No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 133 



Kequest for Assistance in J)isj>osiug of Tubercular Cattle in Herds 

 Inspected at Their Owner's Expense. 



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To the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: 



Gentlemen: I have had my entire herd inspected and tested with 

 tuberculin and have reason to believe that some of my cattle are 

 atfected with tuberculosis. 



I have had (his iiispccLion and test made at my own expense and 

 now wish to dispose of the diseased animals in accordance with the 

 rules and regulations of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board and to 

 avail myself of the assistance afforded by the Commonwealth in 

 such cases. If such assistance is furnished, I agree to thoroughly 

 disinfect the premises and correct faulty sanitary condition and 

 thereafter to observe the precautions and measures and to employ 

 the means recommended by your Board to prevent the reintroduc- 

 tion and redevelopment of tuberculosis in my herd. In particular, 

 I agree to purchase no cows for addition to my herd until they have 

 been proved by tuberculin test to be free from tuberculosis, and 

 if twentA'-five per cent, of my present herd is found to be tubercular 

 I will have a re-test made under the supervision of your Board 

 within eight months from the time of the inspection herein referred 

 to. 



I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, none of the 

 dairy cows or cattle for breeding purposes in my herd have been 

 brought from another ^tate into Pennsylvania since January 1, 

 1898, without having been subjected to inspection and tuberculin 

 test, as required by law. 



Yours respectfully. 



(Address) , 



County, Pa. 



These agreement forms are more stringent than those that have 

 been used before, inasmuch as they require more of the owner in 

 the way of improving his premises and in correcting faulty sani- 

 tary conditions, and in that the owner agrees to have a retest made 

 at his own expense if 25 per cent, of the animals of his original 

 herd are tubercular. 



More herds and more cattle have been inspected during the past 

 year with the view of repressing tuberculosis than ever before. All 

 of this work has been encouraged and in large part supported by 

 the State Live Stock Sanitary Board. During the year, 1,059 cattle 

 have been condemned on account of tuberculosis. These came from 

 440 herds, comprising 6,801 cattle. 



