The evening world., 1894-01-03
TO Din BY THU KNIFE.
Seventeen of Levi P. MOrtOn'S Gucrn-
sey Cattle Have Tuberculosis
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THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH ORDERS
THE EXECUTION.
DR.. KOCH's TEST SHOWED THE DISEASE

Seventeen fine Guernsey cattle owned
0y ex-Vice-President Levi p. Morton at
his country place at Rhinec.iff are suf-
rerlng with tuberculosis, and the State
Board of Health. acting on the report of
DR.. John Faust, of Po~ughkeepsie, have
ordered that they be killed.
This will leave but forty-eight of the
famous herd, but they. however. are as
absolutely free from disease or defect
as scientific test can determine. since the
foundation of Mr.. Morton's famous herd
was laid in 1887 by the importation of
hfty-nine head of cattle selected on the
island of Guernsey, 1t has been custom.
airy to have all the cattle examined
every two months by an expert. Three
weeks ago DIR, Faust examined the whole
herd, and, acting under instructions from
MIR. Morton. looked carefully for symp-
toms of tuberculosis. He exhausted all
the ordinary tests, including the istetho,
scope. the feeling of the glands, and
sounding of the lungs. He reported that
all the cattle were free from disease.
Mr.. Morton, however, in order to
to try DR.. Koch's test. This consists
In the hypodermic injection Of tubercu-
lous matter. A week ago DR.. Faust again
visited, Eilerslie. lie Injected the fluid
one of the herd. Then he spent ten hours
watching them carefully. If the germs
of tuberculosis have entered the system
of a cow the tuberculcus matter causes
high fever. lasting for five or six hours
after the injection, then the fever sub
sides and the cows condition becomes
as 1t was before. Seventeen of the herd
developed the fever.
Supt, II. NJ. Cottrell at once separated
them from the balance OF the cattle
and Isolated them in a remote stable.
OF the seventeen one Is the famous
cow Flora, of E,lersiie;, the other six
teen are h%e!fers, one and two years old,
The Worlds Fair, Essence, Rosetta, Ro.
sabala, Myra Third and the Lady OF
Ellerslie. who made "A wonderful record
at the Exposition, were found to be In
perfect health. pr. Faust, at the reques,
cases to the state hoard OF, Health,
and to-day supt. Cottrell got the order
Dr. Faus. will kin them next week. The
and they Will he bled to death. \
bottle of blood will be saved from each
OF. them and win be subjected to a
microscopic examination. Autops!es will
also be performed and the corpse Of
each cow will be cut to pieces. Their
brains will be examined and their organs
diSsected. All this will be done In search
Of germs. Mr., Morton. as well as Dr.
Faust, thinks that the germs ave only
recently. got into the systems OF tho
cattle, In support of this he point;
c~ulosis. The affected cattle are in other
wise perfect condition.
1t has only been recently that the Koct
test has beef. appl ed to cattle. 1t has
worked wonders in other herds han tina
of Mr.. Morton. a number of cattle-breed
ers of TINS State who sent herds o
blooded cattle to the Worlds Fair huv.
had the test applied to their herds re
Gently. The result has been that ovel
one hundred OF the cattle hat wer,
praised and priced at the Worlds Fail
have been killed. Supt. Cottrell. o
Elleslie. was anxious TO learn the rea
condition OF Bretome. the finest COW o
Mr.. Morton's herd. Bretomc was cigh
years old last month. She broke tn
Elleslie record for milch cows. She CAV,
l,243 pounds OF milk, or 2,iSj quarts, tn,
milk averaging over . per cent. of butter
fat This means that she gave over siNt,
pounds ut butter during the month, o
more than t"p pounds a day. She Git
this on regular rations without crowding
Mr.. Nor ton has encountered man!
trials In breeding his cattle, The grea
/ estate OF loo acres has been pronounced
one OF the greatest Guernsey cattl,
/, dairy and poultry farms in the world
: His big barn was struck by lightning
and burned June 10. 1892. No cattle wer,
I lost at that time. He erected a new barr
? at a cost OF $1,000. This was burnet
: Aug, |, 1892, and nlnety-eight Guernsey
? OF the noble herd were burned to death
Among the cattle lost were the grea
, hnest bull In the world; Safeguard, al
! most as well known, and AcetyI.
; A new barn was built at once on tn,
foundation OF the old me-. II wal
thrown open yesterday for the first tim,