| Show the gad complaints are occasionally heard of injury or inconvenience to cattle from the larace of the gad fly batrus Ea trus bobu one reader of the farmer reports a case where the back of one of his best cows ia completely filled with these insects probably as many as and reaching from the shoulders to the root of the tail and extending well down on either side they are very annoying to the cow and the constant irritation seems to be causing a falling off in the mill yield these insects are far less numerous in this section than years ago it being seldom that one can be found in our own herd of twenty ave head it is not improbable that cattle which are kept in the stalls and fed upon soiling crops in summer arc troubled lees by the gad files than animals which are pastured the whole season possibly good keeping is a preventive to some extent the eggs according to cole in his diseases of Animals are laid in july and august and hatch and become developed in a few months and leave their homes in the spring following they may be squeezed out through the opening in the skin which if need be may be enlarged by cut ing with a small knife it would take some patience to pick out bui we would do it rather than leave them in to annoy the cow and come to maturity to propagate their species strong brine is said to destroy them but we would prefer instead taking them out f the way at once A gentleman who has had some experience peri ence in doctoring cattle recommends giving sulphur freely in the cows food for a few days using a wash at the same time by dib solving half ounce of potash in a quart of water |
