36 
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 3 
2344 
418 
80 
19 
9 
J > 
10 ... 
2300 
443 
85 
16 
n 
) > 
17 ... 
2454 
473 
91 
12 
101 
» 
24 ... 
2374 
501 
97 
1 
4 
March 
2 ... 
2641 
569 
110 
4 
11 
> > 
9 ... 
2124 
611 
118 
7 
7i 
16 ... 
2249 
602 
116 
12 
9 
>> 
23 ... 
2137 
719 
139 
6 
1* 
> > 
30 ... 
2095 
718 
139 
2 
3 
April 
6 ... 
2181 
750 
145 
6 
3 
) > 
13 ... 
2207 
755 
146 
5 
7i 
) > 
20 ... 
1699 
705 
136 
11 
101 
>> 
27 ... 
2021 
640 
124 
0 
0 
May 
4 ... 
2308 
755 
146 
5 
71 
5 5 
11 ... 
2257 
754 
146 
1 
9 
>> 
18 ... 
2076 
875 
169 
10 
H 
> > 
25 ... 
1660 
664 
128 
13 
0 
June 
1 ... 
2091 
916 
177 
9 
6 
>> 
8 ... 
1981 
747 
144 
14 
7i 
? J 
15 ... 
1943 
771 
149 
7 
7i 
>> 
22 ... 
1685 
751 
145 
10 
H 
> J 
29 ... 
1446 
693 
134 
5 
Total for 5 months.. 
46278 
14830 
2873 
6 
3 
“Being about 25 per cent, of total number of bides affected by 
warble. 
“ Average depreciation calculated at |d. per pound. Weight of bides 
principally affected, 50 to 70 pounds.”—Messrs. William Murray & Son, 
George Street, Aberdeen, N.B. 
To tlie above returns I prefix (p. 31) and append the 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 cal¬ 
culated to a nicety at markets where warbled hides are “ outclassed.” 
The preceding 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 folding table 
the cows’ hides are included, and the particulars are given week by 
week in detail from February 14th to September 19th. 
This accompanying folding table, with which I was favoured by 
