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in accepting tests made by cattle owners or by some one that has become 

 acquainted with the test by observation and instruction. Recently, 

 certificates of competency to make the test have been granted by the State 

 Live Stock Sanitary Board to those passing its examinations and the tests 

 made by such persons have been accepted when it was apparent they 

 were carefully made, but evidence of untrustworthy work is penalized 

 by revocation of the permit. The work done by professional and non- 

 professional testers has been compared recently by Hastings who sets 

 forth figures showing that there is little difference between them. It is 

 contended that in granting the right to test in this way the welfare of 

 veterinarians is not materially injured for tuberculin testing is so time- 

 consuming that really competent men cannot afford to undertake it 

 extensively and on the other hand this lifting of veterinary fees makes 

 testing less burdensome to the farmers and State. Moreover, placing the 

 opportunity to test in the hands of the farmer stimulates his interest in 

 the tuberculosis problem, gives him confidence in the test and makes him 

 less suspicious that mercenary motives are behind legislation encouraging 

 its application. Finally, by making the test himself the farmer becomes 

 familiar with the disease, a result which it is agreed must be attained 

 before real progress can be made in controlling it. 



In 1916 as a result of the efforts of the Commissioner of Agriculture, 

 the State veterinarian and the Live Stock Sanitary Board of Wisconsin, 

 the State has come forward with a plan for establishing "accredited herds" 

 from which it is believed animals can be shipped to other States without 

 undergoing the tuberculin test. 



A policy of partially compensating the owner for his condemned stock 

 has enabled him to rid his stock of the disease without suffering undue 

 financial loss. The burden of expense to the State has been greatly 

 lessened by slaughtering condemned animals and selling the carcasses 

 that pass federal meat inspection. 



The results in Wisconsin of inspection of carcasses by the federal 

 meat inspection service is appended in Table 20. 



TABLE 20. THE RESULTS OF INSPECTIONS BY THE B. A. I. OF THE CARCASSES OF 

 ANIMALS THAT REACTED TO TUBERCULIN TESTS IN WISCONSIN (HASTINGS) 



1 Estimated. 



