Show POWERFUL SENTIMENT developing FOR EARLY eradication OF tuberculosis A ila aa N k 4 wig ak AW 4 kz vt IR 11 IN cattle at national Nat ionar soldiers home washington DC were first herds to so officially accredited as free from tuberculosis prepared by the united states department M en t of 0 agriculture that a powerful sentiment Is developing op ing among farmers dairymen and cattle breeders bleeders bre eders in every section of the country for the early and complete eradication of animal tuberculosis is shown by hundreds of letters received by the united states department of agriculture these letters with few exceptions give unreserved indorse ment of livestock live stock owners to the plan of fighting tuberculosis in which the bureau of cf animal industry is coop co op aerating with state live stock authorities the department of agriculture intends to publish a number oi of these letters with the names of the writers because it believes the experiences they tell and the views they express should be convincing to live stock owners who have not joined actively in the fight against this disease many of the writers already are listed in the department of agricultures agri cultures directory of herds officially accredited as free from tuberculosis tuberculin test most F effective the following letter to the department Is from bryant smith manager of the lowana farms davenport la in I lowana owano farms desires to commend and express their satisfaction with the work of the federal co operating cooperating with the state authorities in the eradication of tuberculosis the very extended ex PErI eDee of the federal inspectors enables them to detect and eliminate the doubtful and suspicious cases the animals which become sources of infection when left in the herd we urge every owner of cattle of dairy or beet beef breeds to have his cattle tested for tuberculosis under the supervision of the federal inspectors working with the state authorities we urge all owners of cattlett catt cattle leto to use their heir influence to secure through proper legislation reasonable campen bation by the state of losses sustained tit in the eradication of tuberculosis we alle urge every reader to operate cooperate co with the fed fedial bl and state authorities la in their camp campaign agn to eradicate tuberculosis cu losis ls and we believe the most effective and surest method is the use of the tuberculin test as advocated and practiced by the federal and state bureaus haa heard no criticism flere etere Is another letter of the same character from F darcey secretary of the inter county holstein breeders bleeders Bre eders association watertown wis it gives me great pleasure to be able to indorse a movement which I 1 3 lo believe elleve is going to be a life saver toi for the breeder who Is playing the game on top of the table the accredited accredit ec herd plan makes the purebred pure bred game f a L better and more encouraging proposition 1 I have my herd on the list this fact relieves me of that constant dread of infection which haunts a man who does not know where he Is with reference to tuberculosis I 1 know that if I 1 should be unlucky enough to pick up a germ it will be detected in its incubating cu stage and in consequence forestall heavy losses which many unfortunate breeders bleeders bre eders have experienced A true test of its merit rilay may be realized when I 1 teil tai I 1 you that I 1 have et to hear bear a word of destructive critt ism I 1 have talked to many breeders bleeders bre eders on im the subject the test to become eneri among cattle men inen has only to lie explained to them all our boys in this vicinity want to get on the list 1 I am certain tile fact that my herd Is f on the list enhances enli ances its value the inspectors with whom I 1 have come in contact are gentlemen well versed in work and attentive to duty only way to eradicate tuberculosis tube 11 L extracts from other letters follow 1 I cannot speak too highly of this jhb work my entire herd of 80 head has been tested the second time and I 1 find everything all right I 1 have had considerable sid IsId erable trouble during the past five or six years but now begin to feel that I 1 have entire control of the situation I 1 am doing all I 1 can to encourage other breeders bleeders bre eders to put their herds under the governments supervision as I 1 think it Is the only way to eradicate tubercular lar trouble let H A moses president strathmore paper copany Cn pany itcague In deague cague mass government testing for tuberculosis i Is one of the best helps that could it possibly be offered to dairyman lit I 1 la s just aist as good as firs fire insurance and just as much needed E W files Maple croft farm portland me the work of the department it eradicating the disease of tuberculosis culo Is being met with great approval by the stockmen stoc kmen in this district the percentage of cattle affected with the disease is gradually getting smaller year by year W L burdick williston N D benefits of erader eradication aaion the ben benefits from being able to ship interstate the advertisement received from being listed in the government bulletin these and many other advantages make me think this is the greatest boom to the purebred pure bred cattle business ever started T S humphries humphries stock farm durant miss in may 1918 we signed up with the federal authorities to got get on hiis tiis accredited herd list our first test was made the and of the same month and found our herd somewhat infected with tuberculosis but the federal authorities hilie have kept testing our herd from time to time until today we have 80 head of red polled cattle which we believe to be entirely clean we are positive that it if we had not gone into this plan by this time our herd would have been badly in fectea causing us the loss of a great many dollars we would fully recommend the accredited herd plan to ito all breeders bleeders bre eders of purebred pure bred cattle J W larabee Ear earleville leville III tuberculosis soon a memory we the undersigned undersigner under signed breeders bleeders bre eders of guernsey cattle have operated cooperated co with the state and federal government for a number of years for the eradication of tuberculosis in our herds we do heartily agree it has been of ereah value in cleaning and keeping beau can our herds of tuberculosis we believe every breeder of purebred pure bred cattle should operate cooperate co with their state and federal authorities in trying to stamp out this disease if they will do aha th s tuberculosis will soon be a thing of the past charles B wirt william nettleton Nett leon J H lewiston minn to the breeder of pedigreed cattle the inspection by governmental authority of his herd is of untold value not only in dollars enabling him to remain free of tuberculosis or u his cattle are found infected to dispose of those reacting to tuberculin and thereby saving the lives and conserving the value of those not affected the satisfaction of asserting that ones herd Is ig on the accredited list becomes a moral as well as financial asset benjamin Benjam ln IV W hunt aunt eatonton ga there are undoubtedly some unscrupulous men in the business who will take every advantage they can and if the states and government will co o in this work and only pass cattle attle that haye been tested by author zed iced men the disease will soon be stamped out C 13 giger gager G iger paris ky of incalculable the value to the state lit ili th the e a pru lection ot of the whole cattle industry and the advantage to tile the individual breeder Is of incalculable value in a short time the benefits to be ae derived from the accredited herd plan will be ba so plain that all breeders bleeders bre eders of purebred pure bred cattle especially will be forced in order to sell their cattle to advantage advantage to become members of the accredited herd system IL J goode jr alabama hereford farm gastonburg Gaston burg ala confidence Is the chief bilue of tuberculin testing first self conal dence that comes from knowing your herd la Is free from tuberculosis and the satisfaction that comes from this condition second the confidence the tha buying public puts in your herd the public Is willing to pay for this confidence this makes my breeding work a I 1 pleas ure and also profitable table 11 W H senour brookville Broo kville ind president of the indiana dairy association we have been much interested in getting our neighboring breeders bleeders bre eders to have their herds tested so BO that we wa might have a clean bill ot of health in this community so far we h have ave been instrumental in securing over fifty rip ap tor for the tuberculin te test and to the hie best of our knowledge every one Is satisfied with the results and has full faith in its application the only regret that I 1 have Is that there Is 1 I no not a compulsory law so eo that we ve might rid the entire united states state of this insidious disease willis so sa leni 0 |