Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-04-23
Staining Ont tuberculosis.

If there is a conspiracy afoot to de
stroy the business of the dairy farmers,
no one would be ikeier to have early in
formation on the subject and positive
opinions regarding the best way to ex-
pose the conspirators and Illustrate their
wicked plot than eX-1ov. William u.
Hoard. EXGov. Hoard has an abiding
interest in the Wisconsin COW and in all
the branches of industry in which she
is leading factor. In the current issue
of his weekly paper the Fort Atkinson
Union, the Ex-Governor refers to a state
men by H. o. Hinckley of Illinois. who
has lost his whole herd of cows because
of tuberculosis Mr.. Hinckley de-
sCribed the exhibition of the proofs that
his cattle were diseased before farmers
institute. at which there was il talk by
the veterinarian who made the test The
owner of the cattle does not rave Mt the
veterinarian, but simply and candidly re-
marks that the rotten lungs and liver
and the great lunches of nodules of the
disease about the liver and hanging ON
the ribs about the lungs. stirred M those
who saw them more than dozen lee
lures or a volume of printed articles on
the subject could whereupon Gov.
Hoard observes:
Now, the strangeness of this affair is. not
that some Of the farmers should be CON
Viuced Of the fearful work of the disease in
a herd of cows Such demonStra tionS have
was made of four animals at special farm
institute held in Fort Atkinson last June
and just such display of diseased parts
was hung up before the farmers But here
comes the strangeneSs. the glaring incon-
siSteucy Of the whole matter. Scores Of
our farmers saw that exhibit last June
turned away and called it a fake a hum
bug. And now they have organized an as
SOciation Of 300 farmers at Whitewa ter
only nine miles distant 10 fight the tuber
culin test, They declare that all this talk
about tuberculosis is humbug, the tuber-
culin test Is a humbug, all laws made in
behalf of cNtinguiShing the disease are Il
humbug. All the conclusions and inveSti-
CATIONS Of scientists who have spent years
IN study Of the disease are nothing All
the evidence that can be given by actual
exhibit of the diseased animals, their organs
covered with ulcers and nodules is nothing
The only men who should be believed on
this question are the men who know the
least about il. All is humbugl humbug
surely It is strange state of affairs One
would almost think that tuberculosis was
good thing and the man or paper that would
dare to advocate its extinction is the worst
enemy on the dairy farmer We wonder if
that is SO?
he stamping ont of tuberculosis in
the dairy herds of the state is important
not only from the standpoint of officials
like Health Commissioner Bading. who
feel responsibility for the taking of pre-
cautions necessary to the saving of the
INeS OF bahleS and invalids. and from
the standpoint of the consumers who do
NOT want to run the risk of buying the
mix Of tubercular cows. 1t is also of
the highest importance To all the farmers
III Wisconsin who keep cowS-and the
more COWS they keep the more important
II Is to them. Every farmer who il far
SIGHTED sees the point. Instead of fight
ing system and progress. every farmer
VIII" Il tar-Sighted will applaud the cam
paiSn Tor the extinction of tuberculosis
in the herds of Wisconsin