The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27
'DR. CARY MAKES PLEA ID FARMER Annual Report Full of Val uable Information COTTLE ECONOMICS Tick Eradication Work Is Reviewed and Valuable Advice Given
 on Handling Hog
 Cholera

Auburn. May 26.-(special.)-A plea for packing house to supply Alabama con- suners with meat Is embodied in the an- | nuol report of pr. c. A. Cary, president of veterinary medicine at Auburn, and state | veterinarian.
 In his comments on the report of the
 Birmingham meat inspector pr. Cary
 says in his report
 "The majority of the beef and mutton consumed in Birmingham comes from the
 big packing houses of the north. It is ob-
 vious that large majority of the pork consumed in Alabama comes from the
 northern packing houses. Vicksburg has
 a packing house, and it pays. Atlanta has
 packing house. and 1t pays" Dr. Cary's report is study in cattle
 economies. Its trend Is toward a larger
 supply of Alabama cattle for slaughter
 houses. In tick eradication work, espe-
 cialIy, he says there is the opportunity Of
 saving thousands of head of cattle to Ala bama stock growers. It Is in tick eradi- cation that pr. Cary is working most in-
 defatigably. His report, showing the
 status of the work in the state, says:
 Trick eradication means the saving Of
 thousands of dollars every year to the
 cattle owners in every county In Ala
 bama. It means a supply of cattle for
 slaughter houses.
 .The demand for tick eradication work
 is growing, and the calls for work IS
 such that funds at our command are not
 sufficient to meet the calls. AS the boil
 veevil advances the calls for tick eradi-
 cation will be more and more numerous
 and more imperative. If the work IS
 done the funds must come largely from
 the counties that take up the work ana
 from the government. The government
 mt about s22, 900, the counties about s14,-
 ooo and the state only s4O0o into tick erad-
 ication work in Alabama in 1910. The les-
 islature has been asked to give funds
 for the extension of this work and the appropriation was not made"
 One example of the work in tick eradl- cation, as revealed in the report, IS that
 in Dallas county, where the greatest en-
 ergy was expended.
 In Dallas, the county authorities em- ployed 2S inspectors ana gave help in furthering material for building vats and
 
 "There are 80 to 100 vats in the county
 so located that all of the cattle in the county can be dipped without driving them any great distance. The county
 spent $351S.57 and the government expend-
 ed s397412 in Dallas county during lslo. There were sos herds and 12,275 cattle ouarantined This county has put more money into tick eradication and the gov ernment has spent more money in Dallas county than any other county In the
 state. It will be tick free by the end or 1911 unless some unforeseen event pre- vents."
 Other counties in which tick eradication N ork was conducted were Elmore Mao- ison, Lowndes, Montgomery, Marenso'
 Perry, Sumter, Wilcox
 Saving hogs from cholera Is as great
 nroblem with pr. Cary as is saving cattle from ticks. and much of his report IS de- voted to hog cholera, and to a description of the prevalence of the disease, ana means a thwarting it. He states the need of the war on cholera in two sen | tcnces:
 "The elimination or eradication of hog | cholera by the use of serum iheahs noso | for the slaughter houses. Hogs cannot De grown without controlling cholera HOE cholera is prevalent in Alabama, s,vs Dr. Cary mainly because of the de- mand for hogs for breeding purposes anu | because of numerous shipments or hoss | into Alabama from other states. lhe state veterinarian urges co-operatioh on | inc part of the state with the farmers to wipe out the disease. He says In HIS | report: .,.h.,a | Many feeders and breeders in Alabama nave employed hog cholera serum to ad- | vantage and thereby saved the greater mart of many herds. The state should fur- | nish serum free to all farmers or Ala hama Many states do supply the SGT ulii free to all farmers who may need 1t. It | would take about S5000 annually to suppiy | hog cholera serum to Alabama farmers. | The Alabama Live Stock association, and
 aii other farmers organizations have asked the legislature for 1t. Ana the les- | islature failed to make such an appro-
 prlation.' s to i One section of the report is devoted 10
 the topic of tuberculosis in cattle. Re- norts of the milk and dairy inspectors or | the two cities revealed that A tuberculosis milk cows were found in Birmingham ana 37 in Montgomery. Of 1861 dairy catte | tested in Birmingham, A responded; or
 100 tested in Montgomery, the 37 respond | ed. Dr. Cary warns cattle dealers as to 1 the tuberculosis regulations: l "Parties who are buying feeders in other | states to ship them into Alabama should | take notice that 1t is against the law of Alabama to bring them into Alabama without first having them tested by a graduated veterinarian for tuberculosis l with tuberculin; and such cattle should | he free from tuberculosis The same test | must he made of all animals shipped into | Alabama for dairy or for breeding pur- roses Dairymen and breeders of cattle l should buy such animals on condition that | thsy are to be tested with tuberculin by q | graduate veterinarian
 l In his report Dr. Cary denounced a | fraudulent practice which, he said, oc- l curs in some instances" some dealers even go so far" he said. in speaking or | tha examination for glanders in horses | and mules 'as to pay an unscrupulous | inspector small fee to give them a health | certificate and the inspector may never see the horses and mules; or, If he does. | he merely glances at the animals ana passes them"
 In the second which referred to gland | CTS, Dr. Cary says that the number or | clanders discovered in 1910 were not so | numerous as in some previous years. The 1 horse and mule dealers are becoming more | careful.'
 In warning the buyer of animals, he | said.
 Every buyer should employ an official | veterinary inspector and see that he care fully inspects each animal. Buyers should l m,rchase animals on condition that they
 pass rigid examination"
 Animals were shipped from Alabama to
 oo states during 1910. Of the animals