Bovine Tuberculosis in Its Relation to Man. 145 



The above letter is from a son-in-law of Mr. Havemeyer, and 

 these two gentlemen had one of the largest and best pure-bred 

 herds of cattle in the world, and their herd suffered extensively 

 from tuberculosis for years. Mr. Mayer has traveled across the 

 ocean several times for the purpose of examining the best cattle 

 abroad and purchasing the best animals he could obtain. He 

 made special investigation as to the freedom of various breeds 

 from tuberculosis, and imported a lot of Swiss and Simmenthal 

 cattle because he believed they would resist the disease better 

 than the animals then composing their herd. 



Massachusetts Agricultural College, 

 Veterinary Department, Amherst, Mass., March 7, 1899. 

 Dr. Edward Moore, Albany, N. Y.: 



Dear Sir. — Your inquiry to the director of the station regard- 

 ing tuberculosis has been sent to me to answer. 



In so far as I know, no one has ever contracted tuberculosis 

 from contact with the animals in our old herd, or from the use of 

 the milk or meat from the same. The records of our students and 

 graduates only show a very small mortality from consumption. 

 These records are not to be relied upon to prove that any student 

 ever contracted the disease from the use of milk from the college 

 herd, for they have not always had it for use. Some years the 

 boarding club, which is run by the students and not by the col- 

 lege management, gets its milk from the farmers in town. I send 

 you under separate cover a bulletin giving the history of our old 

 herd. 



Very truly yours, 



JAMES B. PAIGE, D. V. S. 



The following letter is from a very prominent firm in another'- 

 State who have maintained one of the largest herds in this 

 country for many years. I have known that there was a good 

 deal of tuberculosis in the cattle for IG years, and frequently in 

 that time I have been at their farm and partaken of three meals 



