Show tuberculosis IS BEING REDUCED ED pad b by the united states att department of agriculture carrying the campaign of eradicating animal tuberculosis to areas where it la Is cry strongly In trenched la Is one of the newer developments in the nationwide program to rout the disease A survey just completed by the bureau of animal industry united states stales department part ment of agriculture shows the tha aggressive action taken by many counties the eradication of tuberculosis under the area plan Is now being conducted in 34 of the OS counties having more than 15 per rent cent of tuberculosis infection among cattle and in 51 5 1 of iga counties containing cattle that are to the extent of more than 7 per cent but not more than 15 per cent tiros thus about one on third of tile the most badly infected counties have eradication work under way two of the counties formerly very seriously affected have already reduced the infection to 05 per rent or less and are in the modified accredited area class there are counties in the country where tuberculosis among cattle exists to the extent of more than 3 per cent and up to 7 per cent of these counties 83 03 are conducting area work to eradicate the disease and 8 of them thein already have qualified as modified accredited areas the work la Is going forward rapidly la in the more lightly infested areas where sentiment strongly favors eradicating the da ease before it becomes more serious at the beginning of 1926 the list of modified accredited areas totaled counties thus indicating excellent progress toward the con conquest auest of disease |