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Show Injury from Mosquitoes. I New Jersey has many places fdcal I In situation and accessibility, nnd ono II such place developed rapidly to a cer- fl tain point nnd thero It stood, halted II by tho mosquitoes that bred In tho El surrounding marsh lands. Country U club, golf, tennis and other nttrac- HI tlons censed to attract when attention MJ was necessarily focutcd on tho biting HI or stinging pests that intruded every- HI where, and tho tendency was to sell HJ out. Hut tho ownors were not ready H to quit without n fight, and nn I in- H provement society was termed which H consulted with my offlco and followed H my advice. In ono year tho bulk ot Hj the breeding nrca was drained, mos- H qultocs lmvo slnco been absent nt- HI most entirely; ono gentleman, not a H largo owner, cither, told mo his prop- H erty had Increased $50,000 In value, V., Hi and new settlers began to como In. 1 HJ This year ono of tho worst breeding HV areas of tho olden day was used as HI a camping gorund, and 100 new rest- dences aro planned for next year. B' Prof. John H. Smith, in tho Popular WM Science Monthly. |