Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-28
MILK DEALERS INTERESTED
DO Not Like Indiscriminatc Test nj
cattle with TuhcrculIn.

Boston. May 2l-Dairymen and deal
ers. including the heads OF the So
called Boston milk rust. are deeply
interested In the night the farmers ~
New York State are making against
the indiscriminate testing Of their cat
tie with tuberculin BY agents Of the
state board of agriculture. The an
n~ouncement by r \ Pearson. The new
commissioner of agriculture. that the
unpopular policy Of applying tuher-
culin tests will soon he sun was
received here with surprise.
The members OF the state board OF
agriculture characterize Ny. Pearson's
tGberculin testing campaign as Sense
less and Of no value so far as protect
ing public health IS concerned"
HOOD FEARS MIIK FAMINE.
Charles II, Hood. head of :he firm of
II. +. Hood & Sons, members Of the Bos-
ton milk trust owners OF more than
two hundred COWS and who daily rercive
The products Of 100 others. IS a vigorous
opponent Of tuberculiu Unfortunately
used, Mr.. Hood Is closely following the
situation in New York STAT because his
firm gets a portion Of It's milk supply
from the sections Of that state along the
borders of Massachusetts, Vermont and
New Hampshire.
II am opposed t. whoisSa.e testing of
cattle with tuberculiu.' said MIR Wood
,o-da>. The phy steal test = All We
should use, If a human being had a
little atom OF tuher,.iar baccilli in one
VI his bones We would not think If hunt
ing it on, with some preparation like
t,,l-,ltItn u-attII 49, tH.t.z have tLaEa
concealed bacilli in some part Of their
bodies. and they never would he heard
from if the animals we're let alone and
not filled with tuberculin No harm ever
came from a COW which shows no phys-
cal evidence of disease.
"There are many reasons against the
wholesale use of tuberculin. To begin
with, il there were wholesale tuberculin
testing and the slaughter which would
follow. We would have a meat famine,
because enough cattle, even under pres
ent conditions. are not being bred in the
West to meet the supply, The killing of
~ a large lumber of cows IN the East
would mean a milk famine, and the prices
Of butter and cheese would soar 10
heights never dreamed Of in his coun-
try.
NO DANGER TO HUMANS.
The reason advanced for the tubercu-
lin tests and slaughter is that bovine tu-
bcrculosis is a danger to the human race,
! do not believe that IT Is Even the sci
entists disagree ON that point, II the
form of tuberculosis in cattle is as dan
g"rous to man as some try to make US
believe | cannot understand why any VI
us are alive. We We're all raised uu milk
In my opinion the remedy too bovine
tuberculosis Is moi tuberculiu ana slaush-
ter. tut - sunlight aud plenty OF fresh
air for the cattle, We fight tuberculosis
IN the human race In that way and are
winning the battle. Why can't We apply
similar methods in the treatment OF oui
cattle? The farmers should Ventilate
their barns and make everything sanitary.
When they do that and give the animals
air and sunlight We Will have freedom
| from bovine tuberculosis
Testing COWS which are shipped from
one state 20 another with tuhercul!n is ,
farce. Long ago the cattle dealers ris'