The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16

examination contained nothing tha
 would make the disease contagious | This seems 10 be what most people
 stumble over," said Secretary Hough o1 | the agricultural commission. This tu l berculin test is merely to pick out the slightly affected ones, not to show us
 the exclusively bad cases"
 When the second COW was brought in it was evident that some thought that a
 subject was about to be slaughtered that would prove nothing"-as one
 man said. The COW was young, seem
 ingly in prime condition and would
 catch the eye of a. cattleman as a good one at a glance. But here was where the actual worth of the tubereulin was
 shown. From the adhesion of the lungs
 to the ribs-like an old sponge to the ef- fected liver, lungs and some of the in-
 termediate glands. this young, sleek COW showed herself to be far advanced with tuberculosis. This case put a damper on what little levity actually floated about at the expense of tubercu- losis. The udder glands of this COW were comparatively sound
 During the examination of a spotted pOl JIOlL OL luC 1lNtl OI tilE ldlltF SuD- ject by one of the Boston experts, he said That if it were not for the other conditions of the cow which stamped her as possessing the disease, well de- veloped, he should rot condemn the anil nal as having tuberculosis, as very of- ten flyers were taken from cows with just such spots upon them, that proved to be only slight abscesses."
 The Clinton Peck, a member of the agricultural commission, asked this ex- pert what he would think of a liver having six or seven such spots upon it, only four times as larger" To this the expert replied that he thought it would be tuberculosis" Afterwards this ex- pert cut through this questioned spot on the liver, and then acknowledged that it was possessed of the granulations that determine tuberculosis.
 Among the quiet, but thinking. ob servers was the well known owner of fine cattle, sam" Colt When the first COW was killed and the autopsy showed the disease in a dormant state, he cas- ually remarked: That he would not have had that COW in his herd, for any length of time for thousand dollars"
 Questioned about the symtoms, appe- tites and after effects of the tuberculin on his herd, MT. Pagan replied:
 "At no time during the entire test did any individual, excepting those thrown out by the tuberculin, show any but natural conditions. They all fed and mixed well. giving just as much as at any time before the tuberculin test was made. With the two cows killed to-day, however, 1t was different. In coats and condition they were unnatural The coats have not been smooth since. Of course, the first one was rough, but it did not lay natural after the lymph had been injected. It was also the case with the last cow killed, but with all the oth- CTS there has been no perceptible diff ference"
 In MT. Fagan's herd are now five or | six cows that have not been tested, be- cause they are in condition known to | all farmers. Later these will be inocu- | lated as will also some very young calves.
 Now MT. Pagan says he feels satisfied | with imself and with the healthy con-l 1ition of his herd. The two killed were not raised by MT, Pagan, but were pur-