Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-06
SHEEP FLY PESTS.
The Different Kinds aud How Go Tr,yeni
Their RaVagys.

The Different kinds and How Go Irtyeni
Their Rangcs.
Many possible future diseases Of sheer
may be- avoided by proper care at this
season Of the year Julyuud August arr
always fortilc iu darker Co these ami,
iuuls ono " tho worst pr,ts Is the CAD,
ny tllsTus oy.Hl. This Is un insect
whose wings spread over m inch and II
has % stout body over half am inch In
lCngth. They disturb the sheep u pas
turos 10y tho efforts they mulc 20 deposit
thcir urg, upon tho animals nostrils
When they succeed IN thor efforts. Tho
sheep become frantic and acn yiulputl,
over the pasture, and sometimes iuiurl
themselves by oycrhcaiiug Whore thi.
ilyuh0unds the sheep crowd torUih,rurd
stop feeding holding their uusvs to- tht
ground and stamping with their feet
Tho grub, whom Matched from tho usg
crawls mp the nosiril aud lodge. IN th,
sinusus uf the head, whorc it romans
feeding upon the mucous socrctcd by "a,
membranes, until tho following spring
Ono cun well imagine what u serious af
Fiction this must be- 90 tho sheep. Z.
have worms crawling about In tho head
Nhilo they arc not often tho cause o.
death, yet they rcmain IN the head all
wintor, only 90 crawl down tho nostiil,
IN tho spring aud ON tho Garth 10 b,
transformed into hios again.
The animals certainly cannot prosper
undcr this condition ~ they otherwise
would. There seems TO be no remedy fur
grub IN tho head Tho rinuscs are "a
deep mdw!nding that 1t Is impossible "a
reach tho grubs with any insccticido.
Efforts 70 benefit the animals ~ regard
grub IN the head must DO In the limo Of
prevention II no eggs mo deposited ON
tho nustrila, There viii be- no gruhs i'm
the head. n shoop can hlyo access To a
thick woods, or % a brush lot whorp
there is sufficient shade, the gadhy will
trouble very little
Tho most comfortable prevention is "a
have shoophuuso Of light material
made ON rnuCrg, 30 it can DO moved
from place to place or Hold 10 field
This 30 lncloscd an about except "A pas.
sage no each end, which seems to create
a draft Of air through It, II Is ALWAYS
cool aud dark Sheen always seek his
Whom these dies arc abroad, and only
feed nights mornings, when flies arc
qulcyvut IL Is % sure preventive ia
Keep thuir noses dauhcd with tar. but
this buou wears OF and has TO DO renew.
cd about once % wvoL involving mora
trouble than tho average iloclunaster h
willing tp take, Whom | kent sheen. /
had q way uf taTiug their noses which
focmgd 90 be oucolual had long loo
In tho pasture Aol with two inch aupar
holes bored in is upper surface, about
three inches deer, Into these holes or
81 inches Of allywas put and tho edges
ut tho h9,ciw,ro kept amoarpd with tur.
Tho sheep would hnyo ult, and in pet.
ting 10 they had TO daub thoir moses
enough 20 l"p tho rylly away. When
thn LIw bother sheep run with tboi,.
noses 10 iho ground but Inoy,r saw
uno d. th.s wl-l had a log in opc,o.
tu. ] .an0t good rhcuhrrd who win
permit tll ilr 90 bother
t..o 9o saygul other kinds of 1ios
which trouble shrop undor certain con.
ditiolH, and these conditions are. yybor
tho animals arc wounded. or become
nlthy Gum diarhea, These flies donosi,
their oggd in thowounds or filth and