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entirely with me) are rubbed all down the spine with train oil, and 
a little also on the loins and ribs, they will be free from this pest, 
have their hides uninjured, will do much better, and will graze 
quietly at the time that others not so treated are tearing about with 
their tails in the air. Two or three dressings I generally find 
enough, but much depends on the season and the thickness of the 
‘coat.’ ”—B. St. John Ackers, Prinknash Park, Paiuswick. 
Sulphur, dusted or rubbed on the back of the cattle, was found 
to be a good preservative from Warble Fly by Mr. Duckham, 
writing from Baysham Court, Ross, and by Mr. Byrd, Spurstow 
Hall, Tarporley, Cheshire. 
Mr. Duckham noted :— 
“ 1 had each cow dusted along the back with sulphur. The 
result is that only two cows had one solitary deposit each. The 
others are perfectly free; whilst there are several on the back of 
their calves.” 
Mr. Byrd mentioned as follows :— 
“ As a preventative from attack we rubbed a quantity of dry 
sulphur upon the back of our dairy cattle, from the shoulder to hip 
on each side of the spine, and a little on the brisket. We believe 
the sulphur had the desired effect, as our cattie were quiet in their 
pastures, while I could see some herds near were much tormented. 
The dressing was repeated frequently; the brisket was dressed to 
keep away the Gad Fly.” 
Sulphur powdered on the cattle after they had been dressed with 
McDougall’s smear was found to answer by Mr. T. Rogers, The 
Homme, Dilwyn, Leominster :— 
“ I promised to write you again regarding dressing cattle against 
the Warble Fly. My experience at present is that they lie much 
quieter in the fields, and appear far more contented, after being 
dressed than without. I dressed them with McDougall’s smear, 
and then powdered them over with flour of sulphur.” 
McDougall's sheep-dip is noticed as serviceable in the following 
report from Mr. H. Lindsay Carnegie, Kinblethmont, Arbroath, 
N.B. :— 
“ For many years I have used a weak solution of McDougall’s 
slieep-dip, and have found it keep my grazing cattle perfectly quiet 
in the hottest day. We drive the cattle to a corner and keep them 
jammed close together by the dog, whilst the man sprinkles them 
from a common gardening watering-pot, with a rose on the spout. 
This is done every week if the weather is wet, otherwise about 
every ten days.” 
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