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however, send you under separate cover Bulletin No. 118. In 

 reference to your question as to whether I have any personal 

 knowledge of a human being contracting tuberculosis from the 

 bovine, I have to say that I have no personal knowledge of such 

 a transmission of the disease. 



Very truly yours, 



EDWARD B. VOORHEES, 



Director. 



They had a herd largely infected with tubercle, and Professor 

 Voorhees is one of the ablest writers on agricultural subjects 

 connected with any of our State experiment stations. 



Ellerslie Stock Farm, Rhineclipf, N. Y. 

 Dr. Edward Moore: 



Dear Sir. — Replying to your letter to ex-Governor Morton, viH 

 say the fifteen cattle that were killed here in 1893 were from 

 selections made entirely from herds in this country, and not from 

 importations. They had been recently purchased and not bred on 

 the place. 



Since the last herd was made up there has been an occasional 

 response on testing with tuberculin, and these animals have been 

 invariably killed. 



So far as I can find, there has never been any trouble arising 

 from the use of our milk. 



Respectfully, 



CHARLES H. ROYCE, 

 Superintendent. 

 Dr. Edward Moore: 



Dear Sir. — Replying to your inquiries in regard to the conta- 

 giousness of tuberculosis, would say that it must have been in my 

 herd for six or seven years. Have never seen any bad effects 

 upon any one who has used the products of the cattle or had the 

 <are of them. Very truly yours. 



This gentleman has a family of five young children w^ho have 

 used the products of this herd all their lives, and ninety per cent, 

 of the milk-producing animals were infected. 



