The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-04-11

previous year was passed, as follows:
Nothing contained in Chapter 4oI
OF the acts am the year 1894 shall be
construed as authorizing or comforting
authority for the use OF tuberculin or
other compositions, compound or drug
as diagnostic for detecting the dis
case known as tuberculosis in any do
nestle animal or animals without the
written consent OF the owner or per-
son in possession thereof until such
animal shall have been first condemn
ed by physical examination by COM
pctcnt veterinarian as being affected
with tuberculosis.
So far as | know there has been no
material change in the law since then,
The State also paid for such animals
as were destroyed the full value up TO
500, that value to be fixed by mem
Der OF the commission and the farmer,
and in case they couldn't agree each
to select one party and they 10 select
a third rs board OF arbitration. Also
all the animals held in quarantine over
ten days were to be kept at the ex-
pense OF the State. The matter OF
quarantiniag animals for an unlimited
time, at the expense OF the farmer, led
TO grave consequences, rs the COM
mission was supposed 20 consult its
own convenience as 10 us removal or
the slaughter OF the animals In addi-
ton to this. the commission was COM
PEELED 10 remove all animals from
quarantine. kill such as were found
diseased, pay for them and for the cx-
pense OF the quarantine before II test
ed any more animals al the owners
request The wings az the commits
sion were further clipped by reducing
the appropriation 10 100000 The
farmers then went 10 the Governor
and asked for further relief. through
the appointment OF more conservative
men on the commission - each ones
term expired The Governor needed
their calls. and. coupled with the re-
,igration OF one member when the
work OF tuberculin and It's effects upon
the animals showed up SO badly, the
commission was soon placed upon a
sound, conservative basis, with plenty
oil legal authority 10 fully perform its
work. The farmers then ceased their
opposition and went hand N hand with
the commission in wise and conscr-
vativc manner 10 maintain the health
OF their herds and place a product
above suspicion upon the market
Barns have been cleaned and ventilat-
ed, better breeding and better feed
ing have been practced and in every
way the dairy industry Of the State
has been iostcred.
The farmers OF Massachusetts could
not been coerced; neither could the
farmers OF Maine, where practically
the same effort was made in 1907
Governor Busiel oi New Hampshire
vetoed a bill OF a similar nature At
about the same time al the agitation in
Massachusetts,. and neither OF these
States has suffered: on the other hand.
the dairy industry has fiourished Won
derfully, the dairy products are CON
tinually rising i'll the appreciation Of
intelligent, critical consumers, and
their sacl is extending over wider
area and at increased prices each year,
Norman is more interested than the
farmer in having good herds and clean,
hcathiul products. No one off the
farm can ever FULLY realize the amount
OF milk, cream and butter used in the
average farmers family The conven-
tional one quart OF milk and one-hali
pint OF cream purchased daily By the
average city or village family would
hardly serve for the breakfast in many
farmers homes Among no class 81
people is the lover OF home so strong
or the ties that bind the family togc-
Their so firmly knitted as among the
American iarmcrs, and the products
oi their fields and herds are led to the
families in those homes first al all.
They share with their customers their
value and their healthiulness They
should receive the unselish aid oi the
educator and the physician, 10 the end
that there shall be a better knowledge
1.-THE principles underlying their work
and better feeling a cooperation
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