Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-28
EXHIBIT OF ruBERcuLous CATTLE
At Fair Grounds. September 10. Should
Interest Every Stock Raiser.

Mr. Alexander, the long time faith
/ ful secretary of our county fair, and
! Senator Munson who is always glad to
do a good thing for his constituents.
/ have prevailed upon Dean Russell of
agricultural station to send three tubcr-
/ culous cattle which will be killed Thurs
/ day, the 18th of September on the fair
/ ground and their diseased organs will
he shown to all who will see them. We
expect Prof Russell TO be here to dem
onstrate on the dead animals the pre-
! sence of tubercles and his lecture will
be worth the small fee of 35 cents
charged by the society at the gate of
one Of the best fairs in Wisconsin.
| DIR. Russell is one of the ablest
authorities on tuberculosis in the world
and is doing a great work in stamping
| out consumption among cattle and also
among men. Mr.. Alexander wishes me
/ to aid him in this matter and suggest
/ that number of short course boys,
residents of the county, test all the
! cattle on exhibition if the owners do not
| object and thus give practical demon
| stration of how the work is dGne, This
| work must be done free There is no
| fund to draw upon to pay the students,
but they are an enthusiastic lot of bows
willing to aid in a great undertaking
like this. Just think of it! Il dozen
/ young men from the farms would bring
syringes and thermometers on Wed
day the 18th, and take the temperature
of every bovine on the fair grounds and
at half past four inject every one with
tubercuin what an object lesson it
would be to the average farmer, Then
/ the next forenoon they could take the
| temperatures of the cattle and record
Their findings. How many young men
will respond and write Mr. Alexander
they will come to work with syringes
and thermometers the forenoon of Sep
tember Is? Remember their only com
pensatlon will be a complimentary ticket
and pay for broken thermometers.
DIR. Russell has a very able lecture
Illustrated by magic lantern plates
showing how this disease spreads 1t
is high up university lecture which
any pne can understand There is to
be black tent, and lantern show on
the grounds | will write Prof. Russell
that we want that lecture in that tent.
and try to get him to bring his slides
and we by paying the tent maa dime
may possibly listen to tnat Invaluable
lecture on disease which kills one in
seven of us human animals and which
is spreading very rapidly among our
cattle and hogs. Remember it does no
harm to bovine to test it with tuber-
culm. The COW gives just as much
milk and there is no danger of giving
her consumption. want every butcher
in the county to see this exhibit Of
rotten cattle. Every stockman ought
to see it and every member of a
family who has lost relatives from this
dread disease. propose to have the
diseased specimens saved and exhibited
during the whole fair where all can see
them. Now let the short course boys
send their names to Mr. Alexander and
state that they viii aid in this test and
we will have an exhibit that will be
worth thousands of dollars to the county.
A knowledge of this subject means
greater longevity for our race. hope
all the doctors will be there
C.. V. PORTER.