The Monte Vista journal., 1919-04-12
AstssQUtTO lxCURATOsss.

monte VISA pSopte are voSy
thosshtfsi for the welfare Of The
mesquite. ny leaving astsaiaa wells
opsa throughout The city. they ere
providing st tAis tias shout 3Ss
Ideal mesavise iseubstess. Oss Of
ihsss poole sos over tee sess n
diameter on AoeAay by setual sosst
had . brood Of - ooslsisoss. A.
other II The Southeast part Of town
had ~ little mosQ sitoss clinsisg 10
the edge Of the waste ditch fron the
veil aad tsytag out their vinss sos
the arst ttns over the water. II Q
short tine each Of ihsss nosquitoes
may leave . raft Of zee to Aoe sgss
In ihis same pool. II may sasiiy hs
tree that each astssiaa we'll waste
pool. including ran pools that ere
not closed perfectly tight b good for
the production Of . thousand uos-
asitoss before the arss day OF May.
Here 10 . aae early incubatsd crop
OF . quarter OF . million uosqui.
toss with no AsA or Other natural
enemy Of The mesquite 70 combat II.
The eggs are LAID early IN the
morning and II warn weather are
haschsd BY two o'clock IL the asfse.
zoos. The lasyss Or vriegisrs a.
they are called live about seven DAY,
IL thh form asd are changed 70 pv.
~ Which after tive days unsold aad
rsvsal the developed mosquito. The
life cycle occupies about tea days IN
warm weather or II warn water such
~ artssiaa water. A tablespoon full
OF coal oil. crude OIL. or waste auto
mobile oil poured iaio the ordinary
astssiaa pool oncs Q week during the
moasAs Of March. and April and May
viii XIII all the wrtsgisss and will
frse the Immediate locality OF the
astssiaa pool iron the psst Of moe
quitoso.
The artesian water 10 warm and
acts - . natural Incubator. Develop
Ing the mosquito larvae earlier than
they are developed IN the pondA ~.
cry ertesian we'll pool aad every op-
sa ran pool should b sprayed with
cruds oil bstore the Ice nslts In the
sprins and should b treated once .
week thereafter with . tablespoon
full OF crude oil. This would eject
ually prevent the development Of the
f'rst batch OF mosquitoes. which with
their progeny amount to An army
OF mosquitoes every year.
Every pond. and space Of psrma-
neat open water within . mile Of
the csnter OF town should b heavi-
~ sprayed with crude oil before the
Ice melts In the spring and should
be lightly sprayed once . week there
after until the middle Of May. This
would take care Of Tie source Of mil
lions mosquitoes. and the principal
source IN this neighborhood.
To make such . campaign success
full It would be necessary to provide
about twelve barrels Of crude oil or
OF Kerosene. ons TO b located con-
venient to the head Of each Of the
sloughs about town. and the remain
der at city hail. Il would be neces-
sary to provide three good oil spray
ers. The schools could be depended
upon to search out and map all arte-
sian welis pools and permanent
stretches OF water and to do the
spraying at the proper intervals.
This mapping should be done
whom the schools open In the fall and
the oil and sprayers should be ready
for use without fail by the middle of
February. 1920. A campaign from
the frst Of March to the nrst Of June
would cover tho vital part Of the
mosquito season In this locality and
the cost would be Of small conse-
quence. II II absolutely essential
that the campaign begin early and
II 10 useless to start . campaign late.