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culous cattle. Tliis seems now to be the keystone of all sanitary educa- 

 tion. The impression is general that the education coming from tuber- 

 culosis eradication work among cattle is of inestimable value in that in- 

 struction which looks to the i:)revention of tuberculosis in the human 

 family. Concerning the educational value of demonstration with tuber- 

 culous cattle, I quote from Ex-Governor W. D. Hoard in his report to 

 the International Commission on the Control of Tuberculosis, as follows : 



' ' From what I have seen in Wisconsin^ I am convinced that the most 

 powerful aid to that action against the disease which this Commission 

 is so anxious to bring about is public demonstration. One animal 

 slaughtered before a body of farmers, and the diseased parts exposed to 

 their plain view, is worth more to foster conviction and inspire effort than 

 anything else that can be done. If the Federal and State Governments 

 would devote means for this demonstration work, it would prove a most 

 powerful educator. Public agitation, in farmers' gatherings, and the talk 

 of the agricultural press is useful mainly in keeping alive an interest in 

 the subject. But, gentlemen, we must remember that with the majority 

 of men, a large majority, 'seeing is believing.' " 



In our plans for securing sanitary education and public co-operation 

 in our work, we expect to demonstrate with diseased specimens before 

 the high schools, city councils and other organizations of the various towns 

 of this State. "We expect also to go before local organizations of dairy- 

 men and give them instructions as to the nature of tuberculosis and ex- 

 plain the working of the laws of the State and the plans of the veterinary 

 department. 



TUBERCULOSIS QUARANTINE REGULATIONS. 



As was anticipated, the tul)erculosis quarantine regulations adopted 

 by the Board a ,year ago were deficient in some minor details. These 

 regulations made no i)rovision for the admission of cattle into the State 

 for immediate slaughter. They required an affidavit from the shipper 

 that steers would not be used for breeding purposes. They required 

 the tuberculin test of only breeding and dairy cattle received at the 

 public yards from other states. To make the regulations practical and 

 effective, all of these points must be changed. A permit should be 

 issued for the importation of steers and cattle for immediate slaughter 

 without the requirement of the affidavit. At the public stock yards it 

 is practically impossible to keep those animals received from other states 

 separated from those received from this State. There are always trad- 

 ers about the yards wlio |)r;i('tice bunching cattle from all sources in sucli 

 a way that it is iiii])()ssil)lc to keej) track of their origin. In order to 



