The state herald., 1919-07-18


ment Of cattle interstate without hav-
Ing them properly tuberculin tested
will be prOhibited-with few excep-
tions-by a regulation issued by the
secretary Of agriculture. The enforce
ment Of this new regulation will, II
is believed, be Of great assistance In
preventing the further spread Of tuber-
culosis among live stock. and having
the work practically under state and
federal supervision at all times will
serve to bring about uniformity.
The department Of agriculture,
through Its bureau Of animal indus
try. is now actively cooperating with
the state live stock sanitary officials
and cattle owners Of 42 states in the
eradication Of tuberculosis from live
stock.
Recent legislation in several of the
states has made 1t possible to proceed
with the work where heretofore 1t has
been impossible to do 30. Federal
funds available for the work are In
sufficient to meet present demands,
and now that the cattle owners are
finding the work to be Of such advan-
tage and importance the demands will
increase rapidly.
Most activities are in the "accredit-
ed-herd" work with the owners and
breeders OF pure-bred herds of cattle
who wish to free their herds from
tuberculosis and have them placed on
fho Itct no ssaccrodItadw
Full Cooperation Essential.
Some ''area work" is being conduct
I'd. Under this plan u community or
county or some other unit decides to
have nll the cattle In the area tuber-
culIn tested with a view Of complete
ly eradicating the disease as soon as
possible. In order that the 'area
work" may be successfully carried on.
the fullest cooperation of the catt!~
owners In the territory must be obtain
ed, and any attempt TO proceed with
the work without the good will and
hearty cooperation 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 tuber-
culous. Most OF the states now have
laws permitting the payment Of In
demnity and the federal department
also pays some Indemnity when funds
are available. With the exception Of
valuable breeding animals. II IL found
most advisable to conslgn the tuber-
cuious cattle for slaughter and there
by dispose OF them to the best advan-
tage. In the greater portion OF 're-
actors" the disease is found to exist
to but . slight extent. making the
meat 1T for foOd-thereby causing a
great saving. The carcasses OF such
cattle. after being passed for food by
trained inspectors, usually bring about
the market price. which sum, deduct
ed from the appraised value Of the
live animal. leaves the amount Of loss.
Under the most recent laws. this loss
IL divided between the owner. the
state and the United States-ench
standing one.thIri-except that In
most cases the state IL limited In the
amount TINT II can pay and the United
States In always limited to the pay
ment Of $50 for pure.bred animal
and s25 for a grade.
Healthy Cattle Worth More.
Owners realize TINT these slightly
diseased cattle may at any time be-
come source Of danger to the healthy
animals Of the herd and TINT they
themselves may brenk down from the
disease and die or become Of little or
no value. The vnluc Of healthy cattle
IN nny herd. after the tuberc,ilous ones
arc taken out. always Increases. and Il
II u source of great satisfaction 10 the
owner TINT he hns healthy herd or
TINT he In doing everything In his pow
er to mike II No. Cattle from accrcd.
itcd herds nre commanding Increased
prices over those that nrc not. and
those from herds TINT ARE In the proc
css Of being accredited nre also be-
Ing sold nj advanced prices.
Tb- second lIst of accredited herds
anu mos" tnht nav" tucccrrtuhy Phrr'
ed one tubcrculIn test In preparation
for the accredited list II expected to
he rcndy for distribution July !. Re-
quests now received indicate TINT
100000 copies will he required TO
meet demands. This pamphlet Of
about 100 pages will contain tho nnmer
md addresses n nbout 1900 cniile
asncrs, representing nbout oi.0oo cn''
tie. whose herds have pnsscd one or
more successful oiiicini tubcrculin
tests applied under the cooperative
plnn for nccrcditlng herds OF tubcr'
ruiosis.frc. cnt,lc.
Up 10 April I. 1919. The total num-
her of herds under supervision for the
eradication Of tuberculosis wns nboat