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

a very dangerous procedure is proven
beyond question, and that it is useless
must be clear to the mind of any
man that thinks"
'aThe common sense of the farmers
would denounce it everywhere to-
morrow were it not for the great bu-
reaucratic and commercial interests
which are working this pernicious
system behind the scenes"
J. B. Fraser, M. D., G. M, says
"The V. S. who depends on his squirt
gun for diagnosis is a menace to the
public"
DR.. Fraser is willing to take the
germs of tuberculosis in food and
drink and let the public and oul
state board of health decide whether
these germs are harmless or not.
All the parties that are advocating
the test claim tuberculin to be harm
less. Now / claim clean germs, not
the product of germs like tuberculin
are, harmless and if the advocates OF
sincerity by submitting themselves
to the test, will take the clear
germs of bovine tuberculosis by the
thousands.
One of the most regrettable things
about the accredited herd plan is the
fact that cow cannot be kept in the
herd that has not been inoculated with
the product of a dangerous disease
to furnish milk for the family. The
great English physician H d w e r
writes, at stands to reason if goOo
milk is to be obtained the animals
which supply it should be cared fol
under the best possible healthy con
dition but it is useless to talk Oh
health when the animals body is de-
iberately poisoned with foreign ma.
terial injected into it,.
A prominent breeder, agricultural
writer, and livestock judge said, 'Ir
England the majority of breeders
agree that the crazy notion of the
Yankees in insisting on the tubercu
lin test permits them to retain thei1
best animals and SO become perpetual
headquarters for the worlds bes
breeding cattle since the best always
react and so they keep them fol
breeders"
Red Rose, magnificent cow ane
winner at the London Dairy Show was
purchased by a Vermont breeder, but
reacted. She was retained, and the
don Dairy show.
J. Undertake, Tring, England
built up his herd from the reactors
from Lord Roschschild herd and is
said to have one of the best milking
herds in England.
A gentleman living near Barton
said, 81 now have an accredited herd
In the first test they took seven Of
my best cows which were very heavy
mixers and were worth more thar
the Is they left. I now regret that
ever had my herd tested as will new.
er again own as good cows as they
took"
Since the test has been in use the
average yearly production of the Yer
mont cows has declined and in anoth
er article will explain why the heavy
producing cows are more apt to re
act.
DR.. Gibson stated that as high as
500 to 1870 of the poultry in some Oh
the counties in Iowa were tuberculous
Mr.. Abel admitted he never knew Of
a tubercular hen but notice that Ger.
tain parties are working the press
with tubercular hen propaganda and
if they can push it hard enough they
may be able to get appropriations
from some of the states to eradicate
tuberculosis from poultry. ~.
1t must be admitted that there is
practically no tuberculosis in poultry
at the present time in this state. Now
if we appropriate a large sum tC
eradicate T. B. from hens you will see
tremendous increase in t. B. ir
hens just as there has been a fear
full increase of tuberculosis in cattle
since the test was inaugurated. II
you will watch the propaganda and
method used in bringing about the
spread of tuberculosis among hens
and see clearly how it is accomplished
you will then begin to understand
how the losses from T. B. in animals
has jumped from a negligible sum tt
$5O,0O0,OOO annually.
The bureau writes me that the rea
son why tuberculosis has increased 81
rapidly is because there has been M
uniform plan of control and eradica
ton prior to 1917. But according tt
the figures of their own men the loss
es have increased $3.50 in only L
months under their much vauntet
plan of control.
Tt seems to the writer that the vet
erinarian department of this bureau
in promulgating their rules and reg
ulations show the same disinterestet
attitude toward the public that
burglar might be expected to show il
making laws to suit his profession.
IL | am correctly informed the tri
butte to the veterinarian profession
on perfectly healthy one-day-olt
calf from non-tested herd brough
into this state is about $50. Thus
the individual is compelled to pa,
tribute to the selfish demands of ;
small but highly-organized group.
| When Prof. lThos. Shaw was sent II
England to purchase pedigreed ami
mails for the celebrated chill Importa
ton he took a thoroughly competen
4 V. S. with him to do the testing tt
make sure that they got only per
fectly healthy animals. Prof Shaw
| himself told me that the best animal.
he purchased reacted and Prof. Will
son who brought them over told me
with his own lips that they lost som,
of them in about a year from tubercu
losis. / will venture the Statement
that the reactors left in England con
tinued to produce and prove of value
to their owners.
I think I have pretty thorough,
exposed the difference in opinion be
tween the qualified physicians, capa
bic of passing Judgment on so i'm
portant matter and the cow tester