Show Livestock I LOS ANGELES A GELES June 4 Re f.-Re- Re Recent Recent cent figures Indicate that splendid splendid did progress is being made through various federal state and county agencies In the work ork which Is being being- done toward eradication eradication cation of 0 tuberculosis among cattle cat lie At the close of 0 the fiscal year ear ending June Juno 30 30 1926 nearly half haIr of or the breeding cattle of or the tho United States had been tested for tuberculosis and nearly nearl one roll mil milIon lion Ion reactors had been removed from rom the herds throughout the country countr The fhe effect of o the tho work being done along this line from an eco ceo economic economIc standpoint can well bo be ap ap- appreciated appreciated ap- ap predated In viewing Me figures of ot 1916 and 1926 1916 In 1916 26 per cent of ot all cattle received at al atthe atthe the he large packing centers were retained on account of 0 showing traces races of ot tuberculosis while In 1926 only 13 per cent were so so retained From this It can be seen cen that retention on account of or tuberculosis have been reduced CO 10 COper 0 per cent In the tho past 10 years Of Ot course from a a. standpoint of public welfare and sanitation the work vork that Is being carried on along long these lines is highly desir desir- desirable desirable desirable able from the Iho standpoint of rats rals- raisIng Ing ng the standards surrounding the production and distribution of 0 meat foods as well as of ot dairy products From an economical standpoint It t Is difficult to estimate what tuberculosis has cost the the- Industry In n years gone by bY but It Is safe sate to say that the figures would be staggering not only from losses entailed in In rattle but through transmission of 0 the disease to hogs logs The Importance of or this transmission has been recognized and nd In many man territories bonuses pre ire re being offered by packing plants for hogs produced In sec see that are re accredited as hav hay having havIng haying ing had all cattle tested and In Infected In- In infected animals disposed of While the first work ork along tu tuberculosis tu- tu eradication lines was carried on In the cast and middle middle- west the western states are rap- rap rapIdly rapidly Idly falling In line In passing rigid legislation lo to to the end nd of ot eradicating bovine tuberculosis It appeals appeal's that this movement is getting gelling the support of ot livestock producers which Is so essential to toa toa toa a successful carrying out of ot such sucha a a. program and many man observers feel that It Is a question of ot but buta a very ver short time until the com corn complete elimination of tuberculosis from herds In the United States will have become a a. fact Xo No doubt In some Instances hard hard- hardships ships s1 have been worked upon producers through the condemnation tion llon of ot animals which react act but taking the Industry In the tho aggregate aggregate aggregate gate ate the saving will offset the tho loss many fold From the standpoint of or dollars dollar end cents the importance of ot the thc work that is being dono done can be realized d when It Is considered that around ten million beef bee cattle are slaughtered under federal Inspection Inspection inspection tion each year Formerly Former 2 per percent percent percent cent of ot these animals were con con- condemned representing two hundred thousand head and figuring the average value of or these animals even cen at 30 0 which Is a a. low esti- esti estimate estimate mate male would represent the loss Reducing these condemnations co dem nations by bv half hair as has been done donea a clear annual saving to lo the Industry In condemnations condemnation alone Is made not considering the economic ceo loss of or maintaining In Infected In- In infected herds with the accompany accompany- accompanying ing hazards to lo consumers of ot meat food and dairy products as well as 55 the endangering of ot other classes of 0 livestock through In In- In lection |