The record-union., 1899-09-12

duStry was dairying, that were not IN
telligent and patriotic. He hoped that
something might come Of the conyen-
ton which would tend to incline the
farmer to include in his other labors,
that of dairying.
Captain T. b. Hall of this city being
called upon said he was interested in
dairying to a certain extent or had
been. He had always taken an interest
in the industry. but he was probably
more theoretical than practical. He SAID
frankly that he had come to learn ana
not to attempt to impart knowledge,
but that he took great interest in the
discussion.
DEFENDED THE COW
Judge ]. w. SNOWFALL of Knights
Landing spoke at length on the ques-
tion of tuberculosis in cattle. He said
that while dairying in the State IS
still in it's infancy, its possibilities were
great. He considered the COW the
healthiest thing on earth, and said 1t
had come to be traduced because per-
sons in San Francisco would feed it
on hot swill from the breweries and
then turn it out in the San Francisco
climate and the result was tubercu-
losis He asserted that cattle fed on
alfalfa in the country were immune
from the disease and he had never seen
one of them affected with it.
Mr. Stephens, in replying to Judge
SNOWFALL said that if there were
charges that milk was the home of the
bacteria, it laid with the Dairy Asso-
citation to refute it. The simple as
sertion that it was untrue would carry
no weight with it. Judge SNOWFALL,
he said, had by his own admission ad-
mitted the truth of the charges, and he
should be one of the first to have prop
er legislation to put a stop to such
proceedings.
Judge Snowfall said the beef eater
and the milk drinker of the world was
the best specimen of humanity to be
found anywhere. Put them together,
he said and they would whip the
world He said it was not right to
accuse the dairy COW of scattering tub,
erculosis, when as a matter of fact.
only cows fed on hot swill and then
exposed to the inclement climate of
San Francisco were ever seized With
the disease.
CAN BE TRANSMITTED.
DR.. Blemer, State Veterinarian, being
called upon for an opinion, said there
was no doubt in the world that tuber-
culosis could be transmitted from dis
eased COWS, through the milk, to the
Individual There was no doubt in his
mind that the percentage of tuber-
culosis in COWS in this State, was high;
higher than in some of the Eastern
States The tuberculosis question was
being considerably agitated throughout
the State, and while the law governs
ing the question admitted of more than
one construction. he believed that
county or city authorities had right
under the law to appoint or employ
veterinarian or milk inspector.
Professor F. E. Twining of Fresno,
who has spent five years in making
archaeological tests. being called on.
said that statistics gathered in his sec
tion of the country, of 10 per cent. of
the deaths of infants nine-tenths of
them were caused from intestinal
troubles, superinduced by using cows
milk.
COULD EASILY TELL.
Judge j. H. McKune, who was pres
ent, and whose dairy herd consists of
! 100 cows, being called upon, stated
that the men who conduct his herd can
cow whether or not it is affected with
tuberculosis. They held that in the
| COW, as in the human being, the disease
! leaves in it's track conditions which
/ cannot be mistaken.
Judge STcKune said he was in doubt
| concerning many of the questions rela-
! tive to tuberculosis in cattle, and
should an inspector inspect his cattle
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! in case some of his cows were killed,
which upon subsequent examination
were shown to be free from the dis
ease He hoped that some meth
cd would be evolved whereby the ques-
| be eliminated from the problems to he
considered by dairymen.
| DOES NOT ALWAYS SHOW.
DR.. Blemer in replying to Judge Nc
Kune said that as a rule the disease
| in cattle, the lungs of which We're at
] tackled, could usually be detected by a
physical examination. Such animals.
he said. usually have a dry, hacking
cough, and the hair looks bad. On the
other hand he had seen cattle which
We're literally rotten with the disease
that were rolling fat; the disease, he
!
cous membranes, and in such cases it
was hard to detect by physical exam
| ination.
In answer to questions by President
| Martin, DIR. Blemer said there were
many sides to the question of kill
| ing cattle affected with the dis
ease, but that he advised doing SO on
the ground that the less the number of
diseased animals the less the chance
| of spreading the disease.
A SAD EXAMPLE.
| n F. Baker of Vermont said he was
sorry to say he believed that tubercu-
losis could be transmitted from cattle
/ to the human race. 1t had, in fact,
been so transmitted to his only daugh-
/ ter, who was living on a milk diet while
recovering from typhoid fever The
lady, he said, was with him in this
/ State having come here for her health.
and that while she was a picture Of
| health the best physicians had agreed
that she was suffering from tubercu-
| losis, which had been transmitted to
| the system by milk introduced into the
! stomach. He felt that persons not sus-
| ceptible to diseases-persons who were
strong and we'll, might succeed in d.
gesting the tuberculosis germs, while
those with weak stomachs We're liable
| to become inocculated.
4, The noon hour having arrived, Presi-
dent Martin, after having appointed
Shafter Howard of Oakland and Secre-
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