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OX WARBLE FLY. 
sulphuric acid, 1 drachm (here a chemical action takes place, and 
must be done with caution). To this I added 10 ozs. raw linseed 
oil, and rubbed the cows back once a day with the mixture.* 
“In a fortnight the back was cleaned, and all the maggots de¬ 
stroyed.”— Henry Thompson, M.E.C.Y.S., Aspatria, near Newcastle, 
April 11, 1887. 
“ One of the cows I purchased has 18 large Warbles. The skin all 
along the back appears hot and inflamed. Sores have also broken 
out in other parts of the body. I applied the smear myself, and 
found her very irritable when touched.”—J. A. Smith, Rise Hall, 
Akenham, near Ipswich, March 28, 1887. 
“ I am thoroughly convinced of the great loss occasioned by these 
pests. I may say that the young cattle going in summer on the 
mountain pastures are specially infested with them, and the loss from 
the cattle not thriving as they ought is very serious.”— James 
McConechy, Ardnacross, by Campbeltown, Argyleshire. 
May 2nd, Mr. John Saunders, writing from Bernieliill Farm, 
Milnathort, Kinross-shire, requested information as to Warble, and 
how to cure it. “ As I had four very fine stots this winter that were 
very ill with Warbles, I blame nothing else for keeping them down in 
condition.”—I. S. 
“ I am convinced that the Warble-maggot at this time of the year, 
when cattle owing to the shortness of keep are in many cases weak, 
are a great hindrance to their thriving.”— Evan Williams, Bryndee, 
Lly swen. 
“ Local butchers who have killed our cattle that were bad with 
Warble this spring tell me that their presence involves much greater 
trouble in skinning and cleaning, but if the cleaning be very carefully 
done they do not consider that the meat has been injured.I 
think that the animals killed during April and May, affected with 
Warbles, brought from ten shillings to one pound less than they would 
have done if they had been free of this blemish.” —David Wilson, Juu. 
Carbeth, Killearn. 
Benefit of clearing the maggots; various applications found to answer for 
falling them ; summer galloping stopped by destroying the maggots in 
spring. 
In the following notes it will be observed that several kinds of ap¬ 
plications have proved serviceable. The point wanted is, that what¬ 
ever is put on should either stifle the maggot by choking up the 
breathing-holes, which are placed in the little black spots at the tail 
* “ The sulphuric acid, turpentine, and raw linseed oil mixture is an old 
preparation, very old, and is known by the name of Black oils.”—H. T. 
