The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-10
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmsrs Operate This
Department Of the Farm-A fsS
HIats a. 20 the Care Of Live stock
and PoaItry.


Woe range OF Contagious ulhfaaVs "a
domestic animals. The first section OF
the report deals with the boards ex-
perience with Texas fever during the
year. and also with the experiments
that are being conducted for the pur-
pose OF demonstrating how Texas
fever Is conveyed from southern TO
northern cattle. and with the process
OF dipping southern cattle TO destroy
the tick. hoping thus 10 render such
cattle incapable % communicating the
disease. The report unequivocally In
dorses the opinion expressed by the
experimenters OF the bureau OF animal
industry that the so-called Texas fever
tick OBooDhilus Boyis) Is a carrier OF
the disease from southern cattle. on
which Il grows, 70 northern cattle that
come In contact with the ground where
the mature ticks drop on. lay their
eggs and hatch their young. But the
board IL not yet entirely satisfied that
the experiments In this direction have
been sufficient In number and OF sum
elent magnitude to conolusiyely dem
onstrate that this Is the only method /
OF transmitting the disease. The re-
port states that during the coming /
year exposure tests are In contempla- |
ton by the board In this state with
dipped southern cattle for the purpose
Of demonstrating whether they are
capable Of communicating the disease
after the ticks upon them have been
destroyed, and for this purpose the
Fort Worth stock yards have volun-
teered 20 furnish the dipped cattle for
such experiments. The experiments
will be conducted on premises from
which the Texas cattle can be unloaded
direct from the cars. Owing 20 the
great demand for stock cattle during
the past year. the report states, cattle
from dangerous territory were I'M
ported into the state. and gave rise 70
ten separate outbreaks OF the disease
among Illinois native cattle. Some OF
these outbreaks proved quite serious
In point Of loss 10 the owners. A large
section OF the report Is devoted TO the
/ discussion OF tuberculosis among the
dairy cattle OF the state and lie rela-
ton TO the public health. The board
states that there is no question In the
minds Of scientists as TO the iden-
tity OF the disease In animals
and In man. and that the disease
IL contagious and readily communal
Gated 20 man through the milk OF az
fected animals and undoubtedly TO
some extent through meat when the
heat used In cooking IL not sufficient
TO destroy the germ. The effectiveness
and infallibllity OF Koch's tubereulin
as a diagnostic agent In determining
the presence OF tuberculosis In an anil
NAL has been thoroughly proved by It's
use In seven hundred head OF dairy
cattle during the past year. OF this
number testsd seventy-seven head
showed a rise In temperature indicating
the presence o, tuberculosis and were
slaughtered. On post-mortem exami'
nation each OF the seventy dis
closed the presence OF tuberculosis In
the animal. The board states Its In
ability 10 announce the extent 10 which
this disease prevails among the dairy
herds OF the state owing 70 lack OF
statistical information that could only
be secured through conducting tuber'
. culln tests or through supervision Of
slaughter houses. that while many
herds are entirely free from the dis
ease others contain affected animals
ranging from one In a herd 10 as MANI
as twenty-five. fifty and. In extreme
cases. seventy-nve per cent One o.
:. the most extreme cases noted In n,
report. IL a herd tested in MeiIenry
county. containing tblrty-fve animals
! OF which twenty-five responded TO th'
: test. were slaughtered and found TO b
diseased. The history Of this herr
= also clearly indicates the spread OF tn
disease by contagion.
The board strongly urges Legislation
10 properly deal with this dlseas
Q among dairy and breeding cattle. pro
yldlng that all dairy and breeding
y herds In the state shall be tested viii
tuberculln, and that sufficient fund
shall be appropriated. not only to pa
: the expenses OF this work. but 10 4
n part reimburse the owners for iosse
s. incurred in the eradication OF the dl,
70 ease. Il IL OF the opinion that II
only a question Of brief space 9
IS time when the legislature will hnd
ie necessary to enact such legislation, a
~ many eastern states have done so, an
Ie are by law prohibiting the shipmen
OF cattle within their borders withou
" a certificate showing that the tubercu
s lin test has been made.
: During the year there were quarar
" tined on account OF the existence {
glanders in horses seventy-seyen an
mails diseased and two hundred an
., twenty-three exposed. The diseased al
n finals we're destroyed and all prem
4, lses dlslnfected. Chambers existed du
~ ing the year In fifteen counties OF n
- state. The records Of the past twel,
q year show general decrease In n
~ prevalence OF this disease by countle
~ ranging from forty-iour counties
~ !, 1887 to the number stated last year.
- Ia dealing with CHAMBERS the Boa
~ has used very effectively the MALE
~ te-. being the lymph used In examl
y, Ing exposed horses to ascertain II u
',' disease has been contracted and IA
ny rs lnclplent form OF development. II
On test Il made In a similar manner TO d
ne tuberculln test In cattle for tuberoul
ia Sis
as
" swollen udder.
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