Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-04
Stock in Interstate
Commerce Must Be
Free of Disease

Beginning July /, 1919. the shipment
of cattle interstate without having them
properly tuberculin tested will be pro-
hibited-with few exceptionally o
regulation issued by the secretary Vi
! agriculture. The enforcement OF this
new regulation will, 1t Is believed, pe
of great assistance In preventing the
| further spread Of tuberculosis among
| live stock and having the work prac-
| tically under state and federal super
| vision at all times will serve to brine
| about uniformity.
Recent legislation In several of the
| states has made 1t possible TO proceed
with the work whore hcrctoforc II mas
been impossible to do SO. Federal FUNDS
| available for the work are Insufficient
| to meet present demands, and now that
the cattle owners are finding the work
to be OF such advantage and import
ance the demands will Increase rapid
ly.
Most activities are i'll the "accred-
| tied herd" work with the owners and
breeders Of pure bred herds OF cattle
who wish to free their herds from tu-
berculosis and have them placed on
| the list as accredited
Full Co. operation Essential.
Some area work.. Is being conduct
| ed. Under this plan a community or
county or some other unit decides to
| have all the cattle in the area tuber-
culin tested with view of completely
| eradicating the disease as soon as pos
sible. In order that the AREA work
may be successfully carried on, the
| fullest cooperation of the cattle own
| ers in the territory must be obtained
and any attempt to proceed with, the
| work without the good will and hearty
CO operation Of the people will fall
Appropriations by the states for the
coming fiscal year for live stock tuber-
culosis eradication aggregate about
two million dollars. Part Of this sum
| will be used to indemnify partially the
| owners of cattle found to be tubercu-
| lous. Most of the states now have laws
permitting the payment Of indemnity
| and the federal department also pays
some indemnity when funds are avail
| able. With the exception of valuable
| breeding animals. it is found most ad-
visable to codsign the tuberculous cat
tie for slaughter and thereby dispose
Of them to the best advantage. In the
greater portion Of "reactors" the dis
ease is found to exist to but a slight
extent. making the meat fit for food
| thereby causing a great saving. The
carcasses of such cattle, after being
passed for food by trained inspectors,
| usually bring about the mar<et. price,
which sum, deducted from the ap-
praised value of the live animal. leaves
| the amount OF loss. Under the more
| recent laws, thiS loss is divided be-
tween the owner, the state, and the
United States-each standing one-third
except that in most cases the state
Is limited in the amount that 1t can
pay and the United States is always
limited to the payment Of $50 for q
pure bred animal and $25 for grade.
Healthy Cattle Worth More.
Owners realize that these slightly
| diseased cattle may at any time be-
| come q source Of danger tothe healthy
| animals. OF the herd and that they
| themselves may break down from the
! disease and die or become of little or
no value. The value of healthy cattle
| in any herd, after the tuberculosis
ones are taken out, always increases,
and 1t is a source Of great satisfaction
| to the owner that he has healthy herd
or that EDS doing everything in his
power to make 1t so. Cattle from &C
credited herds are commanding in
creased prices over those that are not,
and those from herds that are in the
process Of being accredited are also be-
ipc aO1d odya mead pricoS=
The second list ,of accredited herds
and those that have successfully pass
ed one tuberculin test in preparation
for the accredited list is expected to
be ready for distribution July !. Re-
quests now received indicate that 1OO.-
600 copies will be required to meet de-
mandS This pamphlet of about 100
pages will contain the names and ad-
dresses of about 1000 cattle owners,
representing about $1,000 cattle. whose
herds have passed one or more success
full official tubexculin tests applied un-
der the CO. cooperative plan for accredit-
ing herds Of ,tuberculosis-free cattle.
Up to April /, 1919, the total number
Of herds under supervision for the
eradication Of tuberculosis was about
$500, containing about 100000 cattle;
and since that time a large number
have been added to the list.
These cattle owners Uhave realized
the great Importance Of trying to main
tain healthy herd. and have pledged
themselves to operate with the state
and federal officials in every possible
way to free their cattle from the dis
ease.
Must Guard Against Infection.
Experience covering a period, of sew
eral years has proved beyond u doubt
that herd tan be freed Of tubercu-
losis and kept free. and that the pro-
cedure is entirely practical and within
the power of a large percentage of cat
tie owners. But to accomplish the de-
sired results everyone connected with
the project must do Els best to follow
plans. III every detail that will bring
it about. The fullest cooperation on
the part OF the herd owner is very i'm
portant. A herd of rsattle may be de-
clared to. be free from tuberculosis by
the officials in charge of the work, and
then, thru some oversight or by care
lessness, diseased animals may be add
ed to the herd or members Of the herd
may be allowed to associate with tu-
berculous cattle. In such case, infec-
ton may again be introduced and
cause further losses and much trouble.
Since the inauguration of co-opera-
4 tive tuberculosis eradication work the
number Of cattle tested with tubercu-
lin each month has increased A total
of 252.114 cattle were tested from July
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