The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07


 have been; F, $, Hough salary $7SL5O, uavellng $S45,76; George l.. Foskett, salary $7975O, travelling expenses $Si3. 20; Clifton Peck, salary $465 travelling $2S925. Total g., 94S2S, Veterinary ex- penses have b.en $l ,91281, and miscel- laneous $2SS,9l, This, with the expense of the condemned cattle, $l1, ,296,66, less $Sl,40 received for hides, makes th- total cost of the commission to the state $l6,Sl1,2l.
 On the general subject of the condi- ton of herds and the care of cattle the commission reports as follows.
 The apparent condition of the herds that have come to our notice have averaged fair" Had it not been for the occasional herd of milkman, where the animals are liberally fed and in fine condition, the average must have been much lower owing in a measure, doubtless, to the unusually dry season and scarcity of pasturage. Tn no way are we able to trace the spread of the contagion to the food consumed when used in reasonable quantity and Of fair quality, In several stables | where the largest per cent. of diseased animals was found, they were supplied with water in pails or tanks between the managers. While we are suspi- cious that this may be one source 1 by which contagion is spread, We do not feel justified in condemning this 1 system unless another year of obser- vation shall confirm this years sus- picions. Your commission believes, as an all important precaution, each ami nal should be taught to occupy it's own stall only, and that the stalls be so constructed in front that two ami mals cannot eat from the same man. ger, as we believe this to be the most common way of communicating this disease
 The stables in, most instances have been arranged for the comfort of the oc- cEpants and the convenience of the owner but we cannot pass unnoticed the need of more thorough cleanliness 1 in the barn and about the stock. In many places the cobwebs are hanging from the low ceiling loaded with dust, while on the floors and tinbers were deposited dust and filth, the accumula- tions of generations, if not containing the bacillus tuberculosis, certainly a good place to harbor them Where dis ease has been found 1n such stables we have required that they be proper ly cleansed, and after washing the managers with a solution of bi-chloride of mercury q to 1000 thoroughly whitewash the entire stable. As rule COW stables are very deficient ill light, nine are reported as having none" while only fortyfive are reported good" out of 177 inspected. When we realize the value of lIgnt, especially sunlight, as a germicide, may we not look with suspicion upon these dens as receptacles for retaining, if not pro pagating disease in some form? In most instances the apartments were found sufficiently ventilated during in 1 spection, twenty are marked poor" or l bad, but it was noticed in very many places that the ventilation could be al most wholly closed and doubtless was when the attendant desired, and for ] twelve hours or more the animals were compelled to remain in Q space not ex- l ceeding 300 cubic feet per head In one instance twelve animals were confined in a stable which contained only 2,520 cubic feet Of air when closed, Q, space i possibly adequate for one-thtrd this number. For the preservation of the health of the healthy animals, as well l as the production of pure milk, have we l not right to demand that more liber- al quarters should be provided for one of the most useful and valuable of our domestic animals-the COW?
 Your commission became well satis- G-I Lo nI joining states were a source from 1 which we were constantly receiving contributions of infected animals The i traffic in cattle, especially cows to maintain our milk supply, is quite con- siderable. Five hundred and fifty head of tested cattle, mostly milch cows and "springers, have been brought into the state by permit within the past two months; had it not been for the quarantine regulations estab lished by your board we have every ! reason to believe that number would have been enhanced and by the most suspicious characters. We have not found tuberculosis confined to the bo- vine Our attention has been called to two herds of swine in the western 1 part of the state, one fed largely on milk from a factory, the other on the waster from a slaughterhouse from 1 which animals were killed affected with the disease, and we have commit nications from several parties that have slaughtered single animals which from descriptions furnished to us We have good reason to believe were sim ilarly affected.
 ! A resolution, presented by Mir, Ham, mond and amended by L. J. Brown was adopted as follows: That the secre- l tary withhold the state bounty from l the Willimantic Fair association until he has secured good legal advice that i 1t is his dtuy to approve the payment. |. l At the afternoon session. officers were elected as follows: President, Cover nor Coffin; vice president, James F 1 Brown, North Stonington; secretary, T. ! s. Gold, West Cornwall; treasurer, F. NJ. Bartholomew, East Wallingforj; promologist, N. s. Platt, Cheshire. chemist, Professor s. W. Johnson. New Haven; entomologist, Professor B. F. Rooms, Storrs; ibotanist, pr, E. H. Jen- kins, New Haven; auditors, John i Thompson, s. A. Chalker, Nellis H. Sherwood. W. Fl. Hammond was elect i ed member of the board of trustees , of Storrs Agricultural college for one