The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-27

where stagnant water exists. The
mosquito not only causes disease
and death. but she is q pest that
spodls many Of our simple pleasures
and occupations. In regions infeSt-
Cd with many mosquitoes. they
spoil our fishing. camping and pic
mic parties. They render gardening
. nightmare, spoil our porch OF
lawn parties. At q night ball game
the SPECTATORS do more batting than
the players. only they seldom make
q hit-just q strike. and the pesky
insect isn't there:
Make Life Miserable
One cannot play q game Of golf
without Z mosquito net over ones
head and gloves on the hands. Then
when night comes and you try to
oleep. they come buzzing across the
room. calling all their friends and
aeighbors to the feast. Screens only
afford slight protection and mos
quito MEETINGS over ones bed shut
cut oil the air. but not all OF the
mosquitoes.
Imay sleep so soundly that I do
not hear the black-out signal. but
one mosquito song brings me wide
awake and panic-stricken.
All regions do not have great
swarms Of mosquitoes, but even one
q too many. Man cannot live in
scano regions because Of these pests.
The Panama Canal never could
have been built II the mosquitoes
had not first been destroyed.
Come portions Of large cities are
almost unintabitable because Of
them. New Jersey has long been
noted. among other things. for the
sixe and number Of its mosquitoes.
I have heard 1t said that they are
O. large as hummingbirds there.
I cannot vouch for that. but the
state has done much to control
these pests. In the Des PLANES VAL
ley and along the north shore Of
Chicago, before 1927. mosquitoes
existed In such swarms that the in
habitauts had to sleep under mos
Quito-nets and outdoor pleasure re-
sorts were compelled to close.
Something had to be done or the
district abandoned.
Finally. Lyell Clarke, q Virginia
sanitary engineer. who was spend
ing his life destroying mosquitoes,
va employed to clean them out Of
Chicago's Lake Shore area. H.
Kelly, In Q national magazine. de-
scribes the method Clarke employs.
i clears UP many questions.
Pools Are Sprayed
Clarke drains swamps in many
places. but his greatest efforts are
toward preventing the propagation
Of the insects. Mosquito eggs are
6epootted on the bottom Of stag
nant pools. They hatch and the lar
wee rise to the surface by the mil
Mons.
This stage lasts for ten days and
this Is the time to destroy them. In
many districts. the surface Of the
water Is sprayed with oil. which
GnOthers the larvae, but this oil
also kills the ash. destroys vegeta-
ton and gums up the feathers Of
VAter fowl.
Clarke uses . spray Of soapsuds.
with . very light oil and the
ground-up flowers Of the pyre-
threum daisy. which kills the larvae
and does no harm to other things.
He uses trucks and barges carrying
larUD spray gums. and sprays all
poG1ibae breeding grounds.
h has also stocked pools with
top .mlnnoWs. which devour mil
Hons e larvae. Because some pools
oyoDoe1tp n dry weather. he digs q
doen pat IA the center. with chan
- running from the pit to the
opt9 edge Of the pool.
4 ~ t31o water rises. the top min
0oWD ere carried over the area. and
consume the larvae as they 60. As
t6o water recedes they are returned
- the center pool. This prevents
tacir froezing In winter. All this
0A1gt b repeated every spring.