Show e M fy ww M W W W V LIVE STOCK STOC I. I I FACTS W WI I M W WM WM W TESTING FOR TUBERCULOSIS Reports Show That Eradication Work Can Be Carried on Without Destroying Industry Prepared Pr pred by th of the of United United States States Department nt That testing cattle for tuberculosis and the cleaning up of Infected herds are having a n permanent effect in reducing reducing reducing re re- re- re the extent of ot the disease Is IB shown conclusively by br figures recently collected by the United States Department Department Department De De- of ot Agriculture from Inspectors inspectors tors ors In charge of the eradication work In various arlous n parts of the country The Inspectors were asked to supply figures on the results of three or more tests ests on badly dl diseased eased herds those that hat had not less than 10 per cent of reactors on the first test The first test on more than thun cattle In these bad herds showed that 20 per percent percent percent cent had tuberculosis Another test six months later on the same herds from which the reactors had been removed removed re re- re- re moved moed showed only 09 OD per cent of the disease By another six months the percentage had gone down to 28 A fourth test on more than of these cattle showed only 18 per cent of tuberculosis The reports from which these figures were taken show that under normal conditions herds very badly diseased may be established as relatively relatively rela rela- el free In a short time The They also show that t eradication work can be carried on without destro destroying the cattle Industry as Is b sometimes k tom s k i k A J Y If Any of These Those Cows Have I tuber uber the Hogs Following Them Are Certain to Get the Disease thought Erratic results were obtained on oi a ver very few of the 1882 1852 herds tested the list of this class containing less than JOO Out of the herds under observation December 1 1 1021 there were only oily a very ery fe fear fer that had hadnot hadnot hadnot not shown satisfactory Improvement as a result of ot testing |