The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-11
VERMONT Is A LEADER
IN BOVINE TEST WORK
DR.. A. ]. DeFossett Said That Official.
of Other States Are Watching the
Work of This State with
Marked Interest.

A very interesting and helpful meet.
ing Of about 70 farmers was held in
Worthen hall last evening when corps
Of able speakers discussed the federal
tuberculosis tests and tuberculosis in
cattle and other domestic animals. A.
L. Smith of Barre, who acted as chair.
man of the meeting, introduced several
good speakers and added interesting
remarks Of his own to those Of the
speakers. The first speaker introduced
was DR.. A, J. DeFossett of Montpelier,
who spoke at length on the subject OF
the federal tuberculosis tests.
DIR. DeFossett began with few in
teresting facts and figures but said he
would make most Of his speech in the
form Of discussion, and that discus
sion proved one Of the most interesting
and helpful parts of the meeting. He
began by showing that the foot and
mouth disease and cattle tick diseases,
which have ragged herctofore had been
stamped out by continual war and
believes that in few years tuberculo-
SIS will be nearly stamped out Of the
United States dairy herds.
IN this war which Or. DeFossett is
taking an active part in and which
Barre is feeling the effects Of, DIR. De-
Fossett pointed ont the plans, He said
that the United States Isl figuratiyely,
covered by huge reptile, and that the
tuberculosis germ, which has been
constant enemy TO the country for the
past is years He, iii showing what
Vermont is doing III this war, said that
If the other states would do what this
little state Of Vermont is doing (and he
can furnish the proofs of his state
mentl, the great enemy, the tubereulo-
sis germ, could be made extinct from
this nation in less than rs years. He
showed that with ample laws for pro-
cedure, cooperation by the people, es-
pecially the farmers, and a corps of the
best yeterinaries in the country, the
war can be made short.
Vermont is leader in the federal
tuberculosis tests and is progressing so
rapidly that the officials Of other states
are watching the movement here with
amazemcnt. I'm the last year Vermont
has tested federaliy $4,000 cattle,
DR.. DeFossett explained the taking
over Of the cattle by the federal author
tiles and the disposing of the cattle,
which did or do not stand the tuber-
eulim test He explained that it was
not necessary for the farmer to give up
his herd when it was tested and found
to contain tuberculosis; but the farmer
would be asked to keep the infected
stock in uarantine and the products of
that stock would, of course, have TO be
federally tested before it could be al
lowed to go onto the market. He also
touched upon the prices and the meth
ods Of payments for cattle which were
sold to the rendering companies. Seven
hundred and nine of the herds of Yer
mont are at present under the super
vision OF the state and have already
passed two federal tests. Applications
for tests of herds are being made so
rapidly that it is almost impossible to
take care Of them, He explained how
the testing Of q herd gave that herd
no little advertising in the state bull
letins and the "up-to-the.t times" farmer
is watching that. He cited cases where
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