The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
northwest may be made to grow wheat
in undiminishing yields thru all the cen
turtles. Thomas Shaw.
| St. Anthony Park. Mimi. Dec. %.
tuberculosis In Cattle.

tuberculosis In Cattle.
TO the Editor of The Journal.
The city ordinances passed at st. Paul
and Minneapolis prohibiting the sale of
milk from cattle not tested by tuberculin
are criticized vigorously in different farm
ing communities. Farmers and stock
raisers in several localities, and especially
in Rice and Goodhue counties, have
formed organizations to take united action
against the requirements, which they con-
slider asonable. Further petitions
have been circulated to ask the city au-
thorities to repeal the ordinance and they
are at the same time threatening to quit
shipping If their request Is not granted.
The shipping for Goodhue county espe-
cially, over the Great Northern railroad,
amounts to a great deal, and the ordi-
nance, therefore, probably affects this ter
ritory more than any other.
Some six years ago the authorities In
st. Paul passed similar ordinance
(Which, however, was withdrawn later.
and 1t fell to my lot at that time to in
spect the cattle in Goodhue and Rice
counties, and I found that the farmers
were just as much opposed to such an in
spection then as they are today under the
present city ordinance, which I under
stand is rigidly enforced.
In my opinion tuberculosis in cattle is a
standing menace to the community in
which their products are consumed, and
I also believe that laws like those passed
by the city authorities not only ought to
be encouraged, but we ought even to go a
step further in the same direction-to
frame and establish laws for the same
purpose in every single village or city
thruout the whole state. This would, In
my opinion, raise a barrier against the
further progress Of this dreaded disease.
The expense attached to the test is a
comparatively small one, and properly
done is benefit to the farmers in several
ways, viz: Q) The test will detect the
sick cow or COWS in the herd and by de-
struction or isolation Of them the herd may
be saved from further Infection t2) The
farmers will have the satisfaction Of
knowing that they are drinking pure milk
| instead Of tuberculous milk. 1t Is there
fore strange indeed that so many farmers
are opposed to having their cattle tested
| they ought to know and to realize that
they have no more right to sell tubercu-
lous milk than to sell any other poisonous
products injurious to the human health.
BY looking at the statistics Of our own
State-OtherWlSe 80 healthful-We IND
| that at least one-tenth Of all deaths dur
| ing the last ten years were caused by or
| due to tuberculosis or consumption. This
| is, therefore, the reason that not only this
state, but nearly all states In the union
| II, full accord with those Of Europe-are
| today framing laws looking toward the
destruction Of all cattle thus infected.
The presence of one diseased animal en-
dangers not only the entire herd, but
also the consumers Of products from tu-
berculous cattle. It is proved that the
cause Of tuberculosis in man and animals
| is the same-a vegetable microscopic cell,
which multiplies very rapidly. CDR. Koch $
| theory, that COWS cannot be infected from
any human being Is interesting, tho I'M
material in this connection.)
| The tubercle bacillus or germ may live
| outside the organism, and even In dried
form and converted into dust it is capa-
BILE of entering the lungs thru the air pass
ages. So We will easily understand thai
one single sick COW may infect the whole
herd before being suspected herself.
Another way by which tuberculosis is
| transferred is thru the milk. The cows
udder is an excellent medium for the dis
ease, and the microbes have frequently
been discovered In milk. That we re-
peatedly hear Of tuberculosis In children
lied on cows milk Ks certainly due to In
feeted milk.
It has always been a difficult task fol
the veterinarians to diagnose the disease
when present in localized form without
any general symptoms Of tuberculosis
Now that "tuberculin'' is known the worl
has been lightened a great deal. Injected
under the skin this remedy has the quail
ifcation to raise the temperature severa
degrees in animals affected with tuber
culosis IT, therefore, there is no rise il
the temperature or the rise Is less thar
~ to degrees Fahrenheit it Is safe tt
diagnose tuberculosis, hence the tenn
perature after the injection (next day, i
the injection was performed after or i
O clock p.m.) will show, If the ANNA
tested is tuberculous or not
Observations on thousands of animal
show that the test is not dangerous b.
any means, but rather favorable to tn
animals tested. To farmers and stock
raisers, who are unfamiliar with the test
and for this reason may be skeptical
may be allowed to give the following ex
PLANTATION: The injected serum (tuber
culin) does not contain live or even dea'
: germs Of the disease, altho it is manufact
,, ured from cultures Of tubercle bacilles
The solution containing these bacilli !
steamed and evaporated down to at mos
one-tenth Of it's original bulk and the
carefully filtered, which consequently re
I moves all bodies Of these bacill1. TIL
syrup-lilze liquid obtained after this pro
cess is done Is what is termed tubercul1r
by help Of which all animals affected b
: tuberculosis may be detected. It Is sim
= ply diagnosticum or an agent or mediuI
: by which we are able to find out if a COY
is tuberculous or not, and not at all in
furious in it's effect on sound or health
, animals *. B. Schjoll, v. s.
! Jackson, MIMI, Dec. %, 1905.