The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-22
EVERY PURE BRED
| HERD now CLEAN
TUBERCULOSIS STAMPED OUT OF
HIGH GRADED STOCK IN
MINNESOTA.

st. Paul, MINI, April 22.-Tubercu-
losis has been practically eliminated
from every pure bred herd Of cattle
in the state Of Minnesota, according to
DR.. S. IA. Ward, secretary Of the live
stock sanitary board of that state, and
in active charge of the fight against
disease among live stock of the state.
The owners of prre bred herds have
been kept track of through items in
the farm journals, through the records
of breeding associations and in other
manner so that it is not believed any
herd of pure bred cattle has escaped
the tuberculosis test. All of these
herds have been found free this spring
from the dread disease Of tuberculosis.
This cannot be said of any other
state in the union according to dairy
men who have kept track of the prog
ress Of efforts to keep cattle free from
disease. In other states the percentage
of disease does not run more than 6 or
Z per cent, but no state, so far as has
been discovered can claim entire elm
ination Of the disease. This result has
been attained by constant work dur
ing the last two years and a quarter,
including fights in the legislature
which was asked to abolish the regu-
lation of the tuberculosis test. Isas-
much as it is required by most states
that no cattle may be imported for
breeding purposes unless they are GER
titled to be free from tuberculosis, the
Minnesota authorities deemed it wise
to clean UP the herds in the state.
According to law a small amount is
allowed the owners of condemned ami
mails found suffering with tuberculosis
n the state department has power TO
order the killing of animals which re-
spond to the test. Owners of these
animals, especially dairymen about the
larger cities organized a fight against
the law demanding the test and a pub
lie exhibition was held at South st.
Paul at a packing plant in the pres
ence of a legislative committee. The
examination of the carcass of the ami
mails shove ed that the test had been
correct. The fight on the law then
died out.
The farmers in the northwest which
is rapidly developing into a dairy
country, realize the Importance of buy
ing their stock in a state which is free
from tuberculosis in pure bred stock is
shown in a recent shipment of sew
eral trainloads of tested cattle from
South st. Paul for the west.
One train of 24S tested cows went
to the state Of washington where they
were distributed along the Yakima
valley. Other consignments have gone
to Nebraska, Colorado, the Dakotas
and Montana. In fact New York and
Pennsylvania often come to Minnesota
for dairy cattle.
The fight against disease in live
stock has been equally successful in
the case of CHAMBERS in horses, and
this disease, although not stamped out,
is rapidly diminishing over the state.
The number of animals condemned
On account Of this disease the past
year vas about half the number the
year before. There seventy three
horses killed in 1911 and fifteen during
the first three months of 1912.
Hog cholera is checked in the same
way. The I've stock sanitary board
helps in the distribution Of serum for
hog cholera and promptly on receipt
Of notice of the disease anywhere in
the state send a special man to look
after the trouble.