Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-17


D. c., and express in crystalized form
the very meat Of the business trans
acted at that meeting:
Whereas, contagious abortion among
the dairy herds of this country is a
very serious menace to the profitable
production of milk, exceeding in its
economic destructive character any of
the other diseases to which dairy cat
tie are subject,
Resolved, That the Department of
Agriculture is hereby urged to give at
tention in the most persistent and COM
prehensive fashion possible, indepen-
IDENTIFY and in cooperation with the
State experiment stations, to this dis
ease with view toward controlling it
and lessening it's ravages. We request
that the best qualified investigators be
assigned to this exclusive task. In
view of the tremendous economic i'm
portance of this problem, we request
that it be approached at once from ev-
cry possible hopeful angle.
Whereas, the presence Of tubercu-
losis in cattle is a menace to the profit
Of the breeder and the dairy farmer;
and
Whereas, it's presence in the herd
can, as a rule, be detected by the ap-
plication of the tuberculin test by men
skilled in it's use and when admins
tered under proper conditions;
Resolved, That this convention urges
breeders and handlers Of all classes of
dairy cattle to weed out reacters from
their herds as matter of protection
to their own financial interests, either
consigning them to the butcher or seq
regating them in the herd, when they
are of sufficient value to warrant such
manner of handling;
Resolved That this convention
heartily endorses the State-accredlted
herd plan of inducing breeders volun-
tarily to offer their herds for official
test and secure certificate which will
accredit their cattle to any State with
out retest:
Resolved, That. reasonable compen-
sation should be allowed by Federal
and State authorities for all animals
slaughtered in the eradication of tuber-
culoSis. This compensation should not
be arbitrarily limited by statute. but
should be fixed by appraisal in each
case, or by court decision on proof
of the value of the slaughtered animals
Whereas, in the Year Book of the
Department of Agriculture for 1872 ap-
peared a report on the dairy and
creamery industry of the United States,
based on an inspection of only IA
creameries and diaries among the
thousands in this country; and
Whereas unwarranted and untrue
differences have been drawn from such
report by the consumers of American
butter, and the information therein
presented has been unfairly used by
interests hostile to the dairy industry
to damage it UNNECESSARILY;
Resolved, That the facts are thus
made matter Of record and that report
declared woefully incomplete in its sur
yey and wholly false in its conclusions;
Resolved, That it's publication was
all the more reprehensible because of
many years constant progress has been
made in pasteurization and in general
Improvement in handling cream and
in the manufacture of creamery but
ter, until today much the larger per
cent of American creamery butter is
made from pasteurized cream;
Resolved That we approve and rec
ommend general pasteurization of all
creamery butter.
Whereas, the act of Congress of May
90, 1884, created the Bureau of Animal
Industry. specifically ito prevent the
expectation of diseased cattle apd to
provide means for the suppression and
extirpation Of pleuropneumonia and
other contagious diseases among do
nestle animals; and
Whereas, by executive act the activ-
tiles of this bureau have gradually
been broadened to include various lines
concerned with the breeding and feed
ing of live stock and the manufacture
and distribution Of dairy products;
therefore
Resolved, That the Conference Of
Dairy interests held in Washington
May SIS, 1916, earnestly urges the Sec
rotary Of Agriculture to partition the
present work Of the Bureau Of Animal
Industry among three separate bureaus
or offices, one concerned specifically
and exclusively with animal diseases
and to be called the bureau or office
of Animal Health: one concerned with
the encouragement Of the breeds of
live stock and the improvement Of the
utility SIOCk vi tLo OthCl tucii
dairy cattle, and one concerned specifi-
cally with dairy cattle and the dairy
industry.
Resolved, That the Secretary of Ag-
riculture be urged to form the heads
Of these three bureaus or offices into
Federal Live Stock Board, which shall
administer all livestock regulations,
under direction of the Secretary of Az
riculture.
Resolved, That the Secretary Of Ag-
riculture be also urged to request from
Congress another Assistant Secretary
of Agriculture, to whom the heads Of
these three bureaus or offices shall be
responsible.
Whereas, at the present time the reg
ulations under which the milk supply
Of the country is produced are promul-
gated by the health boards of States
and cities, and are subject to more or
less change under different admins
trations of the health bureaus, thereby
causing dissatisfaction between the
producers and the health officers, and
placing unnecessary burdens of ex-
pense upon the producers in changing