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General 
statement 
Texas 
F. C.Bishopp (September 26): Reports indic:-te about the usual 
amovmt of annoyance and losses from stable flies throughout the 
grain belt. 
OX WiffiBLE ( Hypo derma li noatum DcVill . ) 
F. C. Bishopp (September I5): Young stock are now. shov/ing heavy- 
infestations of grubs. One group of eight head averaged 2S grubs 
per head;older cattle shov; lighter infestations. Although m^.ny 
of the grubs are in the late fifth stage , apparegtly none have 
matured and emerged. 
SHEEF AlTD GOATS 
Texas 
Nebraska. 
Mi chigan 
SCREW WORM ( Cochliomyia maccllaria Fab. ) 
F. C. Bishopp (September 25); Screv/ v/orm flics have diminished 
in n-umber throijgh the major part of Texas. TThile there have been 
a good many cases in sheep and goats follo-.7ing fall shearing, 
the trouble h^as not been so bad as tbs anticipated, and in fact, 
is less acute than normal for shearir^ time. 
HONEY 35ES 
WAX ilOTH ( Galleria me llonella L. ) 
::. K. Srenk (August 25-September 25): The unusual number of 
reports of infestation of colonies of honey bees \7ith the uax 
moth mentioned in my last report, continued during late August 
and early September . 
TURKEYS 
THE BIRD TICK ( Haemg-Dhvsalis chordeilis Pack, ) 
R. H. Pettit (Se-otcmbcr lU) : Specimens of a tick v/ere received 
on the 15th of August from Benzonia rith rrord that the turkeys 
run in the woods and come in v/ith so many of these ticks about 
their heads that it is necessary to remove the ticks. These 
ticks \7ere determined by Dr. H. E. Erring as Haemar>hysalis. 
chordeilis commonly called the bird or turkey tick. I believe 
this T7ill prove to be the first record for Michigan. 
