South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-19
-FOUR HUNDRED 7. B.
CATTLE TAKEN FROM
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY
In Six Months $500 Have
Been Tested for Bovine
tuberculosis.

According TO announcement bJ
County Agricultural Agent E. g.
Bird. more than $500 head Of dairy
cattle have been tested in st. Joseph
county for bovine tuberculosis since
March 10. 1922. Out Of this number
approximately 400 head have been
found to be tubercular and have
been slaughtered under government
supervision, at the Union Stock
Yards in Chicago.
These reactors are shipped from
the county on Wednesday Of each
week and are killed on Friday fol-
lowing. Several parties of owners
and interested citizens went 10 Chi
cago with the last shipment, and
were taken on 10 the killing floor
where the postmortems are viewed
first hand. Six farmers from Penn
township last week witnessed what
Proved to be the most seriously at
fected shipment OF tubercular cattle
sent from this county.
a leading farmer from Penn town
ship stated afterwards that There
Is no way to describe the condition
Z
norton. The only way 10 really
understand the situation is to go TO
Chicago and see for yourself
would not take a hundred dollars
for what ] saw. and II was so serious
that ! wouldn't care TO witness it
again. II my neighbors could have
seen what l saw. they would not
grumble or question the test as ad-
ministered by Mr.. Howard"
Whenever a number Of farmers or
citizens desire 10 go 10 Chicago 20
see the cattle slaughtered. previous
arrangements are made by the coun-
" agricultural agent A definite
hour is set for the killing OF the St.
Joseph county sattle and the party
is then conducted through the post
mortems with every possible atten-
ton paid 10 showing the exact con-
dition of the cattle, inside and out.
The next shipment from st. Jo-
seph county will be made on We'd
nesday, Aug %, from Mishawaka.
Start Re-test Work.
DR.. Howard started on Wednesday
TO make re-tests on herds I'm Center
township. which had reactors on the
first test in March. This is the six
months re-test called for in the
agreement.
Penn township. under the leader
ship of J. j. Becker, township chair
man of the Farm Bureau, has the
record in the largest number OF
cattle tested Of the eight townships
already covered in St. Joseph cour-
~. Leo Gerstbauer assisted Nh.
Becker and DR.. Howard and Clayton
Weis and Carl Fulmer were active
in the promotion Of the testing in
Penn township. Refreshing of herds
in German township which had re-
actors on the first test will start on
Tuesday or Wednesday OF next
week.
It is the intention of the Farm
Bureau to continue this re-test with
no additional charge.
This is made possible" states
County Agent Bird. because of the
system, speed and efficiency with
which the first test was made. Some
times farmers were impatient be-
cause we required cattle TO be ready
rived. They did not realize that
ten-minute walt at each of the 8
farms a day, meant two hours and a
half lost TO the Inspector. and a
higher cost 10 the farmer. We are
very much pleased with the response
that most farmers made of this eff
fort 10 keep the cost down. There
has been no money or time lost or
mispent. except by those farmers
who steal the time of the inspector
from their neighbour. DR.. Howard !
is raid the same amount. no matter
how many cattle are tested. He
has, however. had the interest Of
the work at heart and has made |
every effort to save time and money |
for the farmers of the county This !
is the reason why we can now go
back and make the six months re-
tests without additional charge"