Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-01-09
Iowa Pushes Plague
Fight With Success

| Eradication Of bovine tuberculosis In
Iowa Is we'll under way, Tho lcgisla-
lures appropriation OF 100000 for the
night Is providing the ammunition.
DR.. b. Fl. Thompson. representative
OF the federal bureau OF animal indus
try In Iowa, who Is carrying on tho
work has issued n report which shows
that up to December IS, $50 herds had
! been tested. There we're 1897 cattle
! In the herds, and OF these only per
cent, or 1905 head. reacted to tho tu-
bcrculosis test. While the approprla-
I ton covers all 1--we stock diseases.
cattle plague.
| or the tota! number o: cattle test
ed little owed one-third are grades
and the others pure breds. In point
OF numbers tested the Shorthorns
lead. with 1913 pare breds and $50
grades. or that number SIS, or q
little over per cent, reacted to the
test.
or Hol.teins, 2.O3i pure hreds and
LOIS grades have been tested. and
2lI, or about 8 per cent, reacted.
Herefords Fare Best.
The Herefords Jared a great deal
better. Among 2.?i4 pvre hreds and 81
grades only A.. or li:t'e less than
. per cent. reactors wera tOsul.
Among 63S registered Gusrrsevs AID
BIS grades 81. or So per cent, rcac'ors
were found. Among 2s2 pure bred
Jerseys and 2lS grades 20. or ca per
cent, reactors were discovered. Of
A Zoo.
tested show 81. or "a per cent react
org. Among GsI pure-h bred Red Fols
ard % grodes IS. or Il per cent, re-
acted to the test. And Of 1l9 pure
bred Brown Swiss and 20 grades Is,
or l3 per cent, reacted. Only II Ayr-
shires, all pure bred, have been test
ed: this included two herds, and no
reactors were found.
Quite a number of herds In which
no pure breds were kent at all have
also been tested. In these herds. IN
Guiding 1855 animals. only 1O2. or q
little less than per cent, reacted
The average number OF reactors found
In all the cattle tested ND 10 the date
mentioned. as stated before. was
close TO per cent. This is not a
very high percentage for a state IN
which so little testing for tuberculosis
has BEEN done in wears past.
Percentage May Be Hiaher.
On the other hand. II may be that
a larger percentage win be found as
the work progresses. as II Is quite pos
sibln that men who had considerable
confidence In the health Of their herds
were the first 70 ask for the test.
This. however. Ia merely n assun1p-
ton not based upon facts. but what
ever the average percentage OF re-
actors NAV turn cut to be the thing
for the cattienan to do is TO turn over
his herd 10 the federal and state an
thorities and have them cleaned up.
Once every herd in Iowa has been
freed from tuberculosis there will be
very little loss from the disease.
After that not only VIII cattle losses
from tuberculosis practically cease
| but there VIII also be no more hog
| well known fact that our hogs are
cont rafting tuberculosis from our tu-
berculosis cattle. While Il has not
/ been demonstrated that chickens can
contract tuberculosis from cattle and
hogs II begins to look az tho on the
farms where cattle and hogs ara
heavily infected with this disease ex-
| tensive infection is also found among
the chickens.
$4,000 Paid Owners.
During the month Of October over
S12 oHo was paid IN irdomn'tv to T0wa
cattle owners ont nf the state treas
ury. and over 81 600 in November.