Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-27
Corporation Among Cattlemen
and Other Interests Would
Soon Stamp Out Disease
PLAN WOULD AID PRICES
Packer Now Buys For Low and Sells
At High Prices in Order to Mako
Good on Losses Thru Government In
speetion-state Fair Features and
Facilities.
special to Times-Republican.

| Special to imes-Republican.
! Des Moines, July 27.-If 100 of the
biggest cattle breeders of Iowa, the
farm papers of Iowa, the state agri-
cultural college and the state board Of
agriculture would all agree to a pro-
gram of selling cattle only when sub
ject to post-mortem examination tu-
bercuiosis in cattle in Iowa could be
stamped out in reasonably short
| time.
Such campaign would have to be
| followed rigidly with tuberculin tests
whenever a post-mortem examination
revealed that some COW from herd
had the disease. 1t would require too
that. to prevent further importation OF
| tuberculosis from other states that cat
/ tie bought in other states be tested be-
fore being brought in. This would soon
| exterminate the disease and would be
| the biggest and most important factor
!, In exterminating the disease in the hu-
man race of Iowa.
Those qualified to know believe that
the farmers OF Iowa are every year
losing great sums Of money. because OF
/ tuberculosis in cattle. The loss is fur
thermora on the biggest and best
breeders who have no tuberculosis in
their cattle
The government is now making ex-
aminations at all the biggest packing
ho So1o n
/, meat that has been taken from cattle
afflicted with tuberculosis. The loss OF
the value Of the meat falls on the
packer-only that it doesn't fall on him.
In order to meet the loss he charges
more for the meat that he sells and
/ pays less for the live stock that ne
buys so that the farmer who sells fat
steers or old cows or any kind OF beer
| to the packers doesn't get as much
money as he would If the beef was sold
| subject to post-mortem inspection
That Is If his beef is free from tuber-
culosis he doesn't get as much. IT his
beef is afflicted with tuberculosis he
bets paid more for If sold subject to
post st-mortem examination he would get
nothing If found afflicted with tuber-
culosis.
The thing that is said to be prevent
ing the program of selling subject to
the post-mortem examination is SAID
by leading cattle men to be the live
stock commission firms in, Chicago and
other live stock centers. The packers
would welcome it but the commission
men say 1t would revolutionize their
methods of doing business, an assert
ion that no one denies, and would re-
quire them to do lot of bookkeeping
with considerable delay in getting
stock thru and paid for and off their
hands
The advantage to the farmer and
breeder Of selling subject to post NOR
tenn examination is the fact that beef
free from tuberculosis would command
q higher price than under the present
arrangement. Furthermore thru the
; post mortem examination the tubercu-
losis cattle can be traced to their or1-
gin. The fact that some cattle al
/! f1icted with tuberculosis come from a
certain farm is pretty good evidence
/; that other cattle on the farm have 1t.
BY making rigid test at once OF the
remainder Of the cattle on a farm and
then killing off all those with tuber-
culosis great headwaN can be made
against the disease.
Tuberculosis is transmitted to the
humans from cattle mostly from the
milk and not from the meat for the
meat when thoroughly cooked is free
from live germs. People have nat
ural hesitation about eating meat that
is known to come from a COW afflicted
with tuberculosis, however, and for
that reason the packing companies do
not like to have the subject OF tu-
berculosis in cattle agitated great
DEAL The testing Of the dairy herds
is the matter Of first Importance.
There will not be any introduction
of the idea of selling only when sub
iect to post mortem examination un-
less the leading agricultural interests
unite on the proposition. II the leaders
would unite on 1t it would force the
commission men handling the Iowa
cattle to sell the animals in that way.
In spite Of all the efforts of the state
board of agriculture to provide for the
increased growth of the state fair 1t
has been unable to meet the demand.
The new $4,000 swine pavilion which
was used last year for the first time
will not hold within 1900 Of the num-
ber of hogs that are offered for exhib-
it. The pavilion holds 5000 head and
altho the entries will not close till
August / the pavilion is already full.
and $500 in money sent by exhibitors
to pay for pens will be returned to
them.
There are more new entries in the
cattle and horse exhibits this year than
at any previous fair and the barns will
be filed 1t is probable that some
temporary quarters will have to be
provided for the horses and cattle eacE.
There are forty head Of horses entered
for the races more than there IS Darn
room for. A temporary barn will be
built for them. And the big new cattle
and horse barns will all be filled. 1T
The state board Of agriculture OF