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Show ACCREDITED-HERD CAMPAIGN Illustration of Manner In Which Owners Own-ers Are Given Protection Against Tuberculosis. The way herd owners value protection protec-tion against bovine tuberculosis is illustrated, il-lustrated, says a specialist In the dairy division, United States Department of Agriculture, by the experience of the Bonner Springs (Kansas) Bull association. asso-ciation. Every member of the association, asso-ciation, 11 in number, signed up for the accredited-herd compaign. They had 104 animals tested, and in 8 of the 11 herds no reactors whatever were found. Of the other three herds,, each had Just one animal affected by the disease. At first sight some of the members thought the effort had been needless and not enough results shown. But ivhen it was considered that the object Bought was not merely to eradicate tuberculosis after it had appeared but to protect the herds against exposure to the disease, it was plain that the object sought had been gained. |