The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-03-30
HERD OF CUWS tuUNO
TO Be 1uytRcULOUS
MEElNG IN SIOUX FALLS AT.
TENDED BY MITCHELL VET.
EIuNARIAN, PRESENTS M.
TORRANCE OF NsPEC.
TON or DAIRY COWS
FOR DISEASE.

SAOu4 CAllUS d. O.-ClIy health
Oflcer DR.. Keller called q meeting Of
the local dairymen at the CONNER
cial club rooms on Thursday night.
About sixty dairymen and others In
terested attended. among those pres
ent were DR.. Hicks, state veterinari-
an. DR.. Evans, govt. inspector at the
Morrell & Co. packing plant. DR.. s.
NJ. Smith, Mitchell, govt. field veteri-
nary inspector. and Drs. Stanley and
McGilvary Of Sioux Falls.
DR.. Keller stated that the meeting
had been called to consider matters
relating to improvement from a sani-
tary point Of milk supplied to the
city. This was considered necessary
on account Of the condition found at
one of the local diaries where DR..
Smith had recently made an inspec-
ton, and to protect the health of the
community.
DR.. Smith said that at the request
Of the Lakeside Dairy company, he
had been sent by the Bureau Of Ami
mai Industry to make this inspection
free of charge and in consideration OF
this the company had signed an
agreement to abide by the bureaus
regulation in regard to disposal of
diseased animals. The doctor COM
plimented the company on its endea-
vor to procure a pure milk supply
for Its customers. The herd con-
sisted of 81 cows. OF these ~ were
recently shipped into the state from
Iowa and Wisconsin and were found
to be healthy. OF the remaining As
which had been on the farm for some
time "a reacted to what is known as
the tuberculin test and were con-
demned as ~tuberculous, seven others
were condemned on physical exami-
nation for the same reason. The re-
naming four were considered O.. X.
The condemned animals were imme-
diately isolated and milk will be sold
only from those COWS which proved
healthy. The condemned animals
will be slaughtered as 500 as ar
rangements can be made. The meat
will be inspected by Govt. Inspectors
and the company will receive full
market value for all which pass the
meat inspection. Usually a large per
cent of this meat is considered fit for
consumption. For the condemned
c%arcasses the company will get the
value of the hides and any part of the
offal used.
DR.. Melvin, Chief of the bureau of
animal industry eatimates the to-
tai loss from tuberculosis to be $685.
100000 and the department of ag-
riculture is starting a campaign for
the eradication of the disease anu
will assist the state authorities and
as far as possible the stockmen along
this line.
DR.. Evans strongly urged stockmen
to have their herds tested and point
ed out that one tuberculous animal
in a herd is a source of infection to
all the others and that it is money in
the pockets of the owners to attend
to this matter promptly. In speak
ing of commercial pasteurization the
doctor said he was not very favorab-
ly disposed to it. AS a rule it was
not done thoroughly and did not
kill the tubercle bacilli. It
does not attack the evil of milk
from tuberculous and other diseased
COWS at the root.
DR.. Hicks said it was unfortunate
this State had no laws making
it compulsory to test dairy cattle. he
such a law would probably
be passed by the next legislature ano
those states which have no
laws Of the kind at present would
soon fan into line.
The sentiment Of the dairymen
seemed to be practically unanimous
favor Of testing II they could be
protected against cheap unsanitary
milk shipped in from outside coun-
lies and sold in competition with
their own sanitary supply.
KILLED UNDER HARROW.
Ahoraoa, G n D. c..l $500