BOT-FLY AMONG SHEEP.
The bot-fly is just no* causing terrjr among sheep, and flocks may frequently be seen running together m a mob, with their noses close to the ground, and pointed toward* a ojinmon centre, m or lor to essape its attend m. Tho troublesome condition it causes wheu the lan te have attained their growth is recogni-ed by a variety of c itnp'ieations of different parts of the .animals, including 'grubs m the head,' parasitic nasal catarrh, orcena, nasal gleat, etc. Professor \VY J. Maiden says : — c No better method of keeping off the fly has been devised tban to place a block of rpck salt behind a board tbr.mgh wiiicU a a opening suffbien'ly Ur^a to admit of tha sheep's noses to be thrtut h>« be mi nude. I thd h >le is -^aieareJ w'th tar too nheep'si iio^aa will become covered with ir, aid the fly wi.l bj kept away.' — Stock Exchange.
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XXI, Issue 2090, 27 September 1899, Page 1
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156BOT-FLY AMONG SHEEP. Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XXI, Issue 2090, 27 September 1899, Page 1
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