108 THE AGRICULTURAL PESTS OF INDIA. 



' lamb disease.' Another species of a similar appearance, 

 the Strongylus inicrurus, is the cause of the disease in 

 calves and young cattle termed ' hoose ' or ' husk/ from the 

 animal suffering from them being subject to violent and 

 convulsive fits of coughing. It is often fatal to calves. 

 The pig is also infested with a similar worm, which is 

 named Strongylus suis. A fourth species, the Strongylus 

 contortus, is a habitant of the fourth stomach of the sheep 

 and goat, and is the cause of the disease termed ' parasitic 

 gastric f catarrh.' A fifth species, Strongylus armatus, 

 affects the horse's stomach. It is now believed that the 

 ova of these parasites, after passing from the body of 

 their host, retain their vitality in damp places only, and 

 that nice bites of green grass, such as that growing on the 

 sides of open drains, and damp spots on pastures other- 

 wise dry, are sources of danger, as the parasitic ova infest 

 such grasses. The India Agriculturist. See Helminths. 

 Sugar, unclarified, or gur. Gur is an article of general 

 consumption. There is perhaps no article of food which 

 is so profitable to the storer, but at the same time the 

 storage is accompanied by great risks. There is great 

 danger from wasps and hornets, and heat causes the gur 

 to melt. To guard against these dangers, the gur is 

 buried in bhusa (bran). Each pari (a large cake, average 

 one and a half maunds weight) is placed in the sun, cut 

 in two and dried, and again cut and dried, so that each 

 pari is made into four pieces. These pieces are laid in a 

 store-room on narkul matting spread over a layer of 

 bhusa. The pieces are kept a little apart. Over them 

 is thrown bhusa, and the sides closed in with tat. Some- 

 times a large sheet of coarse cloth (chandni) is used to 

 cover the heap. 



