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INDEX. 
Mangold and Beet Fly, 63—67; attack 
of, observed in 1876, 64; autumn 
cultivation to check, 64, 65 
Marsh Snails, 91; “hosts” of Liver 
Fluke, 91 
Melolontha vulgaris, 62 
Mercurial ointment to kill warble mag¬ 
got, 103, 104 
Microgaster glomeratus, 13 
Millepedes, 77, 79; “ flattened ” in pota¬ 
toes, 78 ; in wheat, 78 
Mineral oil and soft-soap mixture, Mr. 
A. Shearer’s recipe for, 66; directions 
for use of, 67 
Moths caught by Davidson’s compo¬ 
sition, 2 
Nematus Bibesii, 39 
Nitrate of soda, 21, 26, 27 
(Estrus bo vis, 101 
Onions, earthing up of as preventive of 
Fly attack, 70, 71 
Onion Fly, 69—71; to preserve onions 
from eggs of, 70, 71 
Ox Bot Fly, 101—120 
Paraffin, 41, 45, 52, 53, 54, 66, 67, 73, 
94, 99 
Paraffin, Emulsion, 54; to unite per¬ 
manently with soft-soap wash, 54 
Paraffin and soft-soap mixture, Mr. A. 
Shearer’s recipe for, 66 
Parsley blight, 71 
Pea and Bean Weevils, 3, 5 
Peronospora nivea (on parsley), 71 
,, umbelliferarum, 71 
Phorodon Humuli and var ., 43 
Phratora vitellinas, 93—100 
Phyllotreta nemorum, 83 
Pine Sawfly, 73—75; summer cocoons 
of, 73, 74 
Plutella cruciferarum, 81 
Pygaera bucephala, 68 
Baspberry Gall-maggot, 80 ; attack also 
found on brambles, 80 
Red Maggot, 31, 35; anchor-process 
of, 32; on fox-tail grass, 31 
2 'pv>' < jx -J 3 
Salt beneficial to turnip crop, 91 
Silpha opaca, 59; injurious to man¬ 
golds, 59 
Sitona lineata, 3 
Soft-soap and paraffin, 54; quassia, 54, 
55; Mr. A. Shearer’s recipe for, 66 
Sparrows, 5—11, v—vii; food of, 6—9 ; 
observations on, by Col. Russell, 7, 9 
Steam apparatus for hop washing, 55 
Stoke Edith Park, experiments regard¬ 
ing Hop Aphis at, 52, 53 
Surface caterpillars, 85—91 
Thrips cerealium, 28—31 
,, physapus, 28—31 
Tipula oleracea, 19, 28 
Tryphasna pronuba, 85, 87 
Turnip Fly, 83; injurious to rough 
leaf, 84 
Warble Fly (Ox), 101—120; description 
of, 111; mixtures to prevent attack 
of, 112, 113 ; summer attack of, 111; 
access to water a protection from, 114 
Warble Maggot, 103, 104, 118—120; 
benefit of killing, 104; breathing 
apparatus of, 102; to kill in the 
hide, 102—104 ; mercurial ointment 
to kill, 103 ; leaving cattle in May, 
107; loss caused by, estimated, 102, 
110 ; to hides, 108, 109 ; to imported 
hides, 109, 110. 
Warble, first appearance of, 115; in 
open state, 116, 117; inflammation 
beneath hide from warble presence, 
105; observations regarding, 119,120 
Water Snails, 91 
Weevils, Clover (Bean and Pea), 3; Bean 
and Pea, to catch, 4; starlings at¬ 
tracted by, 4 
Wheat Midge, 31 
Wild Birds’ Protection Act, 9—11; 
schedule of, 10 
Willow Beetle, 93—1Q0; applications 
not serviceable to destroy, 97, 98; 
attack of in Cheshire, 94 ; estimate of 
loss, 96; hand-picking, 94, 97; hy- 
bernate under rubbish, 99; paraffin 
to check, 94, 99; Paris-green, to 
destroy, 96, 97, 98, 100; method of 
application of, 96 ; shaking down, 94 
Winter Moth, 1,2; to catch, 2 
Wireworms, 36—39; effects of Indian 
rape on, 38, 39 ; going down in frost, 
36; ploughing above, 36; rolling to 
prevent travelling, 37 
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