The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-10
Tuberculosis in Raw MIX.


tuberculosis In Raw Milk.
Conflicting testimony as to contagia-
bility OF milk is to hand from various
quarters, writes John McDougall in the
Dairy World Iondon). Professor Law
says milk is more to be dreaded than
meat, being uncooked, and an infants
principal food, but that strong con-
stitution protects, and instances a
two months old pig fed on affected
milk for six weeks, and when killed,
found perfectly free and healthy,
whereas rabbits inoculated with the
same milk were affected in six weeks.
Nocard and M'Fadzean hold that milk
from tuberculosis COW, unless the
udder is affected, is noninfecting. Bang
says he has examined sixty-three tu-
oerculous cows with healthy udders,
and found milk infected in nine
cases. Ernst testifies to the same ex-
perience. DR.. Amoback instances the
death OF. his son, healthy boy Of thir.
teen years, suddenly taken i'll and died
IN hve weeks, and revealed, on post
mortem, tubercular inflammation of
the lungs. This boys parents were
free from any hereditary faint, but the
COW, whose milk the boy had been con-
Stunning, was found suffering from adj
vanced tuberculosis of the lungs when
killed.
Outlet for Our Observation-Disclosures
Wisconsin dairymen, ]. H. Monrad
said: During the past year several
experimental shipments of creamery
butter have convinced the dealers in
England that If they can afford to pay
our price they can get as good butter
from here as anywhere. It remains to
convince the consumers in England of
this fact. The trouble is that our home
market in reality is the best, and for
that reason it may be years before we
establish a regular all-the-year-round
export, but as my own private opinion
may state that have been convinced
that We have safety valve for our pro-
duction and that there is no need of
letting extra creamery go below Is cents
in Chicago If we will only deliver per-
feet milk or adopt Pasteurization, in
order to secure uniformity. 1t is to be
hoped that this safety valve will be
used rather than the usual cold storage
speculation, which only depresses the
market later on"
Uninspected Horsetlesh Exported
The American government has never
taken official cognizance of horsefesh
as an article of export. Nevertheless,
it is being exported. If this trade be
allowed to go on it should be subjected
to the same inspection rules as beef
and other meats that are ordinarily ex-
ported. If this be not done, the meat
trade of this country will suffer, for
the reason that the prejudice awakened
by the unsanitary horsefesh will pass
over to the other meats. We can not
claim that man being a citizen of
the United States necessarily makes
him an angel, and therefore we must
look out for the rogue among us that
he does not bring our good name into
disgrace in foreign lands. Recently
the authorities in Sweden inspected
some horsefesh imported from Amer
lea and claim to have found it to be
Of character entirely unfit for food,
the flesh being evidently from diseased
animals.
Fattenlng Beeves.-Corn will be
higher than it was last year. We will
feed our young steers more corn fod-
der and less grain because of this, but
the steers designed for market will re-
ceive all the grain they will be able to
digest. With corn at 40 cents per
bushel and a large quantity Of low
priced roughness, it would pay to feed
freely Of the latter and less Of the
former, taking longer time in fatten-
ing. Years ago the writer satisfied
himself that it did not pay to feed
young steers grain when they were
on good pasture in Illinois, and that,
on the other hand. it was mistake
to drop the grain feed for cattle de-
signed to be marketed fat during the
summer, however good the pasturage
was.-Wallace's Farmer.
A cattle boom is on, and farmers
should be careful not to lose their
heads. II not very careful they win
ind themselves paying big prices for
poor animals. This is always the ex-
perience in boom times. 3. n Is
The question Of changing Fat con
tents Of milk seems not to occupy the
place Ia dairy discussions that n sns.