River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-02-10
That Tuberculin Test

In reply to the notice OF warning
published and circulated by conf
mittee selected at a meeting of farm
ers at the Herum school house on Jan.
Id, 1921, in regard to the county wide
tubercular test:
would like to ask this committee
on what they base their knowledge
of healthy animals being condemned
at great loss to the owners. How
many of this committee do hold post
norton and tell if an animal was di-
seased or could locate the LESSONS
from this disease? Is this committee
ard community doing their duty as
citizens in upholding the spread of
this dread disease of tuberculosis by
being unwilling to have their herds
tested and warning others not to test?
Do they consider the value of perhaps
one or two animals from their herds
of greater value than child or per-
son from their family or from some
other family who has knowingly con-
tracted this disease from the use of
the product of diseased animal?
Why should there be spent thousands
of dollars in the state for the relief
of tuberculosis in the human family
and do nothing to remove the cause
1t is a proven fact that tuberculosis
is transmissable from animal to man
through the use of products from di-
seased animals. Would it be wiser
to plan, perhaps, to lose one or two
animals from your herd now or per-
haps larger number of your herd
in few years How many persons
through the county would knowingly
expose themselves to any of the lam
gerous diseases which would mean
death before their natural time, and
yet how many of this number are dali
ly exposed to that dreaded disease
tuberculosis by using the product from
these diseased animals? Is it not
time for the County to wake up and
at least try to removs the cause, or
will We continue to expose the una
ware to the ravages of this dreaded
plague which dooms so many to an
early beyond?
Since organizing our S. III. A. sew
eral of its members have tested or are
on the waiting list to test. We have
members that will tell you that they
would have sooner lost their entire
herd than to have continued using the
milk from tubercular animals as they
were doing unknowingly until they
tested.
By having tested or accredited
herd it increases their selling value
many times.
The testers are men who do this work
only and are impartial to results.
They are fair and just in their APP
praisements on condemned animal,
and the government will make set
Element for condemned animal up
to reasonable amount.
Recently Barron county finished its
county wide test and is now clean
county Are you fellow breeders and
stockmen of Pierce County going to
say that II will not test my herd, but
will continue to send the products of
these animals to all parts of the coun-
try and expose the. unaware user of
these products to the germs of this
fatal disease or are we going to sign
for clean herd and county while you
now have the opportunity to have
your herd tested free of charge 2"
Will Pierce County follow Barron on
the list, or will we say that we will
continue to breed and spread disease
to the consumer?
In conclusion will say that | have
used the test for several years and
have found it satisfactory.
p. N. Collins
Sec, P. S. H. B. a.
Vice-Pres. Pierce Co. Live
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