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E* WtLaakB (October 5); - r ! -worn! i -1 y is very abundant 
about local • - ■ ■ . st CQ per cent of all flies 
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ill.) 
Texas E. W c La; - '" i '."' : -. considerable : third- 
stage and ; : yea: ■ tc ha] . fcurth-sts ;e larvae -..-ere 
, found •', • - - pf local dairy cows. The number of 
grabs -tip - the si i.n of the backs of cattle at this date 
is probably rar.cn heavier thar in the average seas or.. 
EI : C 'Aorm ia r egir.a Meig, ) : 
Texas E, W„ Laake (September 20): The black blow fly has "been taken 
in traps at a local picking house during the past week, There 
very .' . ■ .- nit, he ' v r. ! : a s nearly 
disappears ' ■ a as the cooler 
x;rrv: . ■ so* : in it appears again very promptly and increases very 
■ ■ ■ rapidly '. . ig the late fall, 
ppuLiirf 
STICICTIwEO FLE. '"; "-hi- ' -_--' Hin acea West.,) 
Texas D. C. Parman (September 1}! The heavy infestations of the 
sticktight flea ; leng, hot summer but there 
,-■•?..., are still sons losses from this ;" ' h s visited tc 
-here the floa is more "• it than it h • been during the season, 
-'.... . and there has been a loss of lU here during the last ten days 
. . from a flock of about 3 50. The loes of young stock has been 
apprqxima sly -'-'0 per c ... ' ] of the chickens ere heavily 
•'•infested and are in bad. condition. 
i FOWL x T ::: (Argas ninj u 5 h h) 
Texas P, C Parman (Sept rober 17 N ': The chicken tick has been noticeably 
i- had from c :ath in many flocks, but 
the average of inf fcions is lower than ~ 1 and the infestations 
are lighter than usual, 
I ft S E T S I N F E' : S T I U G H U : S 2 S AND PREMISES 
TERMITES 
Indiana J„ J. Davis (Oc -- % - ' "): t'en - to - ceive reports from 
southern India i to buildings by ten i ;es. Several serious 
infest ■ ] . r *c been obse: t Lafayette, 
Texas E. W. Li '" - (Octoberll): Over 30 re] >i s of termite annoyance 
y to buildings h: Ds Lias ' r ived at this 
offics 'ing. In y every case injury to wall 
