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much work of this kind as the resources would pei-^uit, aiid at a 

 meeting of the State Livestock Sauitary Board ou April 22n(l, the 

 following resolution Avas adopted: 



RES0LVE13, That when it is desired by local Boards of Health 

 that the t?!tate Livestock bsauitary Board shall co-operate in the 

 inspection of the sources of milk supplies for the purpose of protect- 

 ing all such supplies from contamination, as provided by the Act of 

 March oU, 11)05, that the Secretary is hereby authorized to co-operate 

 in such work for the State Livestock Sanitary Board under the 

 following conditions, namely: 



1. There shall be a physical examination by a competent veteri- 

 narian of all the herds producing milk for sale within the limits of 

 the jurisdiction of the local Board of Health. Cows showing 

 evidence of tuberculosis, and cows out of health, or with diseased 

 udders, shall be excluded from dairy herds. There shall also be an 

 inspection with relation to such other factors as influence the whole- 

 someness of the milk. If there is doubt as to the condition of the 

 individual cows with respect to tuberculosis, this doubt may be 

 cleared awa}^ by the use of tuberculin. 



2. There shall also be a sanitary inspection of milk from all of 

 the farms concerned, including microscopical and bacteriological 

 examinations, to furnish an index as to the effectiveness of the pre- 

 cautions that are taken to exclude contamination, and to show which 

 farms are producing the cleanest milk. 



3. The result of such inspection and examination shall be re- 

 ported in detail to the local Board of Health. 



4. In case a regulation is made by the local Board of Health pro- 

 hibiting the sale of milk from untested herds, herds may be tested 

 with tuberculin by authority of the State Livestock Sanitary Board 

 under the terms of the usual application and contract. 



5. Inspectors or agents for such purposes shall be designated by 

 the Secretary of the State Livestock Sanitary Board as required. 



6. So far'^as possible one half of the cost of such examinations as 

 are made beyond the limits of the jurisdiction of the local Board of 

 Health for the purpose o^protecting from contamination milk to be 

 sold within the field of jurisdiction of the local Board of Health, 

 shall be undertaken by the State Livestock Sanitary Board, 



Under the above rules, examinations were made during the year 

 of the sources of the milk supplies of Kittanning, Oil City, Home- 

 stead and Warren. As the cow is the source of the milk, and as the 

 product cannot be wholesome, no matter how cleanly handled, if it is 

 not pure at the source, the rules provide for a careful examination 

 of the health of the herd, as well as for an examination of the con- 

 ditions of feeding, watering, stabling, milking, caring for and 

 shipping the milk, etc. The method of examination, while very com- 

 prehensive and thorough, does not include any extreme or very 

 severe requirements; in its arrangement, the fact was not lost sight 

 of that it was to be used in localities whore no real dairy inspection 

 work had ever been done, and in which it could not, therefore, be 

 reasonably expected that existing conditions could be changed to 

 ideal conditions at one bound. It was believed that information and 

 advice, given in a friendly and sympathetic spirit, would bring about 

 more real and lasting imjtrovement than harsh measures arbitrarily 

 applied, and the examinations were carried out in this spirit, with 

 the result that the co-operation of the dairymen has been secured 



