The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-22
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS


It Is 70 be hoped that when 4 new
state veterinarian is appointed In Illi-
nois ho will be a fully gradusted prac-
titioner and a man who has at heart
the best interests Of the stock owners
Of the country Owners Of dairy and
breeding COWS in this state have been
up in arms for a long time past as a
result Of the way in which the tuber-
eulin crusade has been carried out
against tuberculosis. They have seen
their animals tested and condemned
ana have received only a small amount
0s she real value Of such cattle killed
for the alleged benefit OF the people
Of the state at large. They have ar
gued with a good deal OF reason that
if the cattle must be killed appar-
emily healthy, well-doing COWS, show
ing no emaciation and no trouble OF
the udder, should be condemned and
killed for the sole reason that they
showed rise In temperature when
tuberculin was injected. They have
rebellsd all the more when they fol-
lowed these cows to the shambles and
found that the alleged evidence of
tuberculosis was some small spot the
size Of bean or altogether absent so
far as they could see They have con-
sidered It unfair 10 attribute the rise
in each case to the effect Of the tuber-
culln Injected when they have known
that the COW fretted under the test,
was sometimes IN heat or near preg-
nancy when tested or unaccustomed
10 stay In a barn without water IN hot
weather when grass had been the food
prior to the test and shady places the
resting place OF the victim during hot
days. It is alleged by the state veterl-
marian that during the past year no
cows have been tested without the
owner having first asked that the cows
be SO treated We doubt this asser-
tion when We remember that agents Of
the state authorities. accompanied by
police officers. visited ignorant owners
OF cows and asked CD them to sign
papers requesting that their cows be
tested by the state officials! This was
voluntary asking in a vengeance! The
parties have since told the writer that
they were Of the opinion that they had
20 have the cattle tested and had no
voice Ia the matter. The Farmers Re
view is not opposed to fair means Of
attempting the eradication Of danger
Gus cases Of tuberculosis, but It is op-
posed TO wholesale destruction OF other
peoples cows for the alleged benefit
Of the public at large without due re-
imbursement OF the owner OF cattle
ordered slaughtered. It is opposed to
such tests being carried out by ignor-
ant, uneducated men who do not give
the apparently healthy COW the benefit
Of the doubt when she Is In heat, nerv-
Gus. pregnant o. unaccustomed to
slabling during the test II is 0p-
posed to the eondemning to death Of
ali COWS reacting 10 the test when
there Is no sign Of emaciatlon, no sign
Of the udder being involved, no sign
Of anything being the matter with the
COW. Il Is opposed to the methods Of
coerslon In obtaining the consent OF
owners to having their cattle tested.
We believe that every COW that
shows suspicious symptoms Of tubercu-
losis should be tested. and that such
symptoms should be discovered by
veterinary inspectors. whose duty Il
should be to inspect dairy herds under
the supervision OF local boards OF
health. We believe that all reacting
COWS should be watched and retested.
but not slaughtered at once after re-
acting. and proper hygienlc measures
should be taken IN every herd to lso-
late al cows that have reacted. and
that such cows should be put out OF the
milk supply business and be fattened
for sale and slaughtered under ex-
pert inspection. We are Of the opin-
ion further that the whole business
should be conducted upon a common
sense basis. rather than fanaticaliy
and wastefully. and that every pre-
caution should be taken TO make each
test with tuberculln fair to all con-