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The Warble Fly. 



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the holes. This procedure should be followed before the cattle 

 go to pasture, and thereafter about every fourteen days. The 

 results are only likely to be good when all owners of cattle in 

 the neighbourhood mutually undertake to remove bots from their 

 stock. It is suggested that here lies a good opening for the 

 Chambers of Agriculture ; organizations for the destruction of the 

 bots exist in Denmark, and a similar procedure is recommended 

 by the Chamber of Agriculture for East Prussia. 



A fter certain other gentlemen had offered their remarks and 

 had emphasized the importance of the subject, the motion was 

 put to the meeting and was carried. The resolution in full is 

 given as follows : — 



The passing of a law for the purpose of combating the 

 warble fly is not considered advisable. On the other hand, 

 it is strongly urged that the Chambers of Agriculture in those 

 districts which suffer from the warble pest should induce 

 the farmers to take mutual action for the extermination of 

 the warble fly. 



The only method of exterminating the warble fly is 

 regularly to remove the bots from the warbles before the 

 cattle go to pasture, and, as far as possible, during the time 

 they are at pasture. 



In order to persuade farmers to co-operate heartily for 

 the destruction of warble flies, it is recommended that both 

 in agricultural associations and newspapers, and in country 

 schools, attention should be drawn, verbally and otherwise, 

 to the damage done by these flies. 



In order to promote the general removal of the maggots 

 or bots in each district, it is advised that the removal of 

 the bots be recommended by agricultural associations and 

 newspapers each spring before the animals go to pasture. 



The warble fly pest occasions each year increasing harm, 

 which is preventable. It is therefore recommended, in order 

 to keep the matter in view, that a short report should be 

 issued every three to five years by the Royal Prussian 

 Landes-Okonomie-Kollegium, on the position and results 

 of the steps taken by the farmers of Prussia to combat the 

 warble fly. 



In connection with the above it may be of interest to reproduce 

 a portion of the information contained in the Board's Leaflet 



