The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-23

their calves n give mix nearly as
well as IL Trey were not diseased, and
yet. strange as 1t may seem such AMI
mails are the mes hat generally
spread the disease to healthy indi-
viduals.
Many Objections.
"Many of the objections to both the
Bang and slaughter methods a be OBJ
Waited by the farmer n breeder by
leasing their t~uberculous breeding cat
tie to the state or county upon the In
crease plan. The plan in general would
be as follows: To have specially ar
ranged farms In various sections OF the
state or In each county IL necessary.
In this connection Il might be stated
that most counties now ave a farm
commonly known as the poor farm a
norton az which might be set aside
for this purpose. In case this should
not be practical. another farm could
be secured by purchase or lease. The
state veterinarian should test all herds
mai are known to be infected or that
the owner might request TO have tested,
and upon completion Of the test all
tuberculous animals of special breed
inR qualities. u free from physical
symptoms of the disease, should be at
once removed to the county farm, while
those showing physical symptoms or
the disease or that do not have valu-
able DTeGQlHk QudilliC51 SObio OC oNtN
for slaughter under the usual condi-
tons. thereby at once removing all
tuberculous cattle from the farm,
stables, ETC., to be disinfected. The
reason for slaughtering the cattle that
have no special breeding qualities ana
those presenting physical symptoms or
the disease, is self-evident-such cattle
would not pay for their keep.
ut would be immaterial, so far as the
~uo, -1on L. notaoarnad whether the
state does or does not give compensa-
ton for the stock that is slaughtered.
May Be Exceptions.
I'm advocating this plan I am war;
that some will take exception to 1t on
the ground that the tendency will be
for some parties to make political cap
ital out OF it.; hat It will be too ex-
pensive: that competent men cannot be
found to manage such herds; that good
results cannot be obtained with such
stock; tina the right types of animals
will not be mated, etc., etc. IN reply
to such criticism II can be stated, with
out fear of successful contradiction,
that II nothing Is done to control or
eradicate this disease until the items
of politics and expense are eliminated,
tuberculosis will have full sway so long
as any susceptible cattle are In exist
ence, Or, to put 1t in another way,
tuberculosis is so widespread and so
prevalent, 1t enters more or less init
mately into so many different phases OF
our national business that 1t Is impos-
slble to make any general attempt to
control or prevent it's spreading with
out government aid, and when this Is
asked. the political pot begins to boil.
Regarding the interference It might
cause with the plans and ideals OF
some breeders. it must be granted that
it might temporarily check line breed
ing, but 1t should be remembered that
If but a small per cent of the herd were
affected. while 1t might retard develop
ment, 1t would not destroy 1t. On the
other hand, II a majority OF the herd
were affected the line breeding could
be followed with the cattle In the
county herd, at any rate the Interior
ence would not be so great as though
all the affected cattle were slaugh-
tered"