The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-03-09
DAIRY. AND POULTRY,
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department OF the Farm-A Few
Hints as to the Care Of Live Stock
and Poultry. = .5. o. ~ 4 :

Dairy Notes. -
1t is gratifying to observe that our
export trade in cheese is showing evil
dences of revival, the total for the
eleven months ending with April
showing an increase Of 100000
pounds, representing a value of over
81 100000 over that of last year. For
1899 the total was less than that Of
1898, being s0,995,6S2 pounds, valued
at s2.705,2 ,240; for 1900 the total is 36,-
795,124, valued at $3,s09,853. Of this
increase practically the entire amount
was in our exports to the United King
dom, whose share of the total was
33,0OO,000 pounds, valued at So, ,423, 900,
against 100000 pounds valued at
s1,50o,000 last year.
The last General Assembly Of Ohio
appropriated $1,000 for the use Of the
state experiment station in Investigate
ing the prevalence of tuberculosis
among cattle. A number of tubercu-
lous cattle were found on the station
farm and these were slaughtered. This
slaughter was attended by hundreds
or veterinarians and others interested.
The widespread interest in the sub
Ject is shown by the fact that the sta
ton In it's subsequent Investigations
was assisted by more than $50 ply
slc1ans, veterinarians and health off,
INP9fn6 in, oil orfo of c&ofo
This investigation demonstrated the
TACT that tuberculosis exists in many
OF the herds of cattle that supply milk
to our large cities, but is quite rare
among the small herds of the farmers
not engaged in the production Of milk.
Many of the physicians in correspon-
dence with the station asserted that
they had strong reasons for suspect
ing the origin Of this disease in some
OF their patients to be in the meat or
milk supply. Of course, it is exceed
ingly difficult to prove a case of this
kind. j Thus a man might develop
tuberculosis of the stomach after -eat~
ing tuberculous meat, yet it could not
be proved that the one was the result
Of the other. But if a man comes into
contact with smallpox patient and
then himself comes down with small
pox we naturally conclude that the
connection between apparent cause
and effect is close. So it is with bov-
inc tuberculosis and tuberculosis in
the human family. The vital statis-
tics of the National census show that
more deaths from tubercular disease
occur in Ohio during the first two
years OF life than during any ten
years following; but the replies to our
inquiry, coming from physicians and
veterinarians in all parts of the state
and practicing in the country, in the
city, or in both, show that both bovine
and infantile tuberculosis are extreme
ly rare on the farms Of the state. but
that infantile tuberculosis is common
in the cities and that bovine tubercu-
losis is common in the large dairy
herds from which the milk supply OF
cities is drawn. Moreover, postmortem
examinations are indicating that in
fantile tuberculosis is even more
common than the census figures would
Indicate, and that in infants the dis
ease is manifested in the digestive
tract more frequently than in adults
The logical inference to be drawn
from these facts is that tubercu1ous
milk supply is responsible for many
if not most, of the infantile deaths
from this disease.