Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-06-08
Observation-Disclosures.
I.ohe o4I thssl, most .semafAaaS5iIsi idIs,

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ooyeries I0f modern times is the ia.
berculin test. n4tg ranks alongside
of the discovery that by putting
green spectacles on a COW you can
make her believe that rye straw is
hay and can then winter her on it,
but the cow usually dies of starya-
ton the, second week = Up to- the
time Of the discovery the. COW. had
roamed at will with only one lung,
or part of one, leaning against the
fence when she listed or rolling her
tail over ner back in fly time in glad
abandon. The red corpuscles in her
blood might be as scarce as hens
teeth, but so long as she would
give down." hist and $50" when
told to, no one ever thought of in:
Nestigating her inside works or at
tempting to solve the mysteries of
her true inwardness. Then came
the discovery that her milk caused
consumption, warts, st. Vitus dance
hangnails. whooring cough, and
various other ailments incident to
man.
There are variety of ideas as to
the proper method of applying the
test, but probably the surest way is
to kill the COW and apply it with a
mop. This is better IMAM to apply
It while the COW is alive, for she has
to be killed anyway before you can
find out IL the test is any good. but
1t is frequently best to hold the
post-mortem while the COW is alive.
Should your COW look sad, de.
jected, down in the mouth ard eat
bran mash without running her
tongue up her nose at least a foot,
she should have the test prior to
scientific dissolution. You can load
the test into double-barreled shot
gun and shoot it into her, or run a
Joint of stovepipe down her throat
and pour it in with a dipper. Either
way is best. Should she respond to
the test by belching or shaking her
head she has got it bad, and if she
only looks sorry and holds her head
down she has probably got it any
how.
Let it work spell and then turn
her on her back and open her and
watch the convolutions of nature.
Remove everything but the tender
loin and the big casino. If the
lungs are diseased, throw them
away; if not give them to The dog.
One good healthy lung will last a
liver-colored dog until the gophers
come and have considerable lune
left then. Look the heart over
carefully and see ii it has ventri-
cles; If so, remove them OF she may
have ventriculosis and that is usu-
ally fatal. Take the hide off, as il
is in the way anyhow, and be care.
full to not cut holes in it so it will
leak. A leaky hide is ar abomina.
ton to the meat trust and to the
hide and leather heads.
Probe the liver for microbes and
hookworms; possibly your COW was
lazy, and now you are at il find out
all about it. If you need anyone to
help take the cow apart hire a corn
husker-he is used to taking things
apart. In case you find hookworms,
destroy them; they may get into
the human race and cross with them
already there. 1t would be horrible
If a lazy man should get innoculated
and also have the dry murrain, and
these may be the cause of the ex-
treme diffidence, Incidence and. in
souciance of your COW. Investigate
the stomach for trichine and rabies
she may have impaction of the
omasum caused by the nonchang-
ableness of the cudibus. Search
the kidneys faithfully for traces OF
fusil oil.
If all these organs are found to be
normal, then your COW did not need
the test; however, it will be best to
butcher her, as she will never be
the COW again that she was once.
Save the lips; nothing Is nicer than
cowslips for greens. If the tongue
is rough like the cylinder of a clover
huller, and the color of claybank
mule, it will be fine picked with
onions and horseradish. Cows test
ed in this manner will not impart
tuberculosis through the milk.
This is the regular way that all
modern scientists go at it, except
that it generally takes another COW
or two to pay the bills. Follow
these instructions and you will not
lose more than the one COW. A
COW saved Is. worth two ground up