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of whom it was conceived. A bill substituting pasteurization for 

 the tuberculin test, or leaving the choice of either method to the 

 individual dairyman, was considered but failed of acceptance. 



In the meantime the regular tuberculin test of a number of 

 dairies had been postponed from time to time until a point was 

 reached where the Board of Agriculture and Forestry was con- 

 fronted with the question of either abandoning the work so well 

 begun and so nearly finished, or else obtain the enforcing of the 

 municipal milk ordinance which requires that cows furnishing 

 milk for human consumption must be free from tuberculosis. 

 The dairymen yielded and testing was resumed, and the results 

 demonstrated clearly how little time it takes for the tubercular 

 infection to spread through a herd so long as a trace of it is left. 

 Several of the dairies which had not been tested for a year to a 

 year and a half showed from fifteen to twenty-five per cent, 

 reactors, while one of the largest dairies where the infection had 

 been almost universal from the beginning but where testing had 

 been continued regularly, showed the smallest number of reactors 

 on record, slightly more than one per cent, out of several hundred 

 animals. It was also demonstrated that practically every dairy 

 where the disease had once been cleaned out and where care had 

 been exercised in not introducing any but healthy tested animals, 

 remained free from the disease. This goes to prove that when 

 once eradicated the disease must be brought in from abroad in 

 order to gain a new foothold here, and that can, with our present 

 laws and regulations, be prevented, the same as has been done in 

 the island of Jersey these many years. 



The work of eradication is now well under way again, and 

 while the annual crop of reactors will more than double that of 

 the preceding year, there is every reason to believe the ultimate 

 object of complete eradication is not far distant even though its 

 consummation has been delayed. 



On the islands of Hawaii, Maui and Kauai, where no milk 

 ordinance requiring the tuberculin test has been effective, the 

 work of eradicating tuberculosis has of necessity been slower. 

 Much good work has, however, been done, especially on Hawaii 

 where the Deputy Territorial Veterinarian, Dr. Elliot, has been 

 working hand in hand with the local Board of Health authorities. 

 All dairy cattle in the Hamakua, Hilo, Puna and Kau districts 

 have been tested and the reactors eliminated from the herds, and 

 the work will soon be extended to the entire island. Considering 

 the distance to be covered you will understand that this is no 

 small undertaking for one man whose principal duties require his 

 presence almost constantly in or near Hilo, but all of you who 

 know Dr. Elliot also know that he will accomplish it. That he 

 is thoroughly interested in the work and understands the require- 

 ments and the ultimate aim of it is best demonstrated by reading 

 his contribution to this paper. 



On Maui and Kauai only such dairy herds have been tested as 



