South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-11
tuberculosis CIean-Up Campaign
Is on It's Way This Week; Cattle
Testing to Begin in Centre TDp.
DIR. II. &. Julian Ready To Be
Gin Soon as First Township
Ready for Tests.
BY T.. G. BIRD.
agricultural Agent, II. Joseph
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NDunAfs
This coming week VIII see the be-
SHINING Of the tuberculosis cleanup
campaign in 81. Joseph county. The
drive VIII start In either Centre or
German townships and as soon as
-he herds OF these townships are
signed up ON the accredited herd
agreements. a veterinarian viii be
placed iu the county 1y the state
livestock sanitary board and the T..
s bureau Of animal industry 90 COM
duct tho tests.
state Veterinarian r. O.. Julian has
notified The St. Joseph County Farm
bureau that they are ready 20 put
man in the county ass soon as the
first township IS ready for business
state Pays Indcmnitics.
Under the plan developed by the
farm bureau. the department of ar-
r.cuIturc and state pay the udeWni-
t-e- and tho expenses of tho test
Vu Dee borne by tine cattle owners.
The method of paying rnis expense
aIll be Go levy "a fee OF so cents per
head ou the cattle tested This fec
is 20 be paid at tine time the test Is
made.
The township farm bureau will ar
range the routing and if the right
Kind OF cooperation is given 10 should
Doe possible for the inspector 10 60
down road from herd 20 herd and
TEST at least 1000 head OF cattle per
month. Even better speed than this
might he made if the cattle are up
In the barn and cevrything is ready
FOR the arrival OF the Inspector.
The returns for cattle removed
from the herd are Of first importance
to the herd owner The appraise-
meut OF value IS made iu the follow
ing manner.
The owner or his representative
places "A value on the animal The
Inspector making the tests places a
value for the state. and they get to-
Eether on this basis The indemnity
limit for pure brcds is $3.50 per head
and for grades SOS per head ON
most OF the stock tested so far i'm
this county tho value received by
tho owner has been about three
quarters of the appraised value.
One in 10 Have It.
developed so bad case that the
whole carcass is condemned. the in
demnity amounts to about two-thirds
the appraised value
I'm event that more than 20 per
cent Of the herd reacts. another test
may be made i'm 90 days However.
a herd with this large percentage
of diseased animals is seldom found
In fact the proportion Of tubcrcular
reactOrs in 81. Joseph county. based
on tests OF 700 head during the
past year has been "a per cent.
This means that about one head In
. is ant 20 reveal the disease.
Can't Tell by Looking.
Some farmers have felt that test
ing ls useless because they believe
that an animal with tuberculosis
can be detected 10y external symp-
toms. However. it is a fact that
some OF the worst cases i'm the
county have been animals which
appeared 10 an observers 10 he I'm
excellent physical condition The
post norton on the other hand re-
vealed Eeueralized cases of tho worst
The animal down for tankace and
grease
Can't Measure Test Value.
The arrangement for testing St
Joseph county herds places this
county in the front ranks of the
livestock industry The farm bureau
in backing and carrying on such an
enterprise places itself I'm the posi-
ton OF rendering a service which
can never be estimated in dollars
and cents. f-om which am tho citI-
zens OF St. Joseph county i'm both
towns and country will bcnet
The officers Of the township units
are getting the contracts signed up
IN order That the first township may
be started before March I