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report that they have witnessed the operation of one of these saws 

 upon a chestnut log about nine inches in diameter, slices from which 

 were readily cut off by two men in four seconds. The same log was 

 cut through in four and a half strokes of the saw when used without 

 handles. As a rapid slicer of wood they therefore think this patent 

 cutter deserves attention of farmers and eight-hour men, and that it 

 is a labor-saving machine of the first water. For particulars as to the 

 peculiarities and special merits of this saw, they refer to circulars and 

 small bills, forwarded and circulated by the inventor, free of expense. 



John Crane, 

 Joseph A. Slipper, 

 Norman Wiard, 

 Adjourned. Committee. 



February 27, 1872. 



Nathan C. Ely, Esq., in the chair; Mr. John W. Chambeks, Secretary. 

 Grubs in Cattle. 



Mr. G. C. Flanders, Topeka, Kansas — My herd is sorely afflicted 

 with maggots in the back. They keep poor despite all my efforts to 

 fatten them. The stock of one of my neighbors is similarly afflicted, 

 lie told me he had already lost one of his cattle, and he fears others 

 will follow. He noticed they had licked themselves all over on the 

 back and sides, and thought perhaps they were lousy. He examined 

 one yearling and found no lice, but took out 112 large grubs. He 

 then examined the rest, and found they were just as full. What is 

 the cause and preventive ? 



Mr. R. J. Dodge — I always heard this disease called the warbles. 

 The grubs should be squeezed out. 



The Chairman — Dr. Smith stated, at a late meeting of the Club, 

 that a decoction of aloes, with a little carbolic acid, was good for 

 various pests on cattle. I suppose it would have the same effect on 

 these worms. I always heard them called murrains, in my boyhood. 



Mr. Henry Stewart — The larvee of the gadfly is deposited in the 

 back of cattle in July and August. This develops into this worm, 

 according to my knowledge, called warbles. They are very irritating, 

 and, where there are many, will affect the health of the cattle. 



Mr. D. B. Bruen — The gadfly deposits its egg in the neck, too. 

 I have seen dozens of sides of leather injured by the holes made by 

 these worms. The tendency is to injure the health of the animal so 

 as to make the leather dry and husky. 



