Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-28
Crusade Against tuberculosis.

The state veterinarian Is laying
special emphasis upon these facts:
There should be publicity as tc
tests for tuberculosis; diseased ami
mails are not always total loss; the
tuberculin test does no injury ia
well animals; many dairymen vol
unfairly have their herds put to the
test.
The department Is flooded with In
quiries as to whether application OF
the tests will injure the cattle that
are healthy. ut will not" said AS
sistant Veterinarian Talbot. at af
fects the diseased animals only"
Inquiry also has been made as tc
whether the animals ordered killed on
being found diseased are total loss
Under the government regulations
these animals go to the government
inspectors. first" said Mr.. Talbot
They are at the packing houses
They determine the extent Of the in
lection. The hides are valuable and
the owner is paid for them. And II
the tuberculosis is localized, the
chance is that from Is to 33 per cent
of the value of the animal Is saved to
the owner"
The department is not engaged IA :
crusade against any particular individ.
uals among the dairymen It has pro
ceeded on information. Under the law
the state authorities are notified by
the government inspectors when ami
mails affected with the tuberculosis
are offered at the packing houses
in this way the Mills case at Des
Moines arose, "said DR.. Talbot. 1.-THE
department bad no special purpose
in going after his herd. except to
perform its duty as It would have In
the case of any herd"
Many dairyman already have ask
ed the department to test their cows, %
said DR.. Talbot. "They realize the
Importance of 1t, and the value ia
them in doing it. The state board OF
health recommends, that all dairy
and breeding cattle used in the state
of Iowa be tested at intervals of one
year until 1t Is determined that
they are free from the disease"
May Gust Sheriff and Mayor.
Il is supposed at the state mouse
that In addition to the court martial
Of Capt. o. w. Kulp of the Davenport
company of the national guard, some
citizen of Davenport will appear to
complain against the sheriff and
mayor Of that city for not enforcing
the law.
In case such complaint Is lodged
Attorney General Byers, under his
recent statement on law enforcement
Will proceed to the work of removing
the accused officers from office for no,
stopping the prize fight at Davenport
Proceedings of this character will be
brought before the presiding Judge OF
the district court aud before q Jury
AS defense the officers under charge
would be able to do what Captain
Kulp cannot undertake to do under
the military code-attempt to prove
that the prize fight was not prize
fight.
Mutual Tornado Insurance..
Although 1t had over 1922 o0. ooo
tornado insurance in force on Iowa
risks, the total loss sustained by the
Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance asso
citation last year was less than sal.
600. according to reports submitted al
the annual session of that body. The
meeting was attended by about one
hundred agents and members. Gov,
Cummins briefly addressed the meet.
ing. He commended mutual insurance
in general, and the association In par.
ticular. He expressed the belief that
the future would see more and more
mutual organizations for public good
All officers OF the Iowa Dairymen's
association were reelected to serve
for another term at the annual neet
ing. They are: w. B. Barney OF
Hampton. president; L. s Edwards
of Arlington, vice president; w. B
Johnson of Des Moines, secretary, and
+. M. Brown of Cedar Rapids. treas
urer.
Prof. e. Fl. Webster. chief of the
dairy division of the department OF
agriculture at Washington: Hon. w
ID. Hoard Of FIT. Atkinson, Wis, and
F. l.. O'Dell, assistant dairy commits
sioner. Of Des Moines. addressed the
assembly.