CHAPTER VI 



BACK TO MILWAUKEE 



I remained in El Paso five months and was 

 transferred again to Colorado City to relieve old 

 Dan McCunningham, resigned. This was vir- 

 tually a promotion for me and considering the 

 fact that I was only a few months in the service, 

 it should have elated me in the highest. I did 

 not look at it in this light, however, and one 

 month later I resigned my position to take up a 

 road position with C. BischofT & Co., of New 

 York City. 



This was at the time of the advent of Prof. 

 Yon Behring's Bovo-vaccine for the immuniza- 

 tion of cattle against tuberculosis and my duty 

 was the introduction of Bovo-vaccine among 

 veterinarians, health officers and stock raisers. 

 Besides this, I was to appear at various live-stock 

 meetings and address them on the subject. This 

 position paid a good deal more than the govern- 

 ment position and was a grand opportunity for 

 me to do something more than most veterinarians 

 have a chance to do. My territory included the 

 states on both sides of the Mississippi from Mex- 

 ico to Canada and I had visions of great variety. 



I held this position just three weeks. It took 

 much patience for me to stay with it even so long. 

 Bovo-vaccine was entirely in the experimental 

 stage at the time and I could not "talk" it strong 

 enough. I could not bring myself to the right 

 pitch of enthusiasm in the stuff and of course 

 nobody wanted to subject his cattle to an experi- 

 ment. I got as far as Kansas City and then sent 



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