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TO THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER 



in 



words of my own) to give your terse, clear and attractively 

 worded account of what really has happened. 



The following extract is the chief part of the letter by Mr. 

 Bailey to the Duke of Westminster (October 28, 1887) : 



MY LORD DUKE, I was very thankful to see by last 

 Saturday's Chester Chronicle, that at the Chester Dairy Show 

 you drew the attention of our farmers to the enormous loss 

 caused by the presence of ox warbles in our cattle. During 

 the past three years, I have been directing the notice of my 



FIG. 6. PIECE OF YEARLING SKIN WITH 4O2 WARBLE-HOLES. 



(Greatly reduced by photography.} 



pupils to the mischief done by these warbles, and, as we 

 have now nearly stamped out this pest in Bunbury Parish, 

 it has occurred to me that your Grace might be interested 

 in learning the course which we have taken, and also in 

 seeing how very easily our farmers might get rid of this 

 enemy. The great majority of the boys in this school are 

 either sons of farmers, or of farm labourers. After the boys 

 had received from me a short lesson on the Warble fly, 



