The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-17
TEST COWS FOR
TUBERCULOSIS
Commission Of Agriculture Has
Many Requests from Farm
ers to Protect Cattle.
STATE BEARS ANY LOSS
VIII Pay $40 to $50 for All
Stock Condemned by the
Board.
STATE BEARS ANY LOSS

A number of requests from farm
berculosis have been received by
Commissioner OF Agriculture George
w. koiner and referred by MIN To
Dairy Commissioner Saunders.
In their letters the farmers say
they wish to take advantage OF the
opportunity afforded them under
bill introduced in the Senate by SEN
ator Owens and passed by the Leg
tslature TO have tubercunn injected
into their cows to ascertain Whistler
or not they will react to II.
The Legislature appropriated S.
000 for the testing of cattle, the
tests to be made under the supervision
Of the live stock sanitary board. In
the event any cattle respond to the
tuberculin. they viii be condemned
by the board and the owners paid
not more than $40 for common
breeds and $50 for blooded stock.
1t IL expected that the tests will
soon begin, as the early summer,
when certain blood and systematic
changes take place in cattle is re-
garded as the most suitable time for
trying out"
to be made follows
- BE it enacted 10y the General Az
sembiy of Virginia, That under the
direction of the live stock sanitary
board and the State dairy and food
commissioner. the State veterinarian
and the veterinarian OF the Virginia
experiment station, shall, from time
to time, make such examinations and
apply tHAeFtrH4in tests to breeding or
dairy cattle as may be directed by the
state State live stock sanitary board
and the State dairy and food commits
sioner. for the purpose of controll-
Ing in the herds of this State the dis
ease known as tuberculosis, and UNI
der such rules and regulations as may
be prescribed, from time to time, by
said board and commissioner: pro-
vided, that no tubercultn test or tests
shall be applied TO any animal or
animals In this State unless requested
by the owner or owners thereof, and
the further agreement by the owners
of such animals as may be submit
ted for tests to meet such require
ments as may be made by the said
live stock sanitary board and COM
missioner. 1t is further enacted that
all reacting animals shall be surren-
dered to the State said animals to
be disposed of according to such rules
and regulations as may be prescribed
by said board and commissioner, the
owner of said reacting animals to
receive in compensation for said re-
acting animals sum not to exceed
forty dollars (S40.00), or as may be
agreed upon between the owner of
said reacting animals and the said
board: provided, further, that In case
of pure-bred and registered animals.
unless segregated under the Bangs
methods, the owner OF such react
ing registered animals shall receive
not in excess OF eighty dollars
SS0.0O for any such registered AMI
mai, and for the purpose of carrying
out the provisions OF this act, the
sum of fee thousand dollars t$6.000l
or as much thereof as may he need
ed. be, and is hereby, authorized
to be expended out OF the funds APP
propriated to the State dairy and good
- The net proceeds received from the
sale or carcasas made by the State
OF reacting slaughtered animals to be
covered into the State treasury and
be used to help defray the expenses
of the office of the dairy and food
In addition to the rezu-
lar appropriation.
The actual and necessary expenses
INCIDENT 70 the execution OF the pro-
Visions Of this act shall be audited and