The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-11

applied, and left in this herd yet to be
/ tested is another herd Of offspring of
this herd containing so animals and he
| believes this whole herd will have to 90
to the rendering company, as they were
all reared on the milk of the herd
already spoken Of
Questions Asked
As the meeting opened for discussion
! Immediately several interesting and vi
tai questions arose, which were dis
cussed at length The first question
asked was What are the first observa-
tons TO make TO account for any tu-
berculosis in cattlel DIR. DeFossett ex
planned that there were no set rules to
20 by and that it was nearly impos
sibe to detect the germ in the animal
without making the test, but he did
say that a roughened coat, slight
cough. firing out easily and peculiar
dullness might suggest that the ami
NAL be infected but the animal might
lack all these and vet be infected
The question as to how milk may be-
come infected was discussed at length.
DR.. DeFossett said that the milk was
most likely TO be infected by the ex
ereta getting into the milk during the
process Of milking, but he did not say
that the disease was not carried
through the udder Of the COW and did
say that ii was possible that the dis
ease might be localized and, therefore,
the part might infect the milk by the
milk passing through the diseased part.
A question arose as TO the disposal
OF the cattle. A question was asked,
WHY can the cattle taken from the
farmers as not passing the federal test
be sold TO rendering companies and
packing houses for consumption by the
people as meatY Or. DeFossett dwelt
on this, explaining that in most cattle
where the disease ragged it was either
localized or the whole system would
show that ii was infected throughout.
And that in one case the glands in the
neck and head were infected the whole
neck and head Of the animal was used
for fertilizer, while the remainder of
the animal contained no germs and
would be used for meat.
Other questions were asked how the
disease may or may not be communi-
Gated from animal TO man. II has been
proven that the germ is nearly exactly
the same In the animal as it is in the
human being but in different animals
it takes different forms, that is, in
shape according to the normal tenn
perature Of the animal or being. He
showed how the disease was commu-
nicated exchangeably from man to
beast. He showed how hogs contracted
the disease by being in or near the ex-
creta Of the infected, as the COW nearly
always passed germs as excretions
from the body, Hogs in the west are
allowed to follow the cattle through
the field Of corn and nearly so per cent
Of the hogs following cattle in this
way are infected with the dread dis
ease, bnt seldom show any affects of
the disease, as it does not have time
to develop before time to slaughter the
animal Hogs that are fed by products
from the creamery are very apt to con-
tract tuberculosis,
Dr. DeFossett took no little time in
explaining the general plans of the war
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chart and statistics the past work and
developments Of the work and he bent
his energies in soliciting the co.opera.
ton Of the farmers in the great cam
paign.
The tuberculosis talk and discussion
was brought to a close when Mayor
+. c. Glysson was called upon TO con-
elude the tubercular discussions. May
or Glysson expressed his interest in the
work and verified statements made by
DR.. DeFossett when he spoke of visit
ing the Burlington rendering plant
while the autopsies upon the Barre
cattle were being carried out, and au-
topsies upon other cattle of the state.
He said that some of the finest looking
cattle as could be asked for, to please
the eye, were found to be in the worst
stages of the disease He spoke of the
difficulty thath as been discussed and
threshed out in the city council meet
ings about the small herds in the city.
That ordinances have had to be made
in order TO have the cattle, especially
the one and two.cow dairies, in the
city tested He thanked the farmers
for their operation in the work of
testing the many Barre herds, who
have been materially affected by the
great losses by the federal tests He
also announced the smoke talk which
will take place next week by DIR, Burr
and DR.. Slayton and cordially invited
the public to that, the time and place
to be announced later
Farmers Exchange Discussed.
The remainder of the evening was.