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Secretary Wilkinson : The next question is, "Should a fair include 

 a demand that all cattle should have received a sixty or ninety days 

 retest for tuberculosis, or at least a thirty days test? Will any 

 violations of this matter in any way influence state aid?" 



Mr. Barber: Read the state law, that answers it. 



President Estel : I think that answers it fully. The state law 

 covers that. A ruling made by the Annual Health Commission 

 requires every one to demand tuberculin test charts from cattle 

 brought onto fair grounds in Iowa. 



A Member : Don't you think, in a way, it would be well to have 

 the law amended so that it would save trouble? 



President Estel: There might be discussion on that. 



A Member : Three different times this year I and my board had 

 trouble over that. 



Mr. A. R. Corey : I believe the state law gives the Animal Health 

 Commission power to make these rules and enforce them the same 

 as a law. It is my understanding that there is a penalty for any 

 fair or exhibitor who exhibits stock at any of these fairs without 

 the test. They must be from an accredited herd or must have been 

 tested a certain period before the fair. The Animal Health Com- 

 mission has full authority to enforce this rule without any additional 

 law. The only thing that will affect your state aid is if you permit 

 gambling. Whether or not you permit other than accredited herds 

 to exhibit does not affect your state aid. 



Mr. Williams : That question came up before our fair several 

 times this year and we put it up before the veterinaries in the town 

 and also went to an attorney and he stated that was merely a rule 

 and could not be enforced, and it kind of passed the buck over to 

 us and we were up against it and if we turned the man down on 

 entering his cattle there would be hard feelings. Now could there be 

 any way arranged whereby we could all get specific instructions on 

 that, so we could pass the buck on to somebody else rather than the 

 local party. 



Mr. Bacon : I think you get your rule right from the state veter- 

 inarian, he will send it to you if you write him for information. 

 Simply make your state veterinarian responsible and not your fair 

 if you have any question. 



Mr. Young : There is a proposition that comes in on that on the 

 other side of the question. It is generally supposed in both hogs 

 and cattle, if I have cattle that are immune and have hogs that are 

 immune, I am supposed to be perfectly safe, while if the other 



