The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-06-15
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The cattle breeders who want To
banish the tuberculin test should hrst
assure themselves that their herds arc
free from tuberculosis and then they
should keep their barns well ventilat-
ed to maintain the health and viGos
OF the herd, say Live Stock Journal.
Adopt any other method II there =
any other as efncient as tuberculin and
when you assure yourselves that your
herd IL free from tuberculosis. a. .
Wisconsin farmer did who had . fna
herd Of cows. that he assured himself
to be all right until they began to die.
when 1t was too late to save them.
Hoard's Dairyman gives this exam
pie: The other day. State vetert-
marian Roberts, of this state. was re-
quested by a farmer living in this
county. to call and examine his herd
of cows. Something was the matter
with them. Several COW had died and
the farmer was puzzled. DR.. Roberts
took In the situation at a glance. Here
was a fine herd of cows, every one of
them Of a high order of excellence.
and a stable shut up tight. full Of foul
doors and faint, badly lighted. never
white-washed. and disease rampant
The tuberculin test was applied and
81 out Of 30 COWS reacted to the test.
They were killed and in every in
stance the test proved correct. The
man who owned the cows and many of
the neighbors were finally convinced
by this costly experience, but the dali
ryman had been talking hard along
this line for years. A little willingness
to read, and learn from what is read.
might have saved this costly Lesson.
This herd was located only i've miles
from this city and in the same town
ship. Dairy farmers have been alto
gether too conservative on this ques-
ton Of constructing healthy, we'll en-
tilated, well lighted stables. After all
that has been said, barns in this coun-
try were built last summer with one
window. where there should have been
five or six. and no heed at all to VEN
tilation. Crowd a stable like that full
of cows, keep It warm a you must II
they give milk in winter, and you have
just the finest seed bed for tubercu-
losis II, by chance, an infected animal
ia introduced into the herd.
Prof. King. the inventor Of the best
system Of ventilation we know of. tells
Of an instance of this same kind Of
policy he saw In Canada. A man had
brought forty big steers into one big
room. His plan was to feed and water
them without letting them out, and
the managers were to be raised as fast
as the manure and bedding accumulat-
ed. He had closed the barn up as we'll
as he could. for steers, like cows. do
their work better in warmth than in
cold. There came q very cold spell and
the breath Of the animals froze ON the
walls and sealed that room up almost
Theoretically. The result was he came
near losing the whole herd. It has
seemed to us. as we have been In many
COW stables, that the owner had no
idea whatever Of the amount of air .
COW needs; further, that he has no idea
| Of furnishing her with pure air. The
| result of such lack Of knowledge and
good thinking u, that tuberculosis.
abortion, and q host Of other germ dis
eases have all the encouragement they
need, in Q great many COW barns,