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Tennessee 
Tennessee 
Missouri 
South Dakota 
numbers as t o make it necessary to expend labor to clear them 
out of the building each evening. 
D« C» Parman (September 14): From 25 to 1,500 horn flies were 
observed per animal on dairy cattle in this vicinity, 
SCREW "TOEI.i ( Cochliomyia m acellaria Fab, ) 
D, C, Parman (September 14): A rather s.evere screw worm case 
was observed in a sheep near Nashville. Cases of screw worms 
are extremely rare in this region. About 100 flies viere observed 
on the carcass of a lamb, about 90 per cent of which were 
Cochliomyia, 8 per cent Phormia, and 2 per cent Lucilia, 
F» C, Bishopp (September 5): A report has been received of a 
screw worm outbreak near Elsberry, Mo, 
CATTLE GRUBS ( Hypoderraa sp.) 
W, G, Bruce (September 23): Cattle grubs have not been so 
numerous this year as they have been during the previous four 
or five years at Aberdeen. Packers report 65 per cent of the 
hides of cattle received during March are grubby. 
At Huron the infestation is lighter this year than last. Per- 
centage of grubby hides reported as running 40 per cent to 50 
per cent in 1928 aa against 75 per cent to 100, per cent in 1927, 
HORSES 
North Dakota 
and 
South Dakota 
NOSE BOTFLY ( Gastrophilus haemorrhoidalis L. ) 
W, G, Bruce (September 23): Nose flies are generally distri- 
buted and have been especially troublesome this year. 
Texas 
SHEEP 
SHEEP BOTFLY ( Oestrus ovis L, ) 
W* E tt Dove (September 15): In southwestern Texas the flies 
were active. During days of sunshine the sheep were unable to 
graze, except when they were protected by breezes or shade 
trees. 
GOATS 
Texas 
LICE (Anopleura and Mallophaga) 
W* E, Dove (September 15): The Angora goats of southwestern 
Texas are infested with three species of lice; Linoftnathus 
