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Show replace animals reacting to the test. In Illinois approximately 1,000 dairy cattle are being tested every day, of which some 58 bead react and have to be killed. Other states report similar progress. Unscrupulous cattle dealers, In order to profit by the brisk trade, are buying culls In the stock yards and shipping them back to the farmers. According to M. H. Peterson, head of the tuberculosis eradication department depart-ment of the Illinois Agricultural association, asso-ciation, "many unsuspecting farmers" have bought diseased animals plugged' so full of tuberculin that when they are tested for Importation Into the state, there Is no apparent reaction." re-action." Nebraska recently Issued a warning signed hy prominent farmers and agricultural authorities against the crooked dealer. Fred Ferguson, dairy expert of Iowa, not long ago sent a similar warning to be posted In every bank of Iowa. Closer contact with farmers and local breeders' associations associa-tions will help. Those entering the dairy business for the first time can well afford to pay a neighbor or friend they know Is reliable and Ig acquainted acquaint-ed with the business, to help them buy nnlmnls. And by all means, make sure of the reliability of all parties selling cattle before buying. Warning Against Buying Inferior Dairy Cattle From many states there are now coming warnings against buying Inferior In-ferior dairy cattle from unrellnhle parties. The good prloe of dairy products, prod-ucts, coming at a time when farm prices In general were depressed, has been largely responsible for the Increased In-creased demand for dairy cows. The work of testing for tuberculosis Is also responsible, for considerable demand |