The Newtown bee., 1901-01-11


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 The annual report of, our friend, Heman o. Averill, the affable and capable commissioner of domestic animals, submitted to the governor says that the records of the depart ment show that the total expenses for the year ending September 30, 1900, to have been $4, ,4lO.14, this sum including compensation for cattle condemned In response to calls to examine suspi- cious cases of bovine tuberculosis, 385 animals were inspected. The number of cattle inspected, furnishing milk to the Boston and NorwaK and South Norwalk markets, was 3,839, and the total number of cattle condemned was 11S, for which total amount of $l 1902 was allowed as compensation, an aver age of S15.27 a head. The work of in- specting for the markets was done in response to many calls from farmers and was made necessary by the action of the Boston board of health and the health regulations of the cities of Nor walk and South NorWalk, requiring an annual inspection. The report Says that bovine tuberculosis is the only contagious disease that exists among the cattle in this state that is recog- nized as dangerous to the public health, and every animal that has been found to be affected with this disease by a physical examination has been condemned, killed and buried. In every such case the owner and the commissioner have been able to agree upon the price to be paid by the state: The voluntary extinction of bovine tuberculosis by the owner will be. greatly encouraged and aided by edu eating the farmer and herdsman re- specting the disease, so hat they will be able to diagnose it in it's earliest stage. To carry on campaign of in- struction, as we'll as wage war of destruction, should be the constant aim and effort of this department, says the report. "There are no data by which we can determine if bovine tuberculosis is on the increase or the decrease in this state at the present time. However, if we take a period back about B years, when the farmers of the state were generally engaged in buying young stock, mostly steers from the West, and, after feeding them year or two, selling them tC the butcher, and compare it with the present time, when dairying is the leading industry of the farmers of the state, the result would undoubtedly show a considerable increase in the prevalence of the disease"
 The report of the StOrrS Agricul tural Experiment Station for 1899 ha just been received. InadditiOn to the report of the director, Prof w. o. At water, whicla gives a brief review O the work of the Station for the year, i contains several articles by the Direct or and his associates discussing certain departments of the work in detail Prof H. w. Conn shows the importance of bringing the dairy bacteria under
 distinct classi ticatiOn, as is done in the case of water bacteria, and describes
 method of classification of dairy bac tteria which he has developed and foun of considerab ble convenience in his Ow
 laboratory in the experiments on tn action of bacteria in milk, cream ant
 butter, carried on by him in behalf c |, the station. This classification is pro
 posed in the hope that it may suppl
 what is exceedingly ynecessary-a near
 whereby dairy bacteriologists may con . pare species of bacteria in one localit
 with those in anOther-and thus be (
 aid in simplifying the study of dail