin the more
nearly the measures will approach the
preventive treatment"
Authorities regard mosquitoes as Z
very potent and probably the chic
agent In the dissemination of ma
laria. The pest can be attacked will
good prospect Of success and, in hi
pamphlet. DR.. Hudson says: 1T cal
now be positively stated that man,
districts, formerly malarious, hav
become almost entirely free from tn
disease, as the result Of an intellt
gent crusade against the mosquito"
He further says: ''To wage a sue
cessful warfare against the mosquit
its habits must be understood. II
divided into three or four stages. Firs
there Is the egg; this matches out b,
the next day or two into the larva
the familiar 'wiggler,' or pole dOdgeI
of the rain barrel and in the cOurs
of about ten days the larva (Which b.
that time developed a large head ant
a hump-backed form which natural
lists call a 'pupaO rises to the surfac
of the water, the skin splits alOnl
its back and a full fledged mosquit'
issues forth ready for business
leaving the old shell or skin behind" !"
DR.. Hudson urges the destruction
Of the larvae as the great preventive
step in the fight against the pest. Thl
breeding places of the mosquito ar,
found almost everywhere in thil
/ vicinity and should be attended t,
by every householder. In his pamph
let, DR.. Hudson says concerning tn,
breeding places Of the pest:
Mature has provided the mosquito
} with sufficiently numerous breeding
= places, but in addition to thesl
} wherever man has developed a cente
Of activities he seems to have uncon
! sciously, but almost invariably pro
vided more Of them and sometimes
the artificial breeding places ar
more prolific than the natural ones
When we consider that a discarde'
bucket. tank. or a few tin cans par.l,
filled with rain water are sufficient Il
breed a serious pest Of mOsquitoe
for the entire adjacent territory. W
can readily understand how easil'
this may happen. The artificial breed
! ing places are liable to be NOR
prolific than the natural ones on &C
count of the absence therefrom o
natural enemies. like fish and certail
insects. who feed upon the larvae.