LOSSES ON WABBLED HIDES. 
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This strikes first, of course, where the Warbles are first observed: it 
may come, like the rest, on the cattle owner or farmer; or it may come on 
the butcher or tanner ; or further on it comes on the many trades in which 
leather, discovered after purchase to be pierced, is useless for its purpose ,— 
a loss to the manufacturer ; or a loss, or even a danger, to the wearer 
or user. 
Loss on Warbled Hides. 
In the following pages I submit returns of information with which 
I was favoured in reply to my enquiries regarding amount of money- 
loss on hides from warble injury (during one year, or during the warble 
season) from several of our chief hide markets, companies or associa¬ 
tions connected with business in hides, namely, from Aberdeen, Bir¬ 
mingham, Boston, Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, 
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Nottingham and Sheffield. 
Most of these were placed in my hands in the year 1888; but 
particulars on the annexed table, with which I was favoured by the 
courtesy of Messrs. Fry and Company, Leather and Hide Factors, 
Moor Street, Birmingham, was placed in my hands in 1884. 
Particulars of seven weeks' supply of six classes of hides, being the total of 
each class of sound and warbled sold at two markets in Birmingham, 
commencing May 3rd up to and including June 14 th, 1884, and showing 
the actual loss of each class of warbled hide :— 
Six Classes of Hides. 
Hides. 
Loss on 
each Class 
Weight from 
No. of 
sound. 
No. of 
warbled. 
Sold at 
Per hide 
less than the sound. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
95 lbs. and upwards 
286 
67 
Id. 
per lb. or 
6s. 3d. per hide 
20 
18 
0 
85 lbs.to 94 lbs. 
446 
222 
|d. 
11 11 
6s. 7d. ,, 
73 
1 
6 
75 „ 84 „ . 
754 
373 
Id. 
11 11 
6s. 8d. ,, 
124 
6 
8 
65 „ 74 „ . 
881 
579 
Id. 
11 11 
5s. lOd. ,, 
168 
17 
6 
56 „ 64 „ . 
629 
441 
Id. 
11 11 
5s. Od. ,, 
110 
5 
0 
55 lbs. and under ... 
283 
224 
Id. 
11 11 
4s. 3d. ,, 
47 
12 
0 
Totals. 
3279 
1906 
Total. 
545 
0 
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It will be observed that of the total number of hides (viz., 5185) 
over one-third were warbled ; and looking merely at one line of the 
figures, it shows that out of 1460 hides, ranging from 65 lbs. to 74 lbs. 
weight, 579 were lessened in value at the rate of Id. per pound, or 
5s. lOd. per hide, giving a total loss on these of £168 17s. 6d. 
The above table of particulars does not include the three classes 
known as “heavy” and “light” cows’ and bulls’ hides, which also 
were warbled, but the numbers of which were not taken, on account 
of Messrs. Fry not being as much interested in these as in the other 
classes, 
