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establish laws against such importation. And yet, within each 

 state cattle wander about at random from one farm to another 

 and are bought and sold and shipped around the state, trans- 

 ferring tuberculosis from herd to herd and keeping up the in- 

 fection. New York State is afraid of the Pennsylvania brand 

 of tuberculosis, but apparently has no fear of its home prod- 

 uct. New Jersey is in great dread of tuberculosis from New 

 York State, but the New Jersey brand of bovine tuberculosis 

 is passed around from farm to farm with the utmost freedom. 

 Now it seems to me that if it is a bad thing for the tuberculous 

 cow to cross the state line, for the same reasons it is a bad 

 thing for the tuberculous cow to cross the line fence between 

 two dairy farms. And if it is proper that one state should 

 have quarantine laws against the importation of tuberculous 

 cattle from another state, it seems to me equally proper that 

 measures should be taken to prevent the transfer of tubercu- 

 lous cattle from farm to farm. 



If states should keep their tuberculous cattle at home, there 

 is no reason why dairy farmers should not be made to feel the 

 necessity of keeping their tuberculous cattle at home. There 

 are numerous physical and commercial reasons in favor of hav- 

 ing tuberculous cattle bought and sold and shipped around the 

 state but from a public health standpoint and particularly 

 from the standpoint of preventing the spread of tubercular in- 

 fection among the cattle it is certain that a state law pro- 

 hibiting the transfer of cattle known to be tuberculous or 

 which have not passed the tuberculin test from leaving the 

 farm on which they have been located until they have success- 

 fully passed such a test, is the only means of bringing to an 

 end the continued infection which now takes place. 



If our states do not control sanitation and if they do not 

 control tuberculosis, can our cities and towns be expected to 

 do so? 



It is easier to bring about reforms in a small town than in 

 a large city, and to the small town, therefore, one might nat- 

 urally look for an illustration of what results can be achieved 

 and what measures are most effective in milk reform. 



The milk millennium has almost arrived in the town of Mont- 

 clair, New Jersey, having a population of twenty thousand 

 persons. The fashion for clean milk was first set for the town 



