The Greenville times., 1888-11-24

aEcedy Parasites which Uadsrmlas a.
Strength o. Many Cowa
Allow me 70 call attention 10 ths
harmful effects Of gad-ay Warblss Il
cattle, and urge the importance Of the
early removal Of the larva as q relief
from much Immediate suffering to the
animal. the only practical method Of /
saving the herd from the annoyance Of /
the fly itself during the summer and
as a means Of arresting the increase Of |
the pests. Every one permitted to
leave the animal alive becomes q pest
in the herd during the summer and the
progenitor Of host in their backs the
next winter. One escaped this year
becomes thousands in two years. In
the older sections Of the country. where
all the cattle are in a state Of domesti-
cation, the farmers might by concerted
action, exterminate the pests by their
removal in the early larya state. But
the difficulty seems TO lie In the indif-
ference of the people to the magnitude
OF the evil. When a farmer loses a
COW or a yearling and finds the hide
deprecated in value by the grub"
holes in it he can understand that, but
he rarely gives the matter further
thought. Farmers often say that they
can not understand why there should
always be more grubs in the poorer
animals than those in better condition;
but they never think that the grubs
are the cause OF the low condition I
have, nevertheless, abundant reason to
believe that hundreds OF cattle do act
ually die every year in this country
from their effects, 10 say nothing oil
the great annual loss In feed. in ar
rested growth, In flesh and in milk. At
any rate, look upon 1t as an evil SO
necessary to be contended against that
I do not turn out COW or calf In the
fly season without blanket for its
protection. and l know 1t Is a profta-
Bile investment.
bought cow last fall out OF a herd
located upon road which l often
travel found that her back from the
tail to the neck was literally full Of
warbles. They were stuck in as l had
never seen them before, even upon the
hip and shoulder bones. cleaned the
grubs all out as fast as possible before
they were grown. l never saw COW
improve In general condition more
rapidly than she did thereafter. The
farmer from whom l bought her Is a
good feeder and successful dairyman.
and was much astonishod when his
herd was turned to pasture last spring
TO see that several Of the cows were in
o very low condition, and one OF then
scarcely able to crawl about. She was
kept in field close by the house, and
had to have help to get up for weeks
finally told the farmer that my COW
was In splendid condition, fat ant
sleek; that she had brought m,
a very fine CALI but that
had had some trouble In Kidding hel
Of the grubs. He was evidently re
lieved OF q suspicion that she had no
done well, and that she was affected a
his were, and he had been expecting
some complaint an along. He the
gave me an account OF the trouble wit
his herd all winter. and the impossl
bility OF finding out what allied them
They had eaten enormously and grow
poorer all the time. When suggeste,
that the grubs had been eating then
up alive he replied that he knew the.
were very grubby, but he did not sup
pose they did any harm. They wer
always in the cattle, he said. Ever,
symptom he gave indicated TO me tina
the whole difficulty was that and moth
ing else. or course, as soon as tn
grubs left them In tho spring thos
which had any remaining strength be
gan at once TO pick up condition, an'
they are now quito as well as tn,
others, but they have given much les
milk than they ought-0. s. Bliss. Il
Philadelphia Press.