The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-06-22
U. P. is DUMPING GROUND
Or Oeadman Says TubercuIar Cattle Have
Been Shipped Here from Wisconsin.

Shppeu mere from Wisconsin
The upper peninsula is the dumnips
ground Tor Wisconsins tubercular cat.
tle. according TO Or. A. W. Deadman
MIX and dairy inspector of Marquette
WISCONSIN has strong milk and dairy
laws. which provide for the tuberculin
TEST ana which prevent the shipping of
tubercular cattle from one part OF tbe
state to another Michigan has no law
which excludes tubercular cattle, and
as result. IL is said, hundreds of IN.
bercular cattle have been shipped into
the upper peninsula.
Marquette is the frs. city ia the nm.
per peninsula to make provision for a
compulsory tuberoulin test DIR. Dead .
man believes he will find many infected
cattle, but as the state paws two.tbirds
the value Of such cattle their owners
Will lose little He is also investigating
the sources Of the milk that is shipned
into the city from Wisconsin. He has
written TO veterinary surgeons in the
cities from which milk is shipped here.
asking for statements as to whether the
cattle have been tuberculin tested. and
IS also writing to the prosecuting at
torneys in the different counties.
II is the experience Of Wisconsin that
high grade cattle are the most suscep.
tible to tuberculosis. Especially Is
this true where the COWS give unusual
quantities OF milk and butter fat.
When Wisconsin was making its repu
tation as dairy state. the Jersey and
Holstein breeds came iuto demand as
the best milk producers. The breeders
In order to advertise their stock by
COWS that gave an unusual amount OF
milk and butter fat, forced the milk,
by taking all the butter fat they could
get at each milking This method les.
sened the resistance of the cows TO the
tubercuar germ. BY placing the cows
in warm, i'll ventilated stables, which
were conducive to heavy milkings but
also excellent breeding places for the
germs, they developed tuberculosis
until the condition OF the cattle at last
became alarming
When the first investigation was
made il was found that Is per cent. of
the cattle were tubercular. This pro.
portion has now been brought down 10
10 per cent This condition was due
largely TO the purchase Of high priced
Jerseys and Holsteins to improve the
stock. AS many OF these cattle were
tubercular, the disease was spread from
herd to herd When the state took
action law was passed which preven-
ted the railroads from shipping cattle !
from one part Of the state to another
without an accompanying statement
from veterinary surgeon indicating /
that the COW had been tuberculin test
ed. There was nothing in the law
which prevented the railroads from
infected cattle ont Of the state
The tubercuin test has been used
here TO some extent. but Dr. Deadman
believes that many of the cattle that
have been shipped into Ishpeming and
Negaunee from Wisconsin will be found
10 be tubercular The test in itself is
not dangerous to the cattle Tuberculin
Is simply gelatine culture which is
injected and which will cause reac-
ion If there are tubercular germs in
the cows system.
When the new ordinance goes into
fleet July 10 the dairymen who do not
lave statements from veterinary sur.
,eqns that their COWS have been tuber-
ulin tested Will not be allowed 10
Ieliyer their milk until the test mas
'een made. Or Deadman will enforce
he ordinance rigidly. and anyone who
ails 10 comply with its provisions will
% somewhat inconvenlenced. as the
est takes several days.