Show cattle owners see value of T B test doubters convinced after seeing officials at their work prepared bv the th united states department of at 1 u 1 S service e arvlee cat cattle 0 owners wrier who doubt tile the value of the tuberculin test are invited to follow their reactors to slaughter and see tile the postmortem post mortem inspection recently t L C larson of tipton town after seeing the slaughter of somie some of tits his fine beef cattle which had rea reacted c ted to the tuberculin test said ill admit gentlemen I 1 had bad no falth faith in tile the test but I 1 want to tell the world that when one feels a as IS I 1 did about it nil fill he tills has to do Is to follow f 0 allow hla his cattle to slaughter and he will realize that the government knows what it Is doing the story of mr hir larson ills his brother 1 I S larson their fattier father and a neighbor following a bunch of reactors to the shambles at cedar rapids was reported to the united states department of ture aure by one of its inspectors tn in the field the animals were slaughtered nt at an establishment nv where here federal meat inspection spec tion Is ma maintained tn in conformity with federal regulate regul regulations ons each animal was distinctly marked to retain the identity of the carcass and parts throughout the procedure 0 of f sin slaughter u ahter and postmortem post mortem inspection which was conducted by veterinarians trained in meat inspection one carcass was to such a degree that it was condemned in its entirety and destroyed for food purposes in the others other thu the disease had not reached a stage to require tile the condemnation of other than lesser parts one of the th cows had an open lesion of the udder and therefore had been a very dangerous source of the disease sense the establishment where the eddi cattle e were slaughtered Is one of about 80 in the united states where federal meat inspection Is conducted the policy of letting cattle owners see for themselves Is in line with the procedure in testing cattle for tuberculosis and in disposing of reactors nc tors depart department rhent officials explain the state the federal government and local veterinarians are willing to have any cattle owner see what happens to his reactors when slaughtered tie ne may ay also examine the records kept itt ati slaughtering s aught ering establishments operating under federal meat inspection to find what disposition Is made of his own reactors in other states as well as in iowa the als stand behind the tuberculin test |