Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-26
OUR NEIGHD0RS SAY
usnde against Bovine Tubercu-
'sis--The Public Quotations
It's Success.

m the st. Adams Messenger)
hardly necessary 70 canvass pub
Iiment very carefully in thes,
make UP ones mind that Yer
present system OF encouraging
npting to encourage, tho use Of
arculln test as q means OF elimin.
ovine tuberculosis from the State
regarded as very substantial
And this, too. not so much be.
he average we'll informed person
distrusts the merits Of the tuber'
st. perhaps. or the necessity fol
adication OF the disease, az be.
the operation of Vermont's law
" has proved to be enormously
We but the results arc in no sense
isurate with the expense. The
: annually spending a great dea'
~ In the hope OF getting rid Of a
attic disease that may be com.
d to human being, and at the
ne time leaving It wholly OPP
18th the human being that own
whether thcy shall consent to
from tho risk Of tho disease
ies or whether they shall pre-
communication to others. or not.
dless to say that a policy so ut
nficting cannot be n success.
retiring message to tho Gene
('embly, Gov. Fletcher ID. Proc
|med the matter up In these
Z the biennial term ending June
the State expended on account
culosis In cattle sos, s2574. OF
unit so. $50 81 was paid by order
attic commissioner. AS far as I
EN- able to ascertain no other
ponds as large an amount for
rose. Many States limit the ap-
n and in the case of most
re amount has been very much
In that expended by Vermont.
Aute does not limit the amount
be expended and the cattle
oner has no discretion In the
1t Is his dtAy to respond to all
1T may DO made to test cattle
ie Stae.
work should be continued, but
e Is not at present receiving
q !, IN ,r.tt !, no
she Is making for this purpose.
! law the State pays 10 per
the appraised value of cattle
J !. $50 being the limit at which
>al condemned to be slaughtered
appraised. The owner OF con-
'ttle should bear q larger pro.
tho loss. and greater caro-
taken to safeguard the inter-
State in the appraisal OF cat
too. the present system Of
tie only when requested TO do
owner is not the right one.
luce the number OF tubercu-
in Vermont. but the disease
re eliminated until testing Is
The INFESTED herds are a
source of contamination and
extent nulllfy the large ex-
made by the State. The cattle
ar should at least be given
require suspected herds to
some disposition IN Vermont
proha blity OF danger Of the
ion Of tuberculosis from cat
=. but the Messenger is IN
mink the weight OF authority
'ther side. II Is true the re-
Koch still insists that the
not so communicable. but he
,elming!y overruled on this
he recent international tuber-
ress at Washington. and the
sh tuberculosis congress a
ago. after long Investigation
nent, came to the positive
the bovine disease might be
ted to humans.
" works now In Vermont only
RS have their cattle tested
er them for the purpose, and
ere are two classes-one. the |
Toned men that do II from a |
lty to the public and them
the other. the men that find |
an easy way Of working off
.rds or parts OF them on TO
For a price that they would
In the market. II Is a good
and cheaper to sell cattle to
his way than to winter them
and II the Messenger Is not
after this long period OF bust
-ession and unprecedented
p State will have plenty of
to invest In dead cattle this
law Is not changed.
should mako testing compul-
least. as a step In that di-
lower the cattle commission
inspected herds. Without such
without the additional safe
embargo upon the introduce
INFESTED cattle into the
Nv Will never put an end to
or the expense to Vermont.
is said and done about II. II
lin test is the best achieve.
once In this direction vet.
opinion can enforce II moro
than all the laws OF the
ice public opinion has been
the point of doing It. Con-
eople of his State that they
beef or milk from cattle sus-
lberculosis, because the dis
municable and means death =
d not a butcher can sell a ,
or a milk man a pint of
guaranteeing his custom
he cattle from which they ,
I'd the test. Once let pub
thoroughly understand and J.,
his test. and not q house, ,
buy a COW for family milk ,
out making the passing Of
ri OF tho bargain. When
'omes. the people and their
Ill make their own law
II. And law so made, law
ed upon the instinct OF self
n, is mightier than any
10 at Montpelier. and opens
for defra uding the State
Y OF STATE EXPENSES. le
the Northheld News.) 4:
| q arguments for the estab-