Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-03-22

T. B. test. I offer the following to
your readers:
A herd in Orleans county was test
ed in February, 1920. The owner
lost two of his best and most promis-
ing Young cows. Later two cows
were purchased and tested by our
federal man and passed the test all
right. Later one of these was found
to be very badly diseased and the herd
was retested, the owner losing TOUR
more of his best cows. l INFER from
his letter that he doubts II these pro
fitable, heavy producing, young re-
actors were diseased, but tne Daoly
diseased cow passed y. n.
A Vermont breeder OF pedlgree cat,
tie writes that he had 10 reactors anu
the veterinarians could IND no trace
of disease in five OF them: Suppoe-
ing the owner had shipped IN 1g coMo
that had passed the test y. r.; uo
YOU not believe that the veterlllal Let ct
oorru;ng nodules, that is, diseased
gentleman in Lyndon had ~
+asted 10 reacted. The COW tnat
.asSe5 was found to be more badly
99;soosed than any of the reactors. Inc
ovner said. 81 could see noUnlng
49,, with II of the reactors.
A herd of some rs head In New
ua-onshire were recently tested anu
T ~, fold that % reacted. Inc own.
salected four COWS from those 1naC
q n K and shipped them along
PaIs +bo reactors and all four OF tness
o mr that had been prono9ncedd
ho"ltbv by our highly speclallzeo ale
hioh nriced government expert WIT
aai,T diseased that they all wen
so 49, 4Io tank. I will venture the Inc
ln.o .l +bat the % reactors did not a..
go: 80 +he tank. I have written LII
20 e. of the above but nave ho'
,,o+ heard from the owner. cow
yes T;rhv man also selected, CIV
"a had nassed o. K. and the pos.
thaI . NJ, revealed her to be lO tlnnes =, &c
mol mor I'd diseased as any reactor III ms
herd. ,,avar heard of a
oo =, which there were IAN pc GO
case ls sectors where the owner PA
cent u US that he believed o1sea I,1t
ieceeu those that had passed ". ~ .ous
from Isl CT n1ortem revealed tnese Inv omv
Inc b I'm more badly diseased 'l0i
of the reactors' 10 that evidence IS
NOV s,,lating to the effect ina. .,Ier
49, 49,. Of the animals is Ia Wood
oowneosistician than the nlgn;,dp az
ol ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. tax4pa az fed
$50 800 IF not why is 1t tnae +o eI the
pproI officials so frequently ~odncing
est ela. va1uable and heavy lIG;eoased
lno1 and leave the badly ot' aver
o oOos in the herd. The annoa t dairy
o one PRODUCTION Of the vermeo44hS e fact
aey1, IS decreasing in spite o. . eoodino
I ~ we are breeding ana Is His
,,n,1ch better than formerly. ton
III d,,e to the test since ~ naa dnc;no
d ieu to take the heaviest pr rocf ex-
oors If this is not the coi
oIanation, what is 1t! &c roactors
Relative to the number on sSow;ng
from badly diseased neras and de-
o. nor cent. with first tesI az lost
oreas sing with each suDseque;i' +ahle
7 would like to ask what Ini R,,raa11
-uh1ished in the County Farm III 1;oht
News really amounts 20 III s; IN an
If the following A conhiliea Pa West
pointed by one of the Dig i Dc 60.
ern states went to the De go cows.
moor farm and purchased IL ossed
One reactor and two that mao 49, 49,
IN ~ +as+ q, K. Upon being. slaugnter-
w Va Ill three were found to be IN prac-
t;aoI1,, the same condition. Inat 10
H'"r.a was as much evidence OF ols-
a o in the two that passed y. n. az
SO found in the reactor. Wneh gu III.
WV hovs were inoculated WIZ
4I-nhoid serum, a medical ofhcer tolo
AZ writer that large per cent. rui
fovar or to put it little dlheren ~
" thew reacted. Now eliminate tne
Sn or 60 ner cent. of reactors ana re
;noc,,1ate the remainder and Will you
,,ot oet approximately the same oe
naosino ner cent of reactors as CIV
on in the table mentioned ABOVE.
re oil If the mature animals testee
MORO sent to the shanbles how mucI
.ae+er ner cent. of diseased cows
e1er six wears old would be toune
onoono the reactors than among Une
cows that passed o. K? This is
question that the taxpayers OF Amer
ica might ponder before dumping
millions of money into the bottomless
pit of this expensive superstition:
Mohler. HERMAN, Crossman, Brig
ham and De Fossett, in fact, practl
cally all of the government-pale
men whose jobs depend IN some mea
sure on the T. B. test will tell you
that the idea that cuberculln car
cause tuberculosis is erroneous. Ca1
these gentlemen tell us how vacclna
ton spread leprosy over some OF tnt
islands of the Pacific ocean? vii
they tell us how according to the tes
timony of competent physicians
syphilis, tuberculosis, heart trouble
and cancers are caused by vaccina
ton? Will they tell US why the
death rate from tuberculosis shot VI
more than 100 per cent with the adj
vent of drastic vaccination in the
Philippines and this in spite OF better
sanitary conditions.
If it's impossible to produce 9
virus from young healthy calf free
from electronic reactions of bovine
tuberculosis do you gentlemen really
think you can manufacture tuberculir
from a tuberculosis basis and have i
free from tubercular faint? Sup
posing you boil and strain tuberculin
isn't the organic matter, the rea
cause of disease still there? If an!
of you have any conclusive argu
ments in support of the germ theory
is it not your duty to enlighten thu
public by refuting the statement
published in this paper IN February
from the pen of DIR. j. B. Fraser.
Mr.. Brigham stated in his address
at Barton that young CALVES were
practically free from tuberculosis. Q
course every breeder knew this +