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presence of inflammation , and of m,aggot-sucked sores running an inch or 
more in the under tissues of the hide, 
causing a loss in the benefit of food and 
health (with further details I need not 
enter on here), and a course of suffering 
to the animal which certainly calls for 
the general attention which jnany of our 
leading cattle owners and farmers ask Section of Warble, slightly 
larger than life. 
In reply to enquiries regarding damage from Warble Fly and 
amount of hides injured, Mr. C. Haines favoured me with the following 
observations and approximate estimate :—“ I seldom see much of the 
warble in the pelts, excepting during March, April, and May; so it 
would seem, in the early stage of its propagation, that it would not 
materially affect the hide, however much it might injure the health 
of the beast which afforded it a temporary shelter. 
“ The following information must be taken as the result of my 
observation here ; the effects would probably vary considerably in 
different parts of the country, as I should say temperature and cleanli¬ 
ness in farming would have much to do with it. 
“ I usually commence to notice them as April comes in; for about 
a month I should judge 50 per cent, to be damaged, for the next two 
weeks say 20 per cent., and for one month additional say 10 per cent.; 
allowing thus liberally should about cover the year’s damage.”—H. 0. 
Haines, Newport. 
Notes of amount of injury to imported Hides. 
I am indebted to the courtesy of the Colonial Company for 
favouring me with the following reply to my inquiry as to attack on 
imported hides. On the 8tli of August Mr. B. Brown, Secretary, 
wrote me :— 
“ I enclose copy of reply I have just received from an experienced 
firm of hide and skin brokers to an inquiry we made of them as to the 
injury done to hides, &c., by the Warble Fly.”— B. Brown, Sec. 
“ Beply to the inquiry of the Colonial Company respecting the 
damage done to hides and skins by the Warble Fly :— 
“ ‘ Parcels of ox and cow hides and goat and sheep skins coming 
from all parts of the world, all contain a varying proportion of warbled 
hides and skins, the damage, as a rule, being greatest on those from 
the hottest climates, and generally affecting goat skins to the greatest 
extent. 
“ ‘ Those hides and skins coming from Mogador and other northern 
parts of Africa suffer most in this respect, an average perhaps of about 
one-fourtli of them being damaged to the extent of 60 or 70 per cent. 
Those from Kurracliee also suffer damage to almost the same extent, 
