South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-05-27
INSPECTOR TELLS
OF DANGER FROM
DISEASED CATTLE
DIR. Gibson of indianapolis
Tells of Errors Concern
ing Cows.

After relating startling facts
showing the spread OF bovine tu-
bereulosis throughout the country.
Or. J. +. Gibson, indianapolis. said
in his address at the local Chamber
Of Commerce Wednesday night that
the present congress had cut down
appropriations 10 1900. 600 and that
a million of that was reserved 10
pay indemnities for condemned live
stock
AS a result Of this petty policy on
the part OF representative in aWsh-
ington the federal inspector for this
district would have TO resign SAom
his position in June by the request
Of the bureau of animal industry.
branch of the department of agri-
culture. The department is out of
funds with which 10 operate the bu-
reau.
Condemns Cattle.
DR.. Gibson. who is one Of the
travelling inspectors with the bureau
said that the number of hogs and
cattle which were condemned in
1916 at eight of the mid western
packing centers were enough TO
make sc trainloadS Of 40 cars each.
This was AT a time when we were
doing all in our power 10 keep up
production and the world was facing
a famine The livestock. out Of
which this number were condemned,
were a comparatively small percent
OF the output OF the country. only
about as percent being butchered in
all the slaughterhouses of the coun-
try; the rest Of the animals are
butchered on the farms. he said. The
work Of the bureau to which DR..
Gibson is attached, Is 10 prevent the
spread tuberculosis by examin-
ing the animals on the farm.
Gives Instance.
The speaker told Of one local dali
ryman who sold milk TO the peo-
OF South Bend from fine looking
herd OF So cows from which IA
were found to be affected with tu-
berculosis when his hero was given
the test OF these, II had to be
slaughtered. The dairyman who,
through no fault OF his own. as DR..
Gibson pointed out. had owned the
tubercular herd. was present and
verified the words Of the Inspector.
He told of an institution for the
cure OF tuberculosis in a certain
state where % diseased milk cows
were found in a herd of 80. In
connection with this statement the
speaker pointed to the fact that mil
lions were spent TO cure the d.
sease and appropriations for its pre-
vention could hardly he procured at
all. He quoted statistics showing
that il is possible TO eliminate prac-
tically all tuberculosis among cattle
and thus prevent its cOmmunica-
ton 20 human beings by examining
the herds and eliminating tuber1
Cular ones.
Disease Traysmittablr.
He showed that Prof. Koch. the
discoverer of the bacillus Of tuber-
culosis had eventually found that
bovine tuberculosis was transmissi-
bic TO the human family. On this
point the speaker quoted DIR. s. H.
Hatch superintendent of the sunny
side Sanatorium near Indianapolis
as follows:
studies conducted by various sci
entists have revealed the fact that
approximately one-third Of the cases
OF tuberculosis in children are due
10 the bovine type OF bacillus. and
since about one-seventh OF all deaths
from tuberculosis at all ages are I'm
children under five years Of age,
and since practically all Of the tu-
bercul Osis Of bovine origin is i'm chill
dren under five. we may say that
approXimatey four and seven-tenths
percent OF "A deaths at a ages are
due 10 bovine tuberculosis.