The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-03
GEORGIA CATTLE
NOT UNHEAL THY
-
inspection Has Been Made
By DR.. Morris, of
Savannah
STANDS AMONG THE BEST
This is Shown by the Government
Rureau-No Case of Tuberculosis
in Georgia Cattle Has Been
Reported.

Impure milk is now attracting the
attention Of the country, and leading
physicians have discovered that it is
the cause of considerable sickness
This state of affairs is brought about
on account of the unhealthy cattle
tuberculosis is reported to be com
mon among the cattle, which causes
the disease % spread.
DIR. NJ A. Morris, of Savannah, has
made an inspection of the condition OF
cattle in this section and reports that
Georgia has no unhealthy cattle. In
an article on this question the follow
ing from yesterdays Savanrah News
will be of interest:
Statistics show that Georgia cattle
are among the healthiest in this coun.
try and that under ordinary condi.
tions their milk should be of the pur.
est and best. Dr. M "A. Morris "a
prominent veterinarian of Savannah
said yesterday:
THE statistics issued by the gov
ernment bureaus show beyond doubt
that Georgia cattle, and especially
those in the southern portion of the
state, are among the healthiest in this
entire country. The standard of milk
as revealed by tests, is very high.
The percentage of sickness, as com.
puted from actual figures, is very low.
Personally insr~>found the health
OF chatha county cattle above the
average Tn my practice / am con
stantly joining in contact with them,
and a4a rule find condltioas in. the
large daries 20 be very good. The
smaller and cheap ones are, of course,
in very bad condition, and steps
cannot be taken soon enough to rem
edy them.
The Cattle Hoodoo
What might be termed the great
cattle hoodoo is tuperculosis, and it
s on the subject of communicating
this disease TO human beings through
the milk of affected cows that much
of the medical discussion Of recent
years has turned. Without regard as
to whether or not the disease can by
communicated through the milk, can
say that in all by practice in Chat
ham county, and have dealt with
of hundreds of COWS, | have
never yet found one that has been suf
fering with the disease.
'As to the other diseases which
are common 10 cattle, | may say that
they are comparatively rare. Cattle
owners everywhere have shown ten
dency to do all they can to check
these diseases from spreading, and the
results have been as stated above,
Georgia cattle rank highest in this
country for good health.
Larger Diaries Are Cleanly.
THE larger dairies in Chatham
county arc very clcanly The sani-
tary conditions are of the best and
the owners take pride in the condi,
tions of the yards and stables. The
rooms in which the milk is bottled
are kept spick and span and absolute
cleanliness Is insisted upon.
"The great trouble is with the small
er dairies, especially those in Yama-
craw Here 1t may almost be said
that the cattle are kept in the back
yards. These yards soon become very
filthy and the cattle cannot help be-
coming affected by these conditions.
A test by experts will reveal the fact
that the impure milk comes from such
yards.
81 am heartily in favor of any step
taken either by the city or the county
to remedy bad conditions. There
should be littl etrouble Cattle own
ers, when | have called their attention
to the results Of these conditions,
ave almost invariably remedied them
Should law be passed, there would
be no trouble in enforcing it, / be-
leve the dairymen themselves will
heartily cooperate with the city"