Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-01-27
Annual Report of the County Agent
Report A. Shane County Agri
cultural Agent of Iron County
Live Stock improvement Project

cultural Agent OF
Live Stock Improvement Project
Object:-To do away with every
tubercular cow in the county.
Director:-County Agent, Dan A.
Shaffer,
Co-operators Members Of county
board, members Of town boards, rural
school teachers, State Live Stock
Sanitary Board.
Method of Procedure
The value Of tuberculin testing was
first brought to the attention Of the
county board. This body gave their
opinion on the matter and the au-
thority to start the work. The State
Live Stock Sanitary board was then
appealed to and the proper petition
blanks obtained. These blanks We're
sent to the assessors, clerks and chair
men Of the various townships and To-
cal governmental units for circula-
ton. In most instances the petitions
were presented to the cattle owners
by the assessors when he made his
yearly visit. This proved to be the
best method as every cattle owner
had the opportunity to sign the petit
ton and learn the condition Of the
test. During the time that the as
SCISSORS we're working in the field the
local papers were supplied with arti
cles on tuberculin testing. The assess
ors returned the petition blanks to
the county agent as soon as they
finished their work and they were
then checked up with the tax roll to
eliminate possible mistakes and re-
petition. One meeting was held TO
speed up the work in a community
where the farmers ware just little
bit doubtful as to the test. After all
the petitions were checked they were
then sent to the State Live Stock
Sanitary board for its approval.
A short time after the petitions
were sent in, the state board decided
that we had a sufficient number Of
signers to grant a test and the work
OF testing was soon started. Dr. W.
r. johnson, field supervisor of veter-
mary inspectors and a corps of FIVE
testers was soon on the job, getting
affairs in shape to start testing. The
FIVE testers soon were making very
good progress in the work owing to
the splendid cooperation Of the cattle
owners. After one months time all
but two testers were removed and fin
ally one man was left to complete the
work The entire county was finished
during The first week in September
and the reactors shipped out Of the
county,
A local Livestock Sanitary Board
consisting Of the local town officials
was appointed TO cooperate with the
inspectors but owing to the progress
Of the work, their assistance was not
needed a public hearing was held
at the court house to consider argu-
ments for or against the test, but no
one appeared at the hearing to reg
lister protest 80 we were assured of
100 per cent cooperation during the
test
Results of Work
The results Of the tuberculin test
are many. We now have a tuberculin
free county and can feel free to pur-
chase good healthy dairy animals
with which to build up our herds We
now are assured of good tuberculosis
free milk for home consumption. We
know that our swine viii not contact
the disease from the skim milk. We
can ship cattle interstate without the
expense of having them tested Our
hogs are worth 10 cents per hundred
weight 70 the packers more than they