1944 Report of the Suffolk County Mosquito Extermination Commission

Name: 1944 Report of the Suffolk County Mosquito Extermination Commission
Author: LeRoy W. Ruland (President) and the Suffolk County Mosquito Extermination Commission

LeRoy W. Ruland (President) and the Suffolk County Mosquito Extermination Commission

Language: English

Published by Suffolk County Mosquito Extermination Commission, Yaphank, Long Island, New York, 1944

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Offered is the 1944 Report of the Suffolk County Mosquito Extermination Commission published out of Yaphank, Long Island, New York. A stapled report measuring 6" by 9" and containing 20 pages including front and rear covers. The Contents are: list of the Executive Board; The Report For Fiscal Year Beginning November 1, 1943, Ending October 31, 1944 - comprising the text of a letter to the Board of Supervisors, Suffolk County, New York, from LeRoy W. Ruland, President of the Suffolk County Mosquito Extermination Commission; Introduction (which begins, "At the outset it must be said that the activities of this Commission were considerably curtailed during the season just ended. In common with all employers of labor, both public and private, we have been subjected to all the disadvantages of labor dislocations incident to wartime. The proximity of defense plants and Army and Navy installations of various types has all but drained the area dry of labor. This handicap has been overcome in some degree by intelligent planning and the efficient supervision of the labor available to us"); Trap Analysis (with Figure 1 map "Mosquito Trap Locations in Suffolk County, N.Y."; Figure 2 "Tabulation - Mosquito Species Caught in Suffolk County, N.Y."; Figure 3 "Total Precipitation - Inches of Rainfall"; Figure 4 "Mean Temperature - Degrees Fahrenheit"; along with the following figures "in Relation to Temperature and Precipitation": Figure 5 "Salt Marsh Mosquitoes"; Figure 6 "Fresh Water Mosquitoes"); table Fuel Oil and Larvicides Used in the Field, Maintenance and Operation of Equipment; Storeroom and Shop Report: November 1, 1943 to October 31, 1944; Maintenance of Boats; Maintenance of Building; Spray Concentrates Manufactured (Culicide); Concrete Pipe Deliveries; Budget; Financial Statement. Condition: staples age-rusted; covers and pages light to moderately age-browned. THE SUFFOLK COUNTY MOSQUITO EXTERMINATION COMMISSION was established in 1934 to unite individual towns and private mosquito control efforts in Suffolk County under a central, coordinated agency.

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Title: 1944 Report of the Suffolk County Mosquito Extermination Commission
Author: LeRoy W. Ruland (President) and the Suffolk County Mosquito Extermination Commission
Publisher: Suffolk County Mosquito Extermination Commission, Yaphank, Long Island, New York
Publication year: 1944
Condition: Very Good
Binding: Stapled Wraps
Language: English
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Dimensions: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

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