Show great damage done by warble fly in summer the other day a merchant who dealt in long leather thongs bought a steer hide from a wholesaler when it reached his shop and he started to cut it into the ion longest gest strips he could lie he found out why it was he be had been able to get it for 35 cents per pound as compared c 0 to the price of 1150 which had been asked for the same qua quality lity leather unblemished well up on the rump a large brand had been burnt in the hide burnt almost completely through the skin while along the back were several telltale tell tale holes the work of the warble fly branding Is no doubt a necessity for ranchers where stock roam the open range but why cannot the marks be placed on the neck or other less valuable part of the hide than the rump or side with regard to the warbles most farmers are by now aware of the trouble which they cause cattle during the summer when on pasture and the lowered value of warbled hides and many make halfhearted efforts to eradicate the flies by squeezing the grubs out of their animals backs |