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mixture, as it will mat their shaggy hair and prejudice the English 
buyers against them when they come north in October. I think for 
them carbolic acid and water ought to suffice.” 
This point, that is, effect of different treatment on the very shaggy 
breeds of cattle, would be well worth special observation, for besides 
notes received from Mrs. Holford, of Cerne, Dorsetshire (p. 105) of 
treatment of her different herds, she mentioned a case to me of two 
Highlanders, of which one was treated for Warble by the maggots 
being removed ; this when killed (three weeks after) was found to have 
the hide healing quite satisfactorily. The other, which had the 
maggots destroyed in the hide, when killed (six weeks after) was found 
still to have some amount of inflammation present. It occurred to me 
as possible that the shaggy hair might clog together into a mass over 
the Warble-hole, and so prevent the proper discharge of the putrid 
contents.— Ed. 
On June 26th the Hon. G. E. Lascelles, of Sion Hill, Thirsk, 
wrote me :— 
“ I have tried paraffin and sulphur on my milk cows (twenty-five) 
last summer, and this year have hardly any Warbles amongst them, 
and am now dressing with cart-grease, McDougall, and sulphur, 
with a little spirit of tar, every beast on my farm,—about a hundred, 
some twenty brought in being very full of Warble.” 
Mr. Lascelles added, that strongly pressing the importance of the 
matter upon all stock-owners was doing good service to the agricultural 
interest. 
About the same date (June 27tli) Mr. Sami. B. Sherwood, of 
Hazlewood Hall, Friston, Saxmundham, wrote :— 
“ I caught all my cattle a few days since and dressed them with 
McDougall’s smear for bots, and only wish I had done it before and 
on the same day Mr. G. Thomas, of Coosenwartha, Scorrier, Cornwall, 
wrote that, “ thanks to the advice and use of preventives,” my cattle 
are entirely free from Warbles, and I shall never allow them to go 
undressed again. 
“I found wheel-grease too strong, as it blistered. McDougall’s 
dip proved excellent, but it is difficult to procure here as there are no 
agents.” 
The following note, sent me on July 5tli by Mr. John Watson, jun., 
from the Estate Office, Sherburn, near Tetsworth, also mentions 
serviceableness of McDougall’s smear :— 
“ I have been making use of your advice about Warbles with 
most satisfactory result. McDougall’s smear is an excellent cure as 
well as preventive, and I am sure the trouble and expense is well 
repaid by the increase in the animals’ comfort.” 
Mr. John Bulteel, of Painflete, Ivy Bridge, Devon, also mentioned 
