OCTOBER 369 



October 14. — This afternoon we have been drilling rye, some 

 by : e mixed with vetches, in that portion of field 



Xo. ; - . which was under oats. This is a new crop to 



us, but we are growing it now to furnish early sheep feed- The 



' ' • ' • -^ ; ' - -jgh it is very dr)', seems 



r and harrow have been 

 over iL 



The papers are constantly talking of tuberculosis in cows and 



the tuberculin test Till within the last year or so I do not ever 



' ; other; but science is always 



., ,-. ....... and I have little doubt but 



truth when they say that a great deal of 



by tuberculous milk. For aught I know 



n 'rir-.'C' tea, and my best red-polls may be 



disease. But how are we to find 



o-^ir i. i...-- of tuberculin, but nine people out 



of ten ' :est idea what tuberculin is, and I 



im;;. eterinaries out of ten would look a 



little .- ; cjoked to apply the test to a herd of 



cows. I: -C operations are to be carried out, there 



oug- • ^ 't laboratories to which 



farni. . :.: .....:_...,.. ,...'„ assistance. Moreover, 



there o _ . ; Government inspectors to see that they did 



app' " " en it became necessary to destroy 



affe^ - .'} leave it to the farmers them- 



selves to take the initiative, as not one in twenty would ever 

 bother b:': ' ' : the matter — indeed, I doubt whether some 



would St: frfer'd were to prove to them that their 



cattle W-; >erculosis. I believ- e that there 



exi=t '■'r'. ■ VT. ... > ^^h I neser saw or heard of one of 



ther :ry. and I doubt whether the duty is half 



so-'. d as it ought to be. I know that 



whc:. - .. ... . .. _ .._nd that into the pond from which 



the cows drank was led the entire sewage of a yard. I daresay 



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