Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-08
7. B. IS REDUCED
FROM 10.2 To 81
IN STATE HERDS
Butler Says Montana Dairymen
Get Bonus in Quality
for Cleanliness.

HHena, Aug. EN- the il years In
which the eradication Of tuberculosis
among dairy cattle of Montana has been
under way. the percentage of cattle al
flicted with that disease has been re-
duced from 10.S to 80 per cent. which
latter figure is shown by the results OF
the work during June, 1922.
When the Montana livestock sanitary
board started on the eradication of DO
vine tuberculosis in 1911. says DR.. w.
j. Butler, state veterinary surgeon II
executive officer of the sanitary
board, it was found that los per cent
of the cattle were tubercular. In l92i'
he said. 1882 cattle were tested and 1t
was found that only 94-1oo OF L per
cent were diseased.
From December /, 1921. to June 80,
1922. the inspectors of the board TEST
ed 70.5SS cattle and found. that only
6S7. or 97-1O0 Of 1 per cent were re-
actors. while during the single month
of June. 1922. the board Inspected III
diaries and tuberculin tested 9.I23 cat
tie. of which only 81. or 52-1Oo OF l
per cent. reacted. Even this percent.
age should properly be reduced, as. OF
the 81 cattle found to be afflicted with
tuberculosis, IA had been shipped IN
from Idaho without a previous tuoer-
culin test.
ExceIs Other States
"These figures demonstrate thas
tuberculosis is surely being eradlcated
from the dairy herds of Montana SAID
Dr. Butler. I'VE try to test every nero
once n year and we in Montana have
a record for freedom from tuberculosis
among cattle that cannot be equalled
in any state in the union and Is only
eQualled in Washingto, ID. C..
''Tuberculin testing is now being car
ried out in Montana in cooperation
with the United States bureau OF
animal industry under the direction OF
Ur. Rudolph Snyder. inspector IN
charge for the bureau. This bovine
tuberculosis eradication cooperative
work IS carried on in all the states
With the exception OF Caitfornia
where II is lone by the state alone:
we have been looking into dairy
standards for a long time and the more
we look the more we find that milk
nust he employed largely as a o for
children. The vitamines contained IN
! the milk are absolutely essential for
the growth and development Of the
| body. Take il away and the growth OF
the body and the organs are absolute
" stunted and can thereafter never be
produced.
Montana Feed Praised
IN looking over the conditions In
Montana We find in the mountain val
levs and the good farming sections
where we have good feed, that tho feed
growing there contains more mineral
| salts aud vitamines than IN all the
grasses and grains grown in the east
ern states. ,
THE dairy COWS have the power OF
abstracting these properties from the
! grasses in the process of digestion and
storing it up in the milk which IL
passed on to the children who consume
the milk. That is why the children Of
these valleys are destined TO obtain
the nourishment and upbuilding prop
critics which are equalled only IN the
| milk producing section of Switzerland
"Dairymen, when following out our
Instructions. have been able to pro
duce better milk. Dirty milk is a men
ace and the mar who produces unclean
| milk not only sells an inferior article,
but sells that which may bring on dis
case and unhappiness. Such a man is
not only a menace 10 the industry as
n whole. but is losing money on his
production.
Bonus for Cleanliness
where we have gone in and have
| induced the dairvman to clean M. keep
| his milk and cream cool and sweet and
ship it 10 the creamery in a whole
some condition, that man is getting 2
bonus on his cream because II VIII
produce a butter that is more whole.
some and will keep longer and Will
bring from Il to s cents per pound
more on the market. The big thing
is cleanliness and that is the main OBJ
ject Of the work we are doing.
"Scab" SIGNS Taken