| Show control of cattle grub livestock growers have a definite angle of their own in regard to control of the cattle grub in utah major george R henderson livestock specialist of the extension service explains major henderson reports t that h at share of the annual loss from cattle pests can be largely overcome through proper control measures types of losses which occur in livestock include growth loss flesh damage lower milk yield and damage to meat and leather growth is halted by presence of grubs in the backs of animals and by the heel fly which hatches from the grub this fly causes summer stampedes which cut down on milk yield and causes damage to the animals hide he points out that animals that have been attacked by the cattle grub cannot be accepted by pack ing plants for meat purposes and about one third of all cattle hides produced in the nation have been damaged by these pests hides with five or six or more holes hole iare are graded no 2 and discounted a cent per pound he says treatment for control of cattle grub will be explained in a forthcoming issue since the control to be effective for 1945 must get under way soon |
