The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-10-27


The WORK of control and suppress
sion of contagious and infectious an
imal diseases is a work of conserva-
ton of the health Of animals, which
is in the end conservation OF the
wealth of the live stock raiser and
agriculturist of Tennessee. The Grad
infectious diseases is conservation in
ication of the several contagious and
the broadcast acceptation of the term
The protection Of the health OF the
young OF ever mature animals Is pro-
lection in it's most far reaching sense.
In protecting our fiOcks and herds we
are contributing our proportlonate
share toward protecting those OF
other and adjoining States. There is
nothing more aggravatiug or d-sap-
pointing to the we'll meaning ana pro-
gressive farmer of today than to have
those animals which have been care
fully raised TO maturity carried on at
almost lightning speed by the ravlges
of some of our now prevalent conta-
gious or infectious diseases. What
makes such a state OF affairs more ag-
gravating thar otherwise is the fact
that nine-tenths of all cases of death
from these various outbreaks are
preyentable if the owners only knew
what to do and when to do it.
Texas Fever.
Texas fever is a disease Of much
Importance in Tennessee at this time.
It's ravagas have been the direct cause
of several million dollars loss TO the
cattle raising industry of our State.
to say nothing of the many millions
of dollars which have been indirect
Nv loss on account of it's presence.
The whole or parts Of eleven counties
in Tennessee remain yet in quaran-
tine in spite of the incessant and sys-
tenatic tick eradication work which
has been going on in this State for
the past six years by the State au-
thorfties in cooperation with the fed
.eral government
In many sections of Tennessee the
cattle tick is the most serious OBJ
stacle to successful live stock rails
ing and dairying. The speedy de-
.truction of the tick is therefore
much to Re desired. Officials OF the
United States agricultural depart
mentF State commissioners OF agri-
culture, and live stock experts in our
Agricultural colleges advise tina. the
surest and quickest way to get rid OF
the tick 10 by dipping cattle IN . prop
erly prepared arsenical solution, and
that if all the cattle on the farm, be
it large or small, are regularly dipped
once every two weeks for period OF
few months, all the ticks on that
farm will be destroyed.
Black Leg.
Black leg has recently been report
ed in many counties in Tennessee,
and while the annual losses from this
disease are considerable, they are not
great by thousands of dollars as raey
were before the advent of the black
leg vaccine.
Reliable black leg vaccine Is easily
available and within the reach OF all
Bovine tuberculosis.
Tennessee has been one of the last
States to undertake the work OF ex-
terminating or eradicating bovine tu-
berculosis. However, in my opinion,
sch will be the first State in the
Union to boast of the complete Grad
ication. The agricultural department
of Tennessee now has In operation
COMPULSORY tuberculin test order
which provides that all dairy cows in
Tennessee supplying milk for human
consumption shall be submitted to
ten tuberculin test. Reports are COM
ing into my Office showing that more
than 900 cows are being tested daily.
At this rate bovine tuberculosis VIII
be A disease Of the past in this State
before many months.
+ Hog Cholera.
OF all the animal diseases now
prevalent in Tennessee, hog cholera
causes by far the greatest financial
losses. It ig prevalent at almost all
seasons Of the year in most every
county in Tennessee. Its control and
suppression is a problem from which
We az State authorities shudder. As
yet we have not seen our way clear
to undertake the hog cholera era3ica
ton work.
Possibly later some future general
assembly may make the necessary
appropriation to stamp out this dead