Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-11-01

the consumer ana REFUGE lie COuSuulp-
ton of milk and dairy products. But
instead of producing this result, the
increasing efforts to improve the
health of herds have inspired more
faith in the safety and value of foods
from the dairy COW. Hundreds of
towns have made tuberculous regu-
lations to provide for clean herds and
to make milk wholesome and publi-
city has been given to the various
kinds of work being done by cities,
counties, states and the Department
of Agriculture. AS result of this
work to improve the health of the
dairy cow, statistics show that the
number of cows has increased and the
consumption of milk is greater than
ever before.
In recent months the most encour-
aging development in the work of
eradicating this great cattle disease
has been the number of counties that
have made a complete cleanup of
the herds on every farm. This area
work is demonstrating that complete
eradication is not dream but prac-
tical possibility. The expense will be
paid by more efficient herds and bet
ter products.
Did you know that the annual loss
is between $40,000,0O0 and $5O,000,-
600?
Did you know that nice fat cow
may be a spreader of tuberculosis i?
Did you know that a large proper
ton of gland, intestinal and hip and
joint disease and tuberculosis in chill
dren is caused by milk from tuber-
culous cows?
Did you know that 70 trainloads of
40 cars each of cattle and hogs are
condemned for tuberculosis at five of
the largest packing houses every
year?
Did you know that milk, butter and
cheese from tubercular dairy herds
are infectious,
Did you know that at least 2,O00,-
900 people in the United States are
active cases of tuberculosis?
Did you know that 40 per cent. OF
all tuberculous children under five
years of age contracted it from the
milk of tuberculous cows?
Did you know that approximately
100000 cows were tested last veal
for tuberculosis
! Did you know that eve have alb
solutely no right to neglect condi
ton that causes suffering and deatf
among children?"
! Did you know ''that failure to act
quickly and INCREASINGLY, until safe
milk for children, at least, is within
easy reach Of every mother, may be
characterized as barbarous if no
criminal Indifference
I have been often asked by thu
| farmer just why they usually lose
their best cows by the test. The rea
son is this: the cow is producing {
large amount of milk and hence tn,
drain on the system is vastly great
er than were she a dry cow and, due
to this reducing of her vitality i
leaves her very susceptible to an!
contagious or infectious disease.
Again I have been asked why a COW
may pass clean on one test and later
on will react. This is due largely t,
a recent infection and the disease
has not progressed far enough tt
cause reaction at time of test ane
what it really does is to hasten the
disease along so the cow will reac'
on a subsequent test. Eventually
why not now?" The quicker she is
eliminated from the herd the better
it will be for the owner. 1t is abso
lutely impossible to make a cow con.
tract tuberculosis by repeated test
ing.
The sooner the farmer wakes up tt
the fact that a diseased cow in the
herd is not a profitable investment
the better it will be for him and al
his family and the public at large.
S. Thomas Law,
State Inspector,
Orleans, Vermont.