Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-28

greatly in favor by the community oil
many outside points in other parts .!
the state, as frequent inquiry shows
asking for information as to the ordin-
ance and matters pertaining to in
! spection and control of animals.
AS a matter of history not gener-
ally known, even among cattlemen and
/ dairy farmers. it seems that tuberculo-
sis in cattle started from eastern
| Africa and western Asia, even centur-
| les ago. spreading somewhat rapidly
! from these centers during the later
| centuries to nearly every cattle rails
! ing country in the world. Slow. seem
/ ingly, at first but during the past fifty
years very rapidly. owing to the great
| cattle traffic. The increase is traced
| first to the introduction of tubercu-
lar cattle into the herd; by injecting
| the calves with separated milk from
| creameries where the milk from tuber-
| culous cows Is received. When tuber-
| c,1losis is once introduced 1T spreads
| in the herd by contact-licking each
| others noses, drinking from the same
watering trough, eating from the same
manger-and the healthy calves
drinking the milk of diseased COWS. A
| farmer or anyone can see how very
| important 1T is not to buy an AMI
NAL that is infected, for in buying an
| infected animal the whole herd may
become infected and sooner or later
will entail great loss. How easily
| this can be done by buying at auction.
| The only safe plan is to buy only IN
spected cattle. 1t Is a frequent oc-
currence for dairymen to sell dry
cows in the fall and purchase fresh
ones for winter business; this method
has been a factor In sending these
/, cheaper cows into the country. many
having been infected. act as distribute
ing agents in scattering disease.
In bulletin No. ia Wisconsin Agric.
EXP. Station 1904 Russell tells us of a
certain case, an auction sale which
tuberculosis to be introduced into
twelve previously unaffected diaries.
Wherever herd Is free from tuper-
culosis how simple and easy to keep
it so! Never take an animal into rne
herd without knowing 1t has been IN
spected by a competent veterinarian.
Never feed milk from creameries un-
less you sterilize 1t. To prevent tu-
berculosis 1t Is necessary TO keep out
the germ that causes 1t. nave cropped
the side of human affliction for the
moment, and am only discussing the
commercial side Of the question and In
saving what / have and looking only
at the commercial, the man who buys
only inspected animals and who rids
out of his herd the diseased stock Is
only using good judgment.
AS to the tuberculosis test as re-
liable test after thorough trial the U.
S. government endorses 1t and In re-
port by John r. Mohler. chief of the
pathological division bureau of animal
Industry, Washington, D. c., he states
that the tuberculosis test Is wonder
fully accurate method of determining
whether an animal is affected with tu-
, berculosis-That tuberculin has no in
furious effect upon healthy cattle
That the tuberculosis test interferes In
no way with the milking function In
healthy cows. Neither in the quantity
Of milk nor in butter fat has any var
iation been detected-Tuberculin has
been in use since 1891 for diagnosing
tuberculosis in cattle and has been
adopted in all parts of the civilized
world 1t is perfectly natural that there