120 
OX WARBLE FLY. 
Estimated Loss by Warble on Hides passing through Aberdeen Market 
from February to June , 1888, inclusive. 
Number of 
Number of 
Estimated Loss 
Week ending 
Sound Hides. 
Warbled Hides. 
per 
Week. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
February 8 
• » • 
2344 
418 
80 
19 
9 
>> 
10 
• • • 
2300 
443 
85 
16 
71 
> ? 
17 
• • • 
2454 
473 
91 
12 
101 
>> 
24 
• • • 
2374 
501 
97 
1 
4 
March 
2 
• • • 
2641 
569 
110 
4 
11 
»> 
9 
• • • 
2124 
611 
118 
7 
71 
16 
• • • 
2249 
602 
116 
12 
9 
)} 
28 
• • • 
2137 
719 
139 
6 
11 
30 
• • • 
2095 
718 
139 
2 
3 
April 
6 
• • • 
2181 
750 
145 
6 
3 
>> 
13 
• • • 
2207 
755 
146 
5 
71 
20 
• • • 
1699 
705 
136 
11 
101 
27 
• • • 
2021 
640 
124 
0 
0 
May 
4 
• • • 
2308 
755 
146 
5 
u 
>> 
11 
• • • 
2257 
754 
146 
1 
9 
18 
• • • 
2076 
875 
169 
10 
71 
>> 
25 
• • • 
1660 
664 
128 
13 
0 
June 
1 
« • • 
2091 
916 
177 
9 
6 
>> 
8 
• • • 
1981 
747 
144 
14 
71 
>> 
15 
• • • 
1943 
771 
149 
7 
71 
>> 
22 
• • • 
1685 
751 
145 
10 
11 
>> 
29 
• • • 
1446 
693 
134 
5 
41 
Total for 5 months 
... 46273 
14830 
2873 
6 
3 
“ Being about 25 per cent, of total number of hides affected by 
Warble. 
“Average depreciation calculated at f d. per pound. Weight of hides 
principally affected, 50 to 70 pounds.”—Messrs. William Murray & Son, 
George Street, Aberdeen, N.B. 
To the above returns I append the following Tables, with which I 
was favoured respectively in 1884 and 1885 through the courtesy of 
Messrs. Fry & Co., Leather and Hide Factors, of Moor Street, 
Birmingham, which show how the amount of loss may be calculated 
to a nicety at markets where warbled hides are “ outclassed.” 
The following Table, it will be seen, does not include the three 
classes known as “ heavy ” and “ light ” cows’ hides, and bulls’ hides 
which also were warbled. In this Table the results of calculation of 
loss on the six classes of hides only are given; in the succeeding 
Table the cows’ hides are included, and the particulars are given we»k 
by week in detail from February 14tli to September 19th. 
