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Mr. Crossland wrote :—“ Just now warbled beasts are unfortunately 
coming plentifully to band. One of our Halifax firms had 20 beast 
dressed last week; out of these no less than 12 were warbled, one of 
them badly, having about 40 maggots on its loins and crops, or fore 
chine. This week 8 were dressed for another firm, all of which were 
affected with this horrid maggot. They were all to pare down, more 
or less, to rid the beef of the accompanying undesirable jelly. In some 
cases 1 lb. would clear the beef, in others as much as 4 or 5 lbs., and in 
bad cases even more than this had to be cut away before a presentable 
surface could be got at. 
“ The parings of course had to be thrown into the tallow bag for 
melting purposes; this means a loss in money value of 8d. to 9d. per 
lb., the grub and its concomitant ‘ slubber ’ always affecting the most 
valuable portions of the carcase. Even the tallow chandler prefers its 
absence to its presence amongst the rough fat. 
“ Several of our wholesale carcase dealers purchase foreign cattle 
at Newcastle; these appear to be free from Warble, at least I have not 
noticed any so far. 
“ Some of the pamphlets received from you were taken direct to 
the farms of several graziers and feeders, by one of our butchers who 
purchases most of their stock. He impressed upon them the 
desirability of using every endeavour to keep down this destructive and 
pain-producing pest. There was the old notion still held by some 
of the farmers that the origin of the maggots was spontaneous in the 
beasts’ backs. 
*• The other day I was talking with a man on the subject, who has 
been brought up at a farm, and who also has learnt the occupation of 
slaughterman. Though he had taken off thousands of hides, he had 
no other idea than the one quoted above, that the grubs originated in 
the beasts, the lump he compared to ‘ boils,’ and the maggot to the 
* knot.’ He could scarcely credit the explanation I gave to him of 
their presence beneath the hide.”—(0. C.) 
Another communication on the same subject, sent me by Mr. 
James Barnett, 81 King Street, Ulverston, Clerk to the Ulverston 
Hide and Skin Auction, together with a request for leaflets as to pre¬ 
vention of attack, shows the extent to which “jelly” may spoil the 
best part of the beef:—“ We slaughtered a bullock last week and I am 
sure we had quite half a stone of jelly to dress off the back, before it 
could be sent out; also a heifer yesterday which had one of the worst 
warbled backs I ever saw.”—(J. B.) 
The following note sent me from Nuntliorpe Court, York, on the 
15tli of May, gives another example of the severe injury which is liable 
to be caused by Warble, and which a very little knowledge of the 
nature of the attack would show the remedy for at once:—“ You may 
