Texas 
Maryland and 
Pennsylvania 
Texas 
Texas 
Texas 
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CATTLTjl ' 
STABLE FLY (Stomoxys calcitraas L» ) 
F«, C- Bishopp (June): At Dallas the stable fly was rather 
annoying to livestock during early June. At Sorora the pest Was 
giving no appreciable annoyance and in the vicinity of Uvalde 
the abundance was below normal. 
D. C» Parnian (June 25): The straw or stably fly has beccme 
noticeably annoying to livestock in. sections where bundle 
oats have been fed and on a few farms and ranches this fly 
id doing considerable damage, and as high as 100 or more flies 
are found on animals,, In some cases the animals have wounded 
themselves fighting the flies and screwworm infestations &sve 
followed. 
E0H1T FLY (H aemat obia jxrdtans L.) 
F» C# Bishopp (July 29): Eorn flies are causing much annoyance 
to cattle in the mountain regions of western Maryland and 
Pennsylvania during July. 
F# Co Bishopp (June) J Considerable annoyance was experienced in 
Dallas County due to the horn fly throughout the month of June. 
The numbers were greatly reduced, however s owing to the hot 
weather which occurred about the 17th. 
D» C. Parman (June 25); The horn fly has decreased considerably 
throu£ .out the Uvalde section during thenmorith and at present 
is annoying cattle very little,, In the heads of the canyons 
the flies are most numerous from a few to 500 on cattle; in other 
sections from O to 200 at most. 
SCREW OEM ( Chrysom ya roace llaria Fab,) 
F» C. Bishopp (June): The number of screwworm cases in Texas has 
been considerably less this spring and summer than usual. 
Comparatively few cases were reported in the vicinity of Dallas 
and Sonora up to Jane 20„ At Uvalde and in the hills' to the 
north nearly all ranchmen had some cases, the number ranging 
up to about 1 (t?r 2 per cent. Some ranchmen who are restocking 
their pastures with steers took chances with branding and dehorn- 
ing in June and in these cases the infestation ran from 20 to 
50 per cent*. 
BUFFALO GNATS (Sftnqlium vi tta turn Sett. ) 
F» Ci. Bishopp (June): These insects were found in moderate 
numbers in the ears of livestock pastured near running streams 
in Dallas County. The ears of animals were also considerably 
irritated by the bites of flies, presumably of this species, in 
Uvalde and Frio Counties. 
