Show american cattle in ia germany the agricultural department at washington has received a 1 I report front from Geri germany nany abich ibich that ahat thel e ILI aie e some scientific tirl gentlemen in that country aiho do do not net believe the statements about sc among atno cattle imported from america and slid have the courage to say to so I 1 boyser and tn ano 0 veter inai I 1 lans of good repute in their profession fes sion hae bale issued a repel t in which they protest against il the mis re and fears that are scattered through ibi ouch the newspaper there that tuberculosis exists exias to an i enormous extent among cattle in the united estate states that pneumonia is detill and that the american stock steel raisers are compelled on this account to ship their cattle to europe fit at merely nominal prices these gentlemen gie gic statistics in answer to the charge that american cattle suffer I 1 fron from the dibase named they say that in german cities wyit head of imported cattle have bave bee been ill slaughtered since cluce 1880 1889 all but in hamburg iburg not a pneumonia was found in ia all this number and but four cases of tu berco losis Ac according cordin 1 to the facts as asaei ascertained bained by these veterinary 1 ian while 8 3 per cent of the germ man in cattle slaughtered ill ilam burg found to be thus afflic afflicted teJ the condition of the american I 1 catt cattle leis is declared tobe to be fully equal to that of stock raised on german I 1 meadow lands boyser and say pay that they see certain I 1 da dangers rigers in american cattle for i the german producers and the german meat trade but they do not base their conclusions upon 1 the premise adopted by the german they say the danger out of loner loiter pieces of american cattle the bagh aih standard of breeding here and the perfect j health of tile the animals sent from t this country to the fatherland athey they advise the german stock ra raisers bisers to study the achievements and methods of the americans in i the same line of effort and to ex amine and consider how losia which is constantly ing around them in german live stock may be arrested C C A S |