The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-05
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"A system on municipal inspection
Or mill and tnbnrnnlm iaata III dairy
cows w naetinl No check tho ADpanl Dr
tha pOntAgi0n In Montana, said HtAtn
Veterinarian Knowles, iiAnd bnll0y0
tha next legislature viii make AOna
provision M laaAt for preliminary steps
IN this direction, Two and fDnp yaAps
aao tho subject WAH considered In tho
legislature and y0tnd down, but hea
lieva the people ara now alive w the
DnnaaAlly for s0nla precautionary nlnAaH
urea should NAY lhnt there tpn los
900 dairy COWS IN Tho state 0f Mon
tAna and while III this altitude Nn
animal mAy be Infected fOp several
Years without fAtAl effects, ono COW
will often cause the death " many
people IN Tho disease on the animals IA
particularly yirulent, We need Il law
tlAt viii make the inspection 0f dairy
COWS by Tho municipality M towns NJ
0vep {, 1000 obligatory, and optional
IN tho smaller places Batter when
dAipalnE becomes more general, "
would probably be desirable 10 pnI th0
matter under atAte supervision
hThe. government Furnishes the
tnlnpenlln f0p leallnH dairy oAltl0 ami
no outlay would be required IN lhNt
dipaetiOnl Capable Inspectors would
be secured fW #l,bOO par yanp and
travelling expenses would ,b0 merely
nOminhh nv most vi tho territory n0nl0
be covered WIN horse and buggy
'peOpln do nOt EonNnlly pnnOHnls0
The Importance Of lla Ynry elOseat
scrutiny Ut milk and The condition OF
lle COWS tlAt produce W. hlniiAtieu
give I'm SONS interesting information
On This subject lDp instance, IN n
large Infants h0mn IN tlie nNAl, tho
mortality WIZ reduced from IN pnp
cent 10 leAH lllnn \ pep cent aft9p n
GlDhn inspection and nArefnl AuU1ps
vision of the mills supply WAS lllp0r
dnGndt
nfllls ~ \ record That. Hpoaks fop W.
Halfl think tle pllyHlelAnA VIII AHpna
Illat tuberculosis ~ on ll,e iDop0aHe IN
Montana And | believe That Il largo
part W originates from tho animal
Aeplnr IN some Of tlln elites on liHps
many remarkable showing N mnde IN
tha result OF close municipal AUpepyta
sion OF tlla lneat and mills supply
4il9 denth rate N mau1ed NV u large
figure, but on g0npso Tho epnoiAl t0st
N Tho infants llOmet
1--WE have only 1--WE daipymen n
Montana that have Ind tlAip herds
testad ald tho purity W their milk
certified, ON e0llpHe our dairy lndNaH
try hardly more lllAn supplies tho
local Demand, and indeed, n largo
amount Oh butter N shipped into tllG
state, ,a'lle milk supply however, u
purely local, and I'M slGll every one ~
Interested III seeing thnt II N pure. ~
N not only important lllnt Illp milk be
Inspected, but meat hA we'll should be
10 tho IeAt, Quite u iHlmE
Der on fAtAl oaHes On. ptOnAine poison
Inn, resulting from tll0 consumption 0f
milk from diseaAed Anil1Ala have GOm0
10 t1le notice Oh phyAinlnla, nld / boz
that all favor some s0pl on n syas
tenn that Will Huapd hHaiilAt the Hpr1ad
on one On tlle most fAiAl dlaeaaGs,
n0OntnAl0D IA more. enAlN Trans
through milk, thAn by almost
my other agency, blight 0nf On every
hundred people who die III Montana
suffer from tnbepeuiOsisl This N an
alapmin4ly large proportion
nAt present. tlle dAlpying interests
N lhe sfAte aFe confined 10 i fow GOuns
Iies, Including Silver How, lewis and
Clarke, ,yallOWsl0Ie, ugseAde Deer
Lodge, Wlathead and MissOuIA, F0p
This paas0l II would ba more advisable
10 plage tla matter linden municipal
Inspection In Tine large cities, Gnd
make N optional In the cities under
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