CATTLS • ~ 
KCRIT FLY (F§j "' ~„") 
Teres B« C Parman ( '..■'":.: t 26); The ra_r fly is incr as'ing some 
in the Dry 1 . • . yn; occasi ' re ny as 50 on 
sane animals, (September 17): The hern fly has increased to 
a gpoci extent in the r?c rntains a there being from 25 to 25O 
en most •. lSo At Uvalde there has been some increase, hut 
the f.li es rie not noticeable , chere being rarely more than 10 
to l^ or. any enimalo 
Tennessee D, C-, Parra&n (October ") : — ° horn fly at Franklin,, -Nashville, 
and Clarksville is not nearly n '■ ag to cattle as it 
usually is. It is rare to see more than 100 adult's on any 
animal except in the river bottoms, •where as many as ^00 
are sometimes observed,, 
Texas E t . W, Laake (October 20): Hern flies have net seriously 
ar.ne::ei cattle bhe latter part of this summer end, although there 
has been so. '; .n. crease in r ■. Li: ; the last r.orYa, the 
average number per animal at dairies in the vicinity of Dallas 
is not over ;■■ 1 i ' . ar.i apparently any less on animals 
not so closely confined, 
STABLE ,'L V (gtgr/KSgg calcitrans Lv) 
Tennessee D a C a Per .ear (October 5)« r - - :; stable fly is very' rarely observed, 
but quite a r -■ . sstat: n eras observed in the Cumberland 
Pviver he' ; near Ashland City, there being as many as 25 on some 
animals, 
Texas S» W„ Laake (October 20): Stables flies have been rather scarce 
during ire re .._ dry summer. Although leather conditions were 
very favorable for their development during the past month, they 
have nincrea Led very little. This is due to the fact that oat 
and -?heat straw stacks 3 their usual breeding places, are absent 
in this vicinity ca account of an almost total failure of these 
crops this yeer, 
CANI0K HORSE PLY (Tsba^is rube scens Bellardi ) 
Texas D, C Parman (August 26); Fore tabanids were observed on stock 
in the ~Dr:y Frio canyon today then have been observed during 
the season; rone to 10 on cattle and horses. (September 17/5 
The canyon horse fly was rarely observed today in the Ery Prio 
Car yen. 
CCr.H7 WOBM ( Gochlicmvi a macellaria Fab,) 
Texas E..C* Parman (August 26): Very rare te find new cases at this 
Sate. (September 17) • Screw worm cases have increased come in the 
Lr- r Prio Canyon. Tne general infestations are about 1 per 
cent. One flock ey goats tha&cT/ere sheared about 10 days ago have 
had as high as 17 per cent worm cases. 
^TE PLANT BOARD 
