﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agricultuke. 
  499 
  

  

  " 
  Mr. 
  E, 
  J. 
  Harriman 
  of 
  Arden, 
  Orange 
  Co., 
  X. 
  Y., 
  bouglif 
  

   thirteen 
  cows 
  of 
  R. 
  J. 
  Bush, 
  of 
  Bridgeton, 
  ]Sr. 
  J. 
  Shortly 
  after 
  

   the 
  purchase, 
  Mrs. 
  Durston, 
  wife 
  of 
  the 
  manager 
  of 
  the 
  farm, 
  gave 
  

   birth 
  to 
  a 
  child. 
  Xot 
  being 
  able 
  to 
  nurse 
  the 
  child, 
  one 
  of 
  

   Bush's 
  cows 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Durston 
  farm 
  for 
  the 
  milk 
  supply 
  of 
  

   the 
  family. 
  The 
  milk 
  of 
  this 
  cow 
  was 
  used 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  Durston 
  

   family. 
  Three 
  months 
  after 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  milk, 
  the 
  child 
  became 
  

   sick, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  six 
  months 
  the 
  child 
  died 
  of 
  tuberculosis, 
  and 
  

   the 
  mother 
  has 
  undoubted 
  tuberculosis. 
  The 
  history 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  Durs- 
  

   ton's 
  family 
  is 
  an 
  excellent 
  one; 
  her 
  father 
  died 
  at 
  the. 
  age 
  of 
  

   eighty-five 
  years, 
  and 
  her 
  mother 
  between 
  seventy 
  and 
  eighty 
  years. 
  

   Post-mortem 
  of 
  the 
  cow 
  revealed 
  generalized 
  tuberculosis." 
  

   (Faust.) 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  Oromwold 
  family 
  of 
  Long 
  Island, 
  X. 
  Y., 
  suffered 
  the 
  loss 
  

   •of 
  139 
  cows, 
  a 
  herd 
  of 
  swine, 
  fowls, 
  dogs 
  and 
  cats. 
  Dr. 
  

   Faust 
  held 
  post-mortem 
  on 
  sixty-nine 
  cows 
  and 
  bulls. 
  In 
  his 
  

   report 
  to 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Health 
  is 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  a 
  three-year-old 
  child 
  

   of 
  tuberculosis, 
  and 
  since 
  the 
  investigation 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  sons, 
  gi'own 
  

   lip, 
  have 
  died 
  of 
  tuberculosis. 
  Xo 
  consumption 
  was 
  known 
  in 
  the 
  

   family 
  from 
  either 
  parent." 
  

  

  " 
  On 
  a 
  farm, 
  within 
  a 
  radius 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  from 
  Albany, 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  young 
  man, 
  about 
  nineteen 
  years 
  of 
  age, 
  who 
  has 
  tuberculosis 
  

   in 
  the 
  advanced 
  stages. 
  The 
  boy's 
  parents 
  are 
  living 
  and 
  appa- 
  

   rently 
  ill 
  perfect 
  health 
  ; 
  also 
  his 
  sister 
  and 
  brothers. 
  When 
  the 
  

   boy's 
  parents 
  moved 
  to 
  the 
  farm, 
  all 
  of 
  their 
  children 
  were 
  healthy. 
  

   This 
  boy, 
  being 
  fond 
  of 
  milk, 
  drank 
  the 
  milk 
  fresh 
  from 
  the 
  cows. 
  

   After 
  a 
  few 
  months, 
  it 
  was 
  noticed 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  peculiar 
  cough, 
  

   and 
  a 
  physician, 
  being 
  consulted, 
  informed 
  him 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  con- 
  

   sumption. 
  A 
  few 
  months 
  later 
  the 
  herd, 
  comprising 
  sixteen 
  cows 
  

   and 
  one 
  buU 
  (all 
  registered 
  Jei-seys) 
  was 
  examined 
  with 
  tuberculin, 
  

   and 
  thirteen 
  of 
  the 
  seventeen 
  reacted. 
  In 
  due 
  time, 
  the 
  reacting 
  

   animals 
  were 
  slaughtered, 
  and 
  all 
  were 
  found 
  tuberculous." 
  

  

  