OX WARBLE FLY. 
122 
t ‘ \ i. 
termed “ thrown out,” but sold (sound and warbled) together, the 
proportion of warbled hide could not be given. 
“ The following abstract of the larger Tables is given for convenience 
of reference. The amount sold during the thirty-two weeks of sound 
and of warbled hides may thus be conveniently compared, together 
with the highest and lowest prices per pound of each. The sound 
hides include both the ordinary and the extra flayed. 
Abstract of Table overleaf , with particulars of different classes of Hides sold 
during warbled season of thirty-two weeks from February 14th to 
September 19th, 1885. 
No. of 
Highest and 
No. of 
Highest and 
Weight and Description 
Sound 
Lowest Prices 
Warbled 
Lowest Prices 
of Classes of Hides. 
Hides. 
per lb. 
Hides. 
per lb, 
95 lbs. and upwards 
621 
5d. 
to 6d. 
68 
4 id. 
to 5^d. 
85 lbs. to 94 lbs. ... 
911 
4f d. 
k sg 
,, OqCI. 
138 
4M. 
,, 4-g d. 
75 „ 84 „ ... 
1495 
4 id. 
,, O qUj. 
306 
U. 
4-3-d 
,, '± 8 «'. 
65 „ 74 „ ... 
1789 
4 d. 
A Hr] 
99 ^*8^* 
541 
3 %d. 
,, 4 ^d. 
56 ,, 64 ,, ... 
1692 
3 Id. 
4 ay 
497 
3 \d. 
,, 4 gd. 
55 lbs. and under... 
873 
3fd. 
,, 4f d. 
305 
3 \d. 
,, 4 j^d. 
Heavy cow-hides ... 
1193 
3 Id. 
ASrj 
,, U; 4 tt. 
140 
3 id. 
,, 4 d. 
Light cow-hides ... 
1382 
3 id. 
Ah.fl 
9 9 ^8 CC/ * 
151 
3 jd. 
„ %U- 
Totals ... 
9956 
2146 
“ Careful study of the detailed (folding) Tables is well worth while 
for those practically interested. They show the different time over 
which attack extends from February 14th, and that it certainly cannot 
be considered as stopping in July. We find it in the three lighter 
classes of hides as still present on September 19th, but it is worth 
some notice that three heavy classes did not contain warbled hides at 
a much earlier date. The heaviest ox-hides, 95 lbs. and upwards, 
were free after May 30th, and the two others of these heavy classes 
were free (save two hides in one class and one in the other) respectively 
after June ‘27th and July 18th. 
“ It may also be seen that sometimes, at what may be called the 
height of the warbled season, the number of warbled hides exceeds 
that of the sound in some of the classes. On April 25th entries occur 
amongst the “ 65 to 74 lbs.” and the “ 55 lbs. and under ” hides 
respectively, of sales of 42 warbled to 38 sound, and 25 warbled to 
9 sound.” 
The above returns convey information, more or less full as the 
case may be, from Hide-markets at Aberdeen, Birmingham, Boston, 
Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Nottingham 
and Sheffield;* and a glance at the sum totals of warbled hides, and 
* That from Manchester is appended at p. 125 for reasons there given, 
