Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-02-15

All Wisconsin is making a final
rush to sweep the state clean OF Boz
vine tuberculosis. The year 1880 has
been set as the deadline. If the Bad
ger state achieves this goal she will
be the first state in America to do 50.
Already leading in tuberculin test
ing, the Badgers are looking forward
to greater achievements. This was
the sentiment brought out at the state
wide live stock conference held at Az
riculturaI hall in Madison. Repre-
sentatives of the state department OF
agriculture, the Wisconsin live STOCK
breeders associations, meat-packlng
interests. United States Department
of Agriculture, college of agriculture,
state live stock sanitary board and the
veterinary profession assembled ana
expressed a hearty desire to cooperate
in speeding up the tuberculosis eradl-
cation work in the state.
ii. L. Russell, dean of the college
of agriculture, outlined the leading
part which had been played by the
Badger state in the work OF W1plng
ont bovine tuberculosis. Russell was
one of the men who introduced the
tuberculin test into America and the
herd at the Wisconsin experiment sta
ton was the first herd west Of the
Alleghenies to go under the needle,
Test to Safeguard Health.
It was brought out during the meet
,nr +bo+ +uherc11losis eradication was
necessary as safeguard to health
as well as from an economic stand
noint The consumers as well as the
breeders are benefited by the work
Fl. r. Smith of the National Live
stock exchange, commended the work
done by Wisconsin and urged that the
work be speeded up as much as pos
sihle He stated the live stock ex-
changes had already agreed to DIS
counf shipments not coming from ac-
credited counties. An accredited
county is defined as one wherein the
/ injection is reduced to half Of one
per cent.
Smith emphasized the fact that SO
far as the packers were concerned
Wisconsin had advanced little in the
eradication work. He declared that
there were more hogs retained at the
Milwaukee slaughter houses every
wear on account Of tuberculosis than
in anv other live stock center in Amer
lea. He gave figures which showed
70 ner cent of the hogs retained. WIS
consin was holding her own, inasmucn
as she has not been able to lower this
figure. he maintained, but was not
making any material advances.
Sentiment in favor of speeding up
+ba work on the part of farmers OF
the state was crystallized in the form
Of a number of. resolutions which were
read at the meeting and came from
Equity locals, farm bureaus and breed
ers' associations all over the state.
Speaking for the breeders, J. c. Cort
Of Jefferson county said that all
breeders organizations in the state
are heartily back of the movement to
wine bovine tuberculosis out of Wis
consin.
Need Million Dollars.
The meeting headed itself into
drive for a million dollars annually
for the coming two-year period in
order that the work would not have
70 be halted because of insufficient in
demnity funds.
The need for an emergency fund to
cover present indemnity deficiencies
was also expressed by the assembled
live stock interests.
County Agent Gus Sell reported that
Winnebago county was working hard
for q complete cleanup and would
probably soon go tower the top with
the necessary petitioners. In commu-
mites where federal work had been in
nrogress he found the petitions being
signed 100 per cent strong.
Wood county, through county agent
Ralph Peterson, gave hearty accord
with the campaign, and reported
countrywide cleanup signers making
rapid progress.
Down in the southern part of the
state. Rock county produced the evil
dence through her representatives,
George Hull, president, Hugh Hem
ingway, secretary of the county farm
bureau, and L. @. French, farm editor
of the GAINESVILLE Gazette. that she
will be a mighty force for the affirm
native in the debate on a tuberculosis
free state. More than 5000 signers is
4be goal set by the farmers of Rock.
They want 1000 accredited herds in
their county soon. They want to get
clean and then stay clean
Fifteen Counties Clean Up.
O. II. Eliason, state veterinarian and
father of the area test work, reported