Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-04
'TUBERCUL|N TESTING
OF ALL HERDS URGED
City Board of Health Issues Con
erai Bulletin of Infor-
nation.
NEW SCORE CARD TO BE USED
On and After September 1, 1915, No
Milk Can BE Sold In Richmond
Except From Tuberculin Tested
Herds-Niust Act Promptly.


nairymen supplying Richmond with
miik and cream arc urged to begin
at once the testing of their herds In
anticipation Of the compulsory tuber-
cuiin-test rule, which will be enforced
DeEinning September 1, 1915, In a bull
Board of Health.
IL is pointed out that the testing
cannot be deferred until September I
l9th, but that on that date all dairy
men who have not complied with mo
ruie VIII be barred from the Richmond
hhrhet. AZ the summer months arc
unfavorahle for applying the tnbercu
I'm test, the Board OF Health strongly
urges the present as the best time fo,.
taking the prccaution
we are receiving the co-operation
OIL the dhirymcn i'm this matter, and
considerable number have already
followed the boards advice and an,
Piled the test" said Chief Dairy In
spector T. j. >Strauch, yesterday "Rv
tho time the rule goes into effect
practically every dairy of Importance
Will have complied with II. A large
number. of course, have for some tir,e
USED only tubcrculin- tested cows"
PROMPT TESTING OF
HERDS DESIRABLE
Extracts from the Board of IJcaltb,s
bulletin on tho tuberculin-test rule
follow: iu''
When the Board OF Health OF the
city or Richmond adopted It's rule
providing that, after September l :,
1915. all milk and cream sold on tho
Richmond market should be from
cows free from tuberculosis as shown
by the tuberculn test, 1t gave a very
large margin of time, with the idea
mat the dairymen would thereby not
al De testing their herds at the same
time. and that in consequence there
would be less difficulty in filling i'm
their herds 1t was hoped that the
dairymen would themselves see the
advantage of prompt testing, and that
most of them would have this done
! time limit.
Some Of the dairymen apparently
misunderstand- the meaning of the
rule adopted by the Board Of Health.
This rule does not mean that the
dairymen. or any of them. can defer
testing until September 1, 1915, but
that on that date any dairyman who
has not furnished this department
satisfactory documentary and other
! evidence that his herd consists en-
| trely of nonreacting animals, Will be
shut out from the Richmond market
until such evidence Is furnished
AS the summer months are dccid-
edly unfavorable for applying the tu-
berculin test. 1t Is exceedingly desirable
that all testing be concluded before
| JUNO 4, 1919. IL must be distinctly un-
derstood that when the time limit has
expired, no excuse Of any kind Will be
accepted.
NEW SCORE CARD TO BE
PUT INTO USE on JANUARY 1
Tho Richmond Health Department
has thought 1T desirable to retain up
to the present time the dairy score
card which was official when our work
of dairy inspection began on May l..
! 1907, In order that our figures might
he comparable from year to year
Since. however, tuberculin testing has
!, been made compulsory on and after
September 1, 1915, and since 1t is un-
desirable to have different score cards
J In use during the same calendar year,
we have decided to adopt on January
j, 1915, the most recent score card of
| the United States Bureau of Animal
Industry. This score card allows five
points for tuberculin testing dairy
man with an untested herd will,
therefore, have to score five more on
other points than Will he required of
the dairyman with n tested herd. in
order TO be allowed to sell milk or
cream on the Richmond market.
1--WE have now reached the season
of the year when tuberculin testing
lions often present in the hotter
months, and all dairymen are strong
ly urged to make their arrangements
to have their test applied as soon as
possible.
Since all herds must have been test
| ed within the twelve months proceed
Ing September l, 1915. only tests made
since September 1. 1914, Will be ac-
| cepted.'