Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-07-26

MILK IS Menace

DO you know, Mr.. Consumer, that |
you are possibly drinking and using
milk from tubercuar cows, that your
children are drinking such milk daily,
and do you know that the dairy cat
tie in and around Honolulu are more
than fifty per cent tubercular?
THAT is the milk situation In llono-
lulu today as brought out by the tn
beIcular tests which have been going
on for weeks and during when over
fouf hundred COWS have been CON
demncd as suffering from tuberculosis
in some form and being unit to supply
milk Tor human consumption.
Nearly all the cows near Honolulu
have been tested and in some dairies
the results have been appalling. One
dairy had every one condemned as
tubercular.
Most of the dairymen, and women,
are cooperating with the Bureau of
Agriculture in the work of inspection
and condemnation but they are hay
ing time granted in which to dispose
of their diseased cattle.
Under the Federal law there is no
indemnity for cattle killed by inspect
ors who find tuberculosis and the cows
may be total loss There is provi-
sion whereby they may be killed for
human consumption II the disease is
only local and the diseased portions
are cut out so that the remainder OF
the carcass can be put on the market.
The drawback to rapid slaughter Of
these condemned cows comes from
the fact that the slaughterhouse can
take but six each week owing to the
large number of fat cattle on the
market.
Harry Won Holt of the o. Il. & l..
Co. will take Il larger amount for
slaughter, taking them in carload lots
subject to inspection by local author
tiles before placing the meat on the
market.
Even at the rate the cattle can be
killed under these circumstances IL
will take several weeks to rid the city
of its diseased dairy cows.
Another point In the discussion is
that should the provisions of the
milk ordinance be carried out to the
letter there would be hardly drop OF
milk sold in Honolulu today and the
city would be suffering from a milk
famine.
Several weeks ago the Board of
Supervisors passed an ordinance that
every dairy owner must obtain GER
tificate from the Bureau of Agricui-
ture before the milk from his herd
could be sold TO the public.
This ordinance was effective sever
al days ago but no certificates have
been issued as yet. The reason given
for the non-issuance OF certificates is
that Il would be discrimination.
There are only one or two small
diaries which are free from tubeTcular
cattle and should these only be grant
ed the right to sell milk the city
would be without an adequate supply,
so, until the herds are all clean no
certificates will be issued, II Is under
stood.
Some men owning but few cows
have had u large percentage of them
condemned, and in most cases the
condemned cattle are being kept in
separate lots so that there is no
danger of injecting the well animals
in the herd.
One prominent dairymen who is alb
sent from the Territory was informed
by cable OF the condition OF his herd
and he Immediately cabled to destroy
the infected animals. This will mean
the loss OF several thousand dollars
to him, but II is the stand OF nearly
all the dairymen to get rid of the cat
tie as soon as possible.
| In the meantime they want certain
time to do this In order that their
herds may be replenished from the
mainland or from other islands with
cattle free from disease and at the
same time keep their milk customers
so that they will not have to start in
at the bottom again and work up a