The Washington times., 1910-11-05
Tuberculin Test Will Be In
troduced Gradually in
Contiguous States.
MEETING FOLLOWED
BY ANNOUNCEMENT
Order Sanctioned Made Up by
Health Officer, Aided by.
Associations.

The Commissioners today apnroved
the new milk ruling agreed upon bv the
I Health Department, drawn up following
! q conference with representatives o.
. Maryland and Virginia dealers. which
4 ams' 10 Introduce tubercuun test
gradually i'm those States with a mini
mum burden Of cost 10 the producer.
/ According to the new regulation all
T COWS added to existing dairy herds af-
Ter october l, 1910, must be tuberculin
. tested, before the owner can shin milk
/ into the District
New applicants for permits must sub
nlt their cattle 20 the tuberculin test
Producers who now hold pernlitg 10 SHIN
I into the District will not be bothered al
4 present with the tuberculin test unless
lhey Introduce new cattle into their
nerds. The Health Department ex-
presSly retains the right in case a Dhvs-
I ical examination points TO infection
1 with tuberculosis 10 submit the cattle
TO the test
Follows Conference.
The order approved today was drawn
I up by the Health officer after q con-
ference with Representative C. c. Car
I lin, representing the Virginia farmers,
and John Thomas, Of Ednor, Md, presi-
dent Of the Milk Producers Association.
Int 4AlIA4AAA-E4lA0 dAG AC ADAlOhS-
mo new dairy COW or no new bull,
which has not been demonstrated By the
tuberCulin test 10 be free from tubeT-
culOsis. and officially tagged 20 show
that fact. shall be brought upon any
dairy farm in the District of Columbia,
and maintained there for a period longer
Than Is necessary to have said COW or
I bull officially tubercuin tested And
any COW or bun 50 tested and reacting
to the tuberculin test shall be tagged
so as to show that fact, and killed or
promptly removed from said farm
Order For Killing.
Whenever there is found on any
dairy farm any COW or bull presenting
such physical evidence Of tuberculosis
as to make il appear 20 the sausfac-
ton Of the Health officer that such COW
or bull has tuberculosis, then and in
that event, the licensee or applicant for
license to produce for sale milk on
Health Office. have said COW or bull
Health Office, have said SOW or bull
Immediately killed or removed from the
dairy farm or else separated from ne
dairy herd and officially tuberCulin .est-
ed. And, II said animal reacts to the
tuberculln test then such liCensee or ap-
plicant, as the case may be, shall have
said COW or bull forthwith Aagged so as
10 show that fact, and promptly killed
or removed from the said dairy farm
with respect to all applications filed
after October I, 1910, prompt action will
be taken end If cattle on the dairy farm
TO which any such application relates
are not free from the tuberculosis as
shown by the tUberCulin test. the apDii-
cation will be in the discretion Of the
Health officer be promptly rejected"
It is understood that nothing in the
amendments In any way repeal or mod
ify the provision for the tuberculin
testing Of cattle in the District adopted
Ey the Commissioners, November D.
1910 This prOvisO. said the Health Of
ficer, can impose no burden on producers
OF milk outside the District