| Show Winds Curtail Mosquito Work HELEN POHLMAN Excessively high winds blowing for the past two weeks have severely hampered hampered hampered ham ham- operations of Davis County Mosquito Abatement crew according to Morris F F. foreman S Sin Since 1 n c e March J the crew of six has drained a number of ponds airplane sprayed 2500 acres along the lake front and has kept its three trucks equipped with tanks and spraying devices in full Cull operation operation operation oper oper- covering small mall areas th the airplane cant can't spray Because of wind however airplane spraying has been halted T h In his i s curtailment M x J though temporary gives the mosquitos a tremendous heart head start on the men bent on exterminating exterminating exterminating ex ex- terminating them The large e areas of oC swampland along the lake front the ones normally sprayed by plane every few days are the ones where mosquitos mosquitos mosquitos mos mos- breed in excessive num nuns hers bers Within only 5 days the larvae hatches grows to adulthood adult adulthood adulthood hood and reproduces Untouched Untouched Untouched Un Un- touched for two weeks three gene generations rations are able to multiply multiply multiply mul mul- Into astronomical num num- bers Further the large run off of melting m snow from the mountains has created new places this year for larvae to hatch Water standing in inlow inlow inlow low spots along the lake lakefront lakefront lakefront front exceeds the amount seen anytime within the last lat seven years year Even last years year's exceptionally wet spring did die not produce the amount atwater ol of water standing this year It is interesting to note I that though much of the land along the lake front is used for pasture the Abatement crew has received no complaints com com- plaints from livestock owners owners owners own own- ers regarding of the spray In fact Mr reports re- re re reports ports these owner owners have been very cooperative with his pro program gram lie He feels this cooperation cooperation cooper cooper- is due in part to the tine tact that livestock owners have found the spray no not harmful ul to their animals ls Lily ponds which decorate many backyards in Bountiful and other Davis County communities communities communities com com- are also sites for mesquite reproduction If owners of such ponds will call Morris at AX 5 5 2035 he will be glad to furnish fur fur- nish them with a larvae eat ing log fish called The six member crew have all spent a number of weeks recently attending Mosquito Abatement classes clasS's given by bythe bythe bythe the State Slate Health Board Dond and by the National Department of Health Mr also recently re- re recently recently re re- attended a conference on Abatement work In jn Fresno Fres Fres- no Calif The crew frequently See l MOSQUITO VIf on un page pace 3 J 1 Cont 1 from frons front page exchanges advice with Salt Lake City and Ogden both of whom have entomologists The Davis County program be begun un tune nine years ago now in includes Includes In In- eludes every Davis County community but three n fly com corn compan pan parl on with the Salt Lake County program which covers covers cov coy ers an area approximately the same as Davis County Lake County has a budget budget budget bud bud- get 2 times as large and a crew three times as large who is pl principal prin- prin n- n cipal of the West Vest Bountiful elementary school has been with the Davis County crew eight years The other crew members all of whom are arc school teachers have each been in the group a minimum of five years Abatement oper operations operations aliens even though they begin begin begin be be- gin in March do not require full time work until the weather turns hot usually in hi inJune June |
