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mitted by me to a prompt and thorough disinfection under the direction or 

 supervision of the veterinarian malting the tuberculin test. 



4. I will cause the young from segregated reacting animals to be removed 

 from their mothers at birth, and will not permit the said young to suck their 

 mothers. 



5. Segregated reacting bulls may be used for breeding, provided they are 

 held on leash (staff or halter) and are not permitted to leave the premises 

 reserved for their use, and provided the healthy cows bred to such bulls are 

 not unduly exposed to infected premises or to other diseased cattle. 



6. All cattle owned by me. both healthy and tuberculous, I will mark or 

 allow to be marked in such manner as to enable their identity to be retained. 



7. If any cattle in my herd react to the tuberculin test, I agree to cooperate 

 in subsequent tests of my herd according to this agreement, at intervals not 

 sooner than six months and not later than one year, until at- least one test is 

 made which indicates that my herd is entirely free of tuberculosis. 



8. I will add no cattle to the said herd which have not passed a tuberculin 

 test administered by an authorized public agent qualified to perform such a 

 test, or by a veterinarian of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. 



In witness whereof, I have signed this agreement, this day of 



.', one thousand nine hundred and 



Owner of the herd. 



(Address) 



Witness : 



He signs same and returns it to this office. Upon receipt of this 

 agreement we proceed to his farm and apply the tuberculin test. The 

 reacting animals are disposed of according to whichever clause in the 

 agreement best suits his particular condition. In the majority of in- 

 stances the reacting animals have been slaughtered immediately after 

 completing the test. The Bang system, however, has been used consid- 

 erably with gratifying results. 



By the adoption of this method we have obtained every satisfactory 

 results. So satisfactorily does the plan work that in the entire three 

 years of testing cattle, only two owners have violated their agreement. 

 These two answered to the courts for their disobedience — the courts 

 holding that these were diseased cattle in quarantine, and the violation 

 of the agreement was a violation of the quarantine regulations. 



The tuberculin testing does not cover the State, for we have tested 

 in only one-fourth of the one hundred counties. The work does, how- 

 ever, represent conditions in all sections, and is not confined to dairy 

 cattle alone but includes all breeds, not even exempting the scrub. 



STATE INSTITUTIONS. 



The writer holds the opinion that the State can not, conscientiously, 

 advise the private owners in the State to test their cattle and lose the 

 reactors (as we do not reimburse the owner), simply for the sake of the 

 public health, and the State harbor the disease in its own cattle. There- 

 fore, a campaign was started against the disease in the herds owned by 

 the State at its different institutions. 



This work was done under the same agreements and handled in the 



