Putnam patriot., 1922-04-07
Connecticut s.sf6 62i l@.3t
 Vermont 53.zeo 2.ask 4t9 New York 76.60i ts06l 1795

Vermont Db. .1eu tat& 4ta New York 76.60i ts0ei i7.95
 f.s8e, ,35s Animals Tested
 The total number of animals off cially tested in the country during this year was ,se6. .35s; 55.7ss re- actors were found. The average par centage of all reactors iH the c0gntfg is 39a Thus. lees than ss of all animals tested during the past year were found to have tuberculosis. In analyzinR the number of reactors Tn the different states. there are two out standing facts CD that the percent, age of reartors iE greater m the states in which the dairy industry has been the more intensive, and f2l, that ln these dairying states most active in tuberculosis eradication. Che percent age of reaetors is the smallest
 Thus the state of Vermont, in which the number of animals is relatively small is carrying on vigorous erad- icafion campaign, and has less than
 five animals out of every loo which are tuheaeular. The significance of this latter fact Is that tbe sooner en- errctic methods Of tuberculosis erad icat.an arc conducted. through acttve cooperation of the state and cattle growers aIfa federal Hafkers. the fcWef animals there all he affected. and the smaller the los of the dur5 industry
 fHe F 2 Yearbook ef department ef agriculture for faIg sags "Haa the spread sf tuberculosis been d. lowed ta eaHtInue at the same fate that IL progressed from tg07-I9l7, bx I981 Che disease would undoubtedly have ex8ete4 an annual t0ii from Lhe lfve.Ft6ak producers of fhiz nation ef l8a million dollars L. addition ta this iaz#. our purehFed and Rraie herds of cattle and swine would have been undermined by tuberculosis. and in consequence the reputation of the United States as producer of high. cluss cattle and swine would have re- ceivcd an irremovable stigma
 Wha, L. Tubereulia7
 Tubeeeulia r a drug prepared hE sterilixtHe. Altering, and eoncentrat- ing the liquids n which the tuberele bacilH has been allowed to vegetate. TuberrBlln contains only the steul ized products of the tabercle baeiih. 1t does not contain any lslng germ. therefore It is harmless to any animal whether healthy or diseased. 1T DO l tato he boiled for short time in va ter. 1t is worthless as d seed. It has been killed There is no more danger for the tuhercuIous organism. such ns is prepared in tubcrcuiin. of growing and spreading. than for the boiled DO tato io grow. as this has been boiled in the s1mt way uz the potato
 Accredited Herd Plan
 The accredited herd plan fos the sradieatIaa af bovine leattel tubef .ulosis 4#s adapte8 iH tat7 by the E. s. livestock sanitary assaeiatian aud the federal bureaa of animal iH iusiry Is purpose is to free herds from tuberculosis. and maintain trough proper precautions. such 1ffQH Tree or t0nffNAtHz8Hs A uitfH summary of the rules is as follows
 I. That tuberculn tests. approved by the bureau, shall be used, and in order te be pronounced accredited, a herd must pass two annual or three semi-annnal tubcrcuhn tests. in which no animal is affected with tuhcrculo- sis
 eFhc entire fera. or any cattle of the herd shall be tested. or rctest rd. nt such ume as il is considered necessary by thc federal or state au thorities This rule gives to federal or state authorities. power 10 test a herd at aHy time that it is deemed ad visablc by them
 The remaining rules deal largely with precautions in maintaining a herd free of diseasc, and rules per tainiug to the method of testing and disposal of the animals Usually each state has special rules pertaining te the paying of lndemnities. and di-pas al of reaetors