St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-10-09
New Jerseys Plan, Cost and
Profit To Land Own
ers of State.
DECIDE THAT THE
MOSQUITO MUST GO
Agricultural Resources Re-
ceived Direct and In
direct Stimulus.

With over forty thousand acres Of
sea marsh lands on Lake Pontchar.
train, st. Tammany parish has rea.
son for taking interest i'll the plans
which the State of New Jersey has
laid out for Kidding the state of mos
quitoes and at the same time greatly
increasing the value OF its consider
able area of swamp land. A bulle-
tin issued by the New Jersey tx
pertinent Station contains some very
interesting matter which is pertinent
and applicable to our own problems
which we quote as follows:
The Mosquito Must Go.
The satl-marsh mosquito by reason
OF its ability to pr lduce unbearable
discomfort among the people within
its reach has proved, and is likely to
continue to prove (unleSs something
is done to prevent lt), most seri-
GUS retarding influence on the agri-
cultural, seashore, Industrial and
urban development.
Advantages To Agriculture.
The development of the agricul-
tural resources would receive both
a direct and an indirect stimulus
from the drainage Of tho salt marsh
Ees. At the present time the natural
movement Of capital and population
from high-priced farm lands, remote
from the markets and outside the
state, to low-priced farm lands with
In the state with nearby markets.
is hindered by the sal.-marsh mos
|quitoes. The latter, by their so or
40 mike flights, reach q large pro-
portion of the states area. II these
pests were suppressed many farmers
from other states, who yearly make
inquiries concerning New Jerseys
cheap lands and mosquitoes would
undoubtedly move into the state,
But still further rise In agrfcul-
tural valuations would result from
the creation of enormous markets
through the settlement Of our coast
resort area. These markets could
not fail to cause an increase in farm
valuations throughout the state.
In the metropolitan district in
Northern New Jersey, which Is one
of the richest and most deusely pop
ulated sections of the entire United
States, lies AN area of more than
$4,000 acres Of salt-marsh land, not
trial development has Just made a
beginning.
In this area there are more than
$4,000 acres Of aslt-narsh land, not
more than per cent OF which has
been developed for Industrial pur-
poses. This Is true in spite Of the
fact that it is crossed by the prin-
cipal railways of the United States
and penetrated by large waterways,
and stands at the threshold Of the
greatest seaport which the country
possesses.
Without doubt, the fact that this
Land lies not more than IL inches
above mean high tide and Is from
time to time covered by the sea, has
interfered with its development. But
such lands. can be reclaimed by hy-
draulic fills, or the tide can be fenc-
ed out. Some other agency than the
sea foods must be playing a large
part in preventing the proper devel-
opmen Of these lands which their
location would seem to warrant. The
salt-marsh mosquito pest seems the
most likely factor.
Before anything was done to pre-
ven tbreeding, countless mill ons OF
these insects were produced during
the summer season in the stagnant
pools found all over the marshes.
and the maintenance Of large forces
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