Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-06-09

oueh cleaning with brOOma Ia remove
all litter and dust not only from tn,
floor, but from the walls. the roof
ana all projections where dust ma,
lodge The floor should be washaf
with water and the managers and
stalls with hot I've solution.
Ihe whole interior of the -iabi,
should be sprayed VITA a r"uogrjzeo
disinfcctant. Every crack and GREY.
Ice should be filled with disinfectant
and the walls well covered.
In adding new animals to the herd
they should be tested with tuhar,uljn
before purchasing, by a Trustworthy
veterinarian. Where a herd has been
tested with no "reactors" and no adj
ditions are made to the herd from the
outside, it is likely that the animals
will all remain free from this disease,
but where "reactors" occur it is best
to retest the nonreactors in six
months for the reason that there are
likely to be some recent infections.
Another requisite for preventing
tuberculosis is to provide roomy, we'll
ventilated, light, dry and clean stables
for the animals.
tuberculosis will not originate
even in dirty stables if the germ or
seed" is not introduced in some man
ner; but there are SO many ways in
which it may enter a stable that the
breeder and dairyman should always
be prepared for it. There is much
less danger of the disease spreading
in stable properly built and cared
for than in an ordinary stable and in
case it spreads it's progress is much
slower.
There are few points in the build
ing of a stable to make it as secure
as possible against tuberculosis which
should receive special attention. 1t
is preferable that the floor be of con-
crete. Wooden floors are generally
defective and allow liquid or even
solid matter to work through them
and cause foul and damp condition
between or under the floors. IT,
wooden floor is used have it tight and
built for easy cleaning.
How Not to Water Cows.
The method of watering also has
considerable influence on the spread
of tuberculosis. 1t is quite common
to have long trough in front of a
row of stalls which is filled with
water from one end for watering all
of the animals. AS the water runs
into this trough it passes in front of
every COW and carries with it saliva
or tuberculosis material which may
have been deposited anywhere along
its course.
The last COW in the row receives
water that may have been contami-
mated by any cow in the row and
every COW in the row except the first
one receives the washings from some
other cows manger.
So long as cows are in good health
this makes little difference, but If a
COW with virulent saliva
is stabbed in such row, the infec-
ton Of the other animals in the stable
is greatly facilitated.
Individual drinking basins or a
trough in the open air and sunshine
which has running water is to be pre-
ferred.
The walls of a stable should be
free from projections and as smooth
as possible, so as to be easily cleaned.
The air space per COW and proper
ventilation are also important factors
in the control Of tuberculosis.
Cows should be kept in the open
air as much as possible except in bad
weather, as this improves the vigor
of the animals and enables them to
better resist infection.
Special attention should be given
the food and the feeding Of animals
and to see that it is clean and whole
some and not contaminated with tu-
berculosis material. The barn should
be we'll lighted, as it has been found
that sunshine will kill the tubercular
germ in a very few hours. The ques-
ton of drainage is also important and
should receive careful attention.
We have now covered the subject
of tuberculosis in general way.
There is much more that could be
said, but l feel that from the facts
outlined herein you will all have a
very good idea of the disease and the
Importance Of it's control and beg
to assure you that in SO far as the
state department Of agriculture Is
concerned we are trying to solve this
great problem from the dairyman's
standpoint.
Those Who Oppose Testing.
Won hovo oil heard tho statement