MAGGOT FLY IN FLOCKS
Flock masters in Scotland experienced unprecedented trouble from maggot flies during the pnst summer. It is suggested that the chief causes are the lack of frost in two mild, open winters and the spread of bracken on the hill grazings, patches of bracken making it difficult to discover the sheep that have been "struck" by the fly. Maggots are unfortunately all too well known to shepherds in England, and they need to bo constantly on the watch to keep their sheep in good trim. Such close supervision is not possible in hill flocks, and it has been suggested that the best remedy would be to place fly traps in the hill grazings of the type usod with success in Australia Traps can be made of wire gauze and are baited, with putrid rabbit or other meat poisoned with a few drops of arsenic. A Lanarkshire farmer who keeps poultry has an_ ingenious plan. He places the bait in a box made of wire netting mounted 2ft. above an iron sheet. The blowflies lay their eggs on the meat, and when the maggots grow fat they drop on to the sheet, where they are soon devoured by the poultry housed near by. This seems a very economical arrangement.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21935, 19 October 1934, Page 17
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211MAGGOT FLY IN FLOCKS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21935, 19 October 1934, Page 17
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