No. 6. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



143 



NUMBER OF DAIRIES INSPECTED FROM OCTOBER 15TH TO DECEMBER 



31ST, 1911 



County. 



Allegheny, 



Berks, 



Bucks, 



Carbon 



Chester, 



Crawford, 



Dauphin, 



Delaware, -- 



Erie, — — 



Lackawanna, .. 



Lancaster, 



Lehigh, 



Luzerne, 



Montgomery, __. 

 Northumberland, 

 Philadelphia, — , 



Schuylkill, 



Tioga, 



Washington, __. 

 Wyoming, 



Totals, -- 



X 



XX 



3 



2T0 



680 



13 



146 



140 



11 



169 



70 



11 



93 



5 



8 



224 



61 



40 



21V 







9 



15 



2,185 



XXX 



27 

 353 

 576 

 5 

 197 

 200 



14 



86 

 197 



33 



41 



2 



6 



183 



156 



75 

 543 



29 

 5 



27 



2,755 



xxxx 



30 



32 



49 



1 



98 



31 







19 



111 



3 











2 



22 



3 



6 



10 



1 



1 



13 



430 



Total. 



60 



6{J5 



1,305 



19 

 441 

 371 



25 

 275 

 378 



47 



134 



7 



16 

 429 

 220 

 120 

 770 



30 



15 



54 



5,371 



X— Excellent dairies. 

 XX— Good dairies. 

 XXX— Fair dairies. 

 XXXX— Bad dairies. 



TUBERCULOSIS 



Many persons are of the opinion that the tuberculin test is com- 

 pulsory in this State. Such however is not the case, except as regards 

 dairy and breeding cattle brought into Pennsylvania from other 

 states. 



The Board does not compel herd owners to submit their cattle to 

 the tuberculin test, yet it is ready at all times to co-operate with and 

 assist those who desire to eradicate tuberculosis. The results in 

 this direction during the past year are very encouraging. 



Eleven hundred and nine herds containing thirteen thousand four 

 hundred and three animals have been inspected and tested. Thirteen 

 hundred and thirty-four reacted and were removed from the herds. 

 In addition to these, three hundred and twenty-nine head were con- 

 demned by physical examination. 



In some counties the subject of tuberculosis has been almost en- 

 tirely neglected. This is probably due to lack of interest or lack of 

 knowledge on the part of herd owners. 



Most of the tuberculosis w^ork is carried on by local veterinarians 

 who are temporarily authorized to act as agents. A few communities 

 are without the services of competent veterinarians and we are unable 

 to bring the subject to the attention of interested persons and render 

 them the service that is extended to more favored communities. 



The following chart gives a condensed review of the work in each 

 county : 



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