Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-27
PLAN TO KILL TUBERCULOSIS
sale of Cattle Subject 10 Inspection
wouId Help 20 DO It-state
Fair Entry Lists Full.
lFrom a $40 Correspondent.l

of the biggest cattle breeders Of Iowa, the
farm papers of Iowa, the State Agricultural
college and the State Board OF Agriculture
would all agree to a program Of selling
cattle orly when subject to post norton
examination tuberculosis in cattle in Iowa
could be stamped out IN a reasonably short
time.
Such a campaign would have to be fol-
lowed rigidly with tuberculin tests when
ever a post mortem examination revealed
that some COW from a herd had the disease.
1t would require that to prevent further
Importation Of tuberculosis from other states
that cattle bought in other states be tested
before being brought ira This would soon
exterminate the disease and would be the
biggest and most important factor in exter-
minating the disease in the human race OF
Iowa.
Those qualified to know believe that the
farmers of Iowa are every year losing
great sums OF money because Of tuber-
culosis in cattle. The loss is Furthermore
on the biggest and best breeders who have
no tuberculosis in their cattle.
The government is now making examin-
atoms at all the biggest packing plants
and is stopping the sale OF much meat that
has been taken from cattle afflicted with
tuberculosis. The loss Of the value of the
meat falls on the packer-or.ly that It don't
fall on him. In order to meet the loss he
charges more for the meat tina he sells
and pays less for the live stock that he
buys, 80 that the farmer who sells fat
steers or old COWS or any kind OF beef to
the packer doesn't get as much money as
he would II the beef was sold subject to
post mortem inspection. That Is ~ his beef
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as much. II his beef Is afflicted with tuber-
culosis he gets paid more, for II sold SUBJ
ject to post norton examination he would
get nothing II found afflicted with tuber-
culosis.
The thing that is said TO be preventing
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 CEN
ters. The packers would welcome It, but
the commission men say 1t would revolu-
tionize their methods Of doing business, an
assertion that no one denies, and would
require them to do a lot OF bookkeeping
with considerable Of delays in getting
stock through and paid for and off their
hands.
The advantage TO the farmer and breeder
of selling subject to post norton exam
ination is the fact that beef free from
tuberculosis woul be paid a higher price
than under the present arrangement. Fur
thermore, through the post norton eN-
animation the tuberculosis cattle can be
traced to their origin. The fact that some
cattle afflicted with tuberculosis come
from a certain farm is pretty good evil
dence that other cattle on the farm have
It. BY making a rigid test at once of
the remainder of the cattle on a farm and
then killing off all those with tuberculosis
great Roadway can be made against the
disease. %. o.
tuberculosis is transmitted TO the hu-
mans from cattle mostly from the milk
and not from the meat, for the meat when
thoroughly cooked is free from live germs.
People nave a natural hesitation about eat
ing 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 tubercu-
losis In cattle agitated a 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 subject to
post norton examination unless the lead
ing agricultural interests unite on the
proposition. If the leaders would unite
on it it would force the commission men
handling the Iowa cattle to sell the ami
mails in that way.
An appeal to the supreme court has
been taken in the case of the probating
OF the will OF the late George Wells in
Grundy county. In the settling Of the
estate w. w Morrow as state treasurer
entered as i~ntervenor to collect the COL
| lateral iphorItanra fax ard IN the fetal
of the case in the district court the state
won. The estate is a very large one and
the collateral inheritance tax therefore
amounts to considerable.
The State Board Of Medical Examiners
has announced the work OF the examina-
tons for the summer. The summary
shows that 80 were examined and 100
passed the examination and have been
given physicians certificates. OF these
who passed lightweight are regulars.
eleven homeopaths and four osteopaths.
OF those who passed who come from col
leges in this state, fourteen are from
Drake, thirty-nine from the state univer-
sity regular, and eight homeopaths from
the state university; twenty are from Keo-
kuk; seven from Sioux City; eight regu-
lars and three homeopaths from outside
the state.
In spite OF all the efforts Of the State
BoaTd Of Agriculture to provide for the in.
creased growth Of the state fair 1t hal
been unable to meet the demand. Ths
new 1900 swine pavilion which was used
last year for the first time, will not hold
within 100 OF the number Of hogs thai
are offered for exhibit. The pavilion hold:
800 head and although the entries viii
not close TIL August l It is already full
and $500 in monye sent by exhibitors e
Pay for pens will be returned 10 them.
There are more new entries in the cattl,
and horse exhibits this year than a
previous fairs and the barns will be filed
1t is probable that some temporary quarters
will have to be provided for the horse,
and cattle each. There are forty head OF
horses entered for the races more thar
there is barn room for. A temporary barr
will be built for them. And the big new
cattle and horse barn will all be filled.
The State Board OF Agriculture Of lows
claims 10 have the finest agricultural fail
In the world. The fairs OF some othcI
states have bigger attendance and som,
have finer buildings. Iowa is fast comm.
to the front in the buildings, but the ex
hibit Of farm machinery. and live stock an,
products of the farm far exceed anythins
shown in America. There is every yea
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