Milford chronicle., 1934-01-26
5Fke, Control of Mosquitoes

4Ie,GOntrOt OF mosquitoes
~ The United States Goverhfnent has
alldertaken to control the mosquito
Ffop which in the summer season is
such a pest, feeding voraciously up
on the human family and live stock
as well.
F;:They now have at the. two en-
,eainpments, Lewes and Slaughter
Beach, over four hundred men, who
by, ditching the marshes and using
other means will try to stop stag
naht water from standing on the
marshes at any time and in this way
try to destroy the breeding places
of these pests for all time to come.
This is good as far as it goes and
will no doubt prove a blessing to
those who reside at the seaside re-
sorts during the summer season,
nut we must take in account the
many places outside of the marshes
where mosquitoes also breed, which
Will have to be looked after before
the pests can be entirely eradicated.
SsMany of the farms have water
holes where the live stock drinks;
fAin casks under the caves Of the
home, seem to be places where these
pests breed freely.
N,rWe have not the space to enumer-
ate the places where mosquitoes
breeds, but let us take the low land
and the swamps where these pests
Abound most plentifully except in
the. cold season-take for instance
the swamp lands running from FL
lendale to Robbins, a distance of
three miles. Stagnant water is gen.
orally found on these swamp lands
all seasons of the year-this is be-
cause these lands are not sufficient
" dfained-they have bitches but
not Of sufficient quantity to take the
Eatcr of before ii becomes stale and |
sotnetimes the water lies in some |
part of the bitches for the want of a /
Civil engineer to level them, and stop |
them from trying to run water up a
hin--a very difficult task.
& Until the swamps and other low
lands are thoroughly drained. we
shall have plenty of mosquitoes,
though the Government is success
full IN draining the marshes.
1T is said that the people of FL
Icndale suffered more from the mos
quito pest than the residents of
Slaughter Beach did during the past
summer season.
& We also understand that other
sHnes of men are at work at Ocean
-aty, Md. and other points. trying to
6ut. the mosquitoes out of commits
Hon. May they succeed.
In later communication the wri-
.er may take up the way to get clear
II a pest worse than the mosquitoes ;
fsre ever been to both members of
he human family and live stock as
veil. Until this work is accomplish
"a, the suffering of the people and
I've stock will never come to an end.
/. We also understand gang of men
re hunting through the woods for
icks and they are also in the gov
,rnhnent employ.
: When the mosquitoes, flies, ticks
md all other insects or hugs which
rave a tendency to sting or bite are
filled. including snakes and other
iindrcd reptiles, this world will be-
i0me good place to live. Don't you
hipk So reader?
l&tB6nd Reynolds Post. M. 293l a
The fdllaWiHg. communication was q
eceiyed this week from Commander a
rank c. Baughman. which should +
rove interesting to the members of
10 different posts of the Veterans f
/ Foreign Wars: d
The first regular meeting of the C
ost since its institution was held Il
1. Post headquarters in the Red
ems Hall, Glendale, Wednesday, 2
anuary II and S5 per cent of the 81
embers were present. This was p
irtainly fine showing. consider NJ
Il the weather and the distance 4