Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-06
Council Bluffs Veterinarian EX-
aiming Herds, Finds One Pos
itively Revolving Case
PEOPLES IGNORANCE APPALLING
They Have Not Realized How Preva-
lent tuberculosis in Cattle Is, But
Are Now Thoroughly Alarmed by
Discoveries Made Public at Council
Bluffs - Quotes From Law.
Special to Times-Republican.

Council Bluffs, Feb. 6.-Dr. r. H.
Hollingsworth. d Council Bluffs veter-
marian of repute. has thoroughly
alarmed the people of this city by
statements relating to discoveries he
says he has made with reference to tu-
berculosis in dairy cows i'll this city
and vicinity. Some of his discoveries
are of the most serious character inn
be worse. One family, he says, he
found had actually been milking pus
from an infected COW, and were feed
ing it to baby in the family.
People do not realize how preva-
lent tuberculosis in cattle really is,
said DR.. Hollingsworth. lin spite of all
that has been published. Even stock
men and darymen are just beginning
to wake up to conditions which, in
some cases, are astounding. Both DR..
S. L. Miller and myself have been
called to investigate number OF cases
of the disease in this vicinity within
the last few weeks. l was summoned
the other day by dairyman, one OF
whose cows had become suddenly ILL.
The animal was heifer for which the
owner had paid $50 a short time be-
fore. She died before arrived. A
postmortem examination revealed one
of the worst cases of tuberculosis |
ever saw. The animal had been 50 re-
Gently purchased that it was evident
the disease must have been far ad-
vanced when she changed ownership,
and the man who sold her paid back
the purchase price
"A few days ago DIR. Miller and my
self were called to a place near the
city to treat cow. We found the
trouble to be tuberculosis of the I'D
der. One teat had been lost at some
previous time thru disease. and sec
ond was about to 60 The COW had
been MIXED this time about three
weeks. The condition of her milk was
indescribable. In fact, they
were actually milking pus from her and
it was being fed to children
such things are horrible, and they
are only examples. do not want to be
understood as saying that this part OF
conditions exist elsewhere, and the
sooner the people wake up to the facts
the better it will be-"
DR.. Miller has just received from
DR.. Paul o. Koto, of Forest City, state
veterinarian, copies of circular is
sued by the bureau of animal industry,
United States department of agricu|
ture, calling attention to the proVls-
ions of section 6, of the act OF con-
gress creating the bureau. which abso-
lutely prohibits interstate shipment OF
live stock affected with any contagious.
infectious or communicable disease.
After quoting the law the circular
says:
"Under this section it is a misde-
meanor, punishable by fine and i'm
prisonment, for any person or corpor-
alton to deliver for transportation. re-
ceive for transportation, transport.
drive on foot, or otherwise remove
from the state or territory into anoth-
err state or territory, any cattle or
swine which are affected with tuber-
culosis, as disclosed by a physical ex-
VI NY lllC luOOASu sS''s'
or by any other means. In cases
where evidence is furnished the de-
partment that any person, firm or cor
poration has transported, driven on
foot or otherwise removed from one
state or territory cattle or swineo which
are affected with tuberculosis, know
ing that such animals are affected,
vigorous prosecution will be made in
the federal courts"
In general way, the presence of tu-
berculosis affected cattle in this vcin-
ity has been known for some time, but
the disclosures of the situation and
general official examination may be
demanded. Publication of tests show
ing that the dairymen supply milk to
their customers that is up to grade in
butter fat, is made enthusiastically,
and that appears to have sufficed to
quiet public fears as to every other
condition. DIR. HollingsWorths state
ments have created a sensation. and
it would not be surprising if there is
g. large falling off in the consumption
of milk. No one knows in what or
whose dairies DIR. Hollingsworth found
the tuberculous-a affected COWS. and