Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-02-25

trustees Of this college have carried on
what they believed to BE- the vishss Of ehs
State and have made this new departure q,
soon - they have received fund.- to do i
and to cevelope this dairy in connection
with the short course Of agriculture.
There are no articles for repairs in ths
list Of appropriations asked for. Il il no,
to maintain. but 10 erect these buildtngs
that they are asked. So long a. the State
Of Maine Will furnish buildings a are
necessary 20 long will the college continue
TO prosper. l hope this resolve will be
granted . passage, and move that it receive
its second reading at the present TINA.
Mr.. Rogers Of Washing gton-I am much
pleased with the eloquence Of the gentle
man. and have noticed that our friends
are not at all bashful in blowing the horn
of the Agricultural College. for il seems 10
be the united principle Of these students to
give the college their sympathy and sup
pors. There is not another college in the
State-Bowdoin, Colby or Bates-that
sends its alumni up here every year asking
for appropriations and blowing their horns.
Now, Mr.. President, it 10 very we'll known
that that college has been q hot. bed of
tuberculosis and has spread it all over the
State. Ii Is only by strict laws and reau.s-
tons we have been able 10 prevent its
further spread. 1t seems to me it isn't
safe for them to go to studying if
1t il to bring on Tuberculosis, and
l have understood that 10 butter
has been made there for . long time which
it vas safe to sell to the citizens. Nov, il
that is true, move that the lines II and l2
ITO constructs dairy building, $780," be
stricken out.
Mr.. Hsiues-I did hope that should
never have to say anything more about tu-
berculosis. had thought l never would,
but don't blame the senator from Wash
ingtcn from calling the attention Of the
Senate to that fact. Tuberculosis 10 the
meauest disease INDECENT to the State Col
lege of Agriculture and the Mechanic
Arts. IL has been the worst pest we have
had, and want to say \ word about it.
Who knows who started tuberculosis At
the State college? God Almighty, Him
self, and DIR. Bailey, himself, and nobody
else The scientifi; men Of this coun.
try have hswked that question from
one end Of this State to the other. don't
know what caused it, nor you don't know,
and there are none 80 sorry it is there ~
the friends Of the college, including the
trustees. IL was our misfortune, 40 q
board, to have it there. 1t afforded an
opportunity for the enemies Of the college
to attack us. 1t was q great misfortune TO
the State. We feel bad about it. feel
bad about it. These cattle were killed in
accordance with the mandates Of the State
two years ago; we fought out the question
of whether they should be paid for, and the
Legislature in It's wisdom decided to pay
for it. Gentlemen, we have had those
barns disinfected for almost three years
and consulted with every one we knew
about the matter IS to whether ii was safe
TO put any more cattle in them; and the
unanimous answer was aye. The Legislature
said we ought to buy some cattle to put in
there and gave US some money; and now a
word personally: was one of commit.
tee Of three appointed by the board Of trus-
tees of the State college tn buy some cattle
to put there. 1t was our desire as board
to put come good csttle there. The people
Of Maine want improved cattle and, IL pos
sible. better cattle than we have in the
State. We supposed that was the object
i
have seen = statemet in the paper from
gentlemen of high authority, whom know
and respect, and who do not think int nds
to cast any reflection on the board Of trus-
tees. / do not believe he ever made the
statement as printed. because | have talked
with him about il, and understand il
is mistake; but the statement did
go out over this State that the trustees
voted to take DIR. Bailey win them to buy
cattle, and he advised them not to 90 there
TO buy cattle. Now the trustees never
voted 10 30 so-the question was never
raised about taking DR.. Bailey anywhere
to buy cattle with US. ! am clerk of that
board and know what they voted. We did
not understand that the State lodged power
in us to re-iodge In DR.. Bailey or any one
else. We went ahead according to our
best judgment. We trusted to no man.
We visited all the best herds in Massa-
chusetts, and il any Of you have visited the
fancy farms OF Massachusetts You know
what eight we had in store for us--cattle
such as you don't see in the State Of Msine
We found these about the cities and larger
places. We had heard abou. this tubsrco-
losis in Maine and knew all about it in Msss-
achusetts. We visited herds in Come cticut
The prices were high. We bad but little
to expend. II was the unanimous cry Of
the leading farmers who represented ,the
agricultural interests that VIC should put
onto that farm dairy cattle, and they wanted
to try as an experiment, the Guernsey
cattle, a channel breed, kin to the Jersey,
larger and stronger and supposed to be
more healthy and to give richer quality
of milk and butter. We could not get
these cattle in the State Of Msine. We
have been blamed for not buying them in
Maine. We could have bought few good
Jersey and Holsteins. There was only one
farmer who had the Gurnseys, Mr.. Clark
of Portland. lie refused to sell any.
Finally lest we should getiany with tubercu.
losisA about the cities we went wnv into the
mountains, jast as much away in
the country as to 20 on the hills of Rome
and buy herd or cattle there. We went
to = wealthy gentleman who had long culti-
waited his herd from original importations,
never had intermixed bis cattle, never had
any disease among his animals of any kind
or description that We could learn Of
They were good, clean, and as we supposed
healthy, and we took, practically, no
chances whatever, as we supposed. We
knew # tubercuiosis were developed at the
State College, we should be blamed
whether we bought the cattle in Maine or
California. We knew the opponents Of the
college we're ready to make q point Of il,
and We took every precsution We could and
these cattle, bought way up in the noun
taius, one Of the tender ones was the very
animal that tuberculosis developed in.
haven't undertaken to say word against
what DR.. Bailey has said about. don't
think he has any criticism to make on the
trustees. He dld tell US to look ou. for
tube rculosis, but when we brought these
cattle back, lest we might be breeding
disease in the State Of Maine, we took
the precaution to write DR.. Bailey to come
down TO the State college A. soon q, The
cattle were landed there, in June, to exsE-
inc them. We invited him to give us the
benef. Of his knowledge and skill. lie
went there snd examined them. They said
the temperature wasn't right and they
couldn't tell whether it was the result OF
transportation or what. They we're left in the
care of DIR. Russell and reports were made
by DIR. Russell, he wrote to me, have his