160 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



If the test must be made, it should be applied by competent men. (John 

 Thomas, Ednor, Md., president Milk Producers' Association.) 



Yes, the Government should control the tuberculin, and only qualified veter- 

 inarians should be allowed to use it, and they should be required to report to 

 the Government how it was used. (Sharon Dairy, District of Columbia.) 



No, by no means. To take tuberculin away from the profession, assuming 

 that such a thing could be done, and restrict its use entirely to Government 

 agents would be an unfair discrimination against the needs and rights of the 

 individual cattle owners and an unjust restriction on the scope and rights of 

 the veterinary profession. (Borden's Condensed Milk Co., New York, N. Y.) 



It should be practical, and it would unquestionably be advisable, to restrict 

 application of this test to qualified and trustworthy persons, as it is a well- 

 known fact that after one injection an animal may not again react to a similar 

 injection, even six months later. (Walker-Gordon Laboratory, Washington, 

 D. C.) 



No. (Dr. V. C. Vaughan, Ann Arbor, Mich.) 



I see no reason why an owner of cattle should not make this test if he wishes 

 and has the requisite knowledge. (Dr. S. C. Prescott, Boston, Mass.) 



Decidedly advisable. Doubt if it would be practical to exclude registered 

 veterinarians from its use. (Health officer Los Angeles, Cal.) 



Yes. (J. M. Houston, White Cross Milk Co., Washington, D. C.) 



No. (Health officer San Francisco, Cal.) 



Yes. (Health officer St. Joseph, Mo.) 



Yes. (Health officer Wheeling, W. Va.) 



Yes. (Dr. C. J. Marshall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.) 



QUESTION 8. Should the owner ~be compensated for cattle condemned, and on 



what basis of paymentt 



ANSWERS. 



Owners should be compensated at least in part for cattle condemned. The 

 basis of condemnation in the recent work in the the District of Columbia is 

 shown by the accompanying copy of the order of the commissioners. In brief, 

 cattle were appraised before slaughter, the appraisal not to exceed $75 for a 

 pure-bred or registered animal, or $50 for a grade or unregistered animal. 

 Eighty per cent of the appraised value, less the amount realized as salvage, 

 was paid on cattle whose carcasses were passed for food on post-mortem inspec- 

 tion, and 40 per cent less salvage in the case of cattle condemned for offal. If 

 a reacting animal showed no lesions of tuberculosis on post-mortem examina- 

 tion, the full appraised value less salvage was paid. It is believed that the 

 respective States, where cattle are owned, should make provision for compensa- 

 tion for cattle slaughtered as a result of the tuberculin test in those States. 

 Several Sates have laws providing for such compensation. (Chief Bureau of 

 Animal Industry.) 



Compensation is desirable ; certainly in the beginning. One-half the value of 

 the animal would be a fair basis. Surgon General U. S. Army.) 



The fullest compensation should be allowed for cattle wholly condemned. 

 (Surgeon General U. S. Navy.) 



Compensation, or part compensation, for cattle destroyed on account of tuber- 

 culosis is provided for in certain States, some of them being New York, Kansas, 

 Connecticut, Missouri, Vermont, and the District of Columbia. Such compensa- 

 tion appears to be just, but it follows that owners of cattle should be required 

 to observe those sanitary measures necessary to protect their herds from tuber- 

 culosis. (Surgeon General Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service.) 



Yes; for those in good condition; not for others. (Dr. William H. Park, 

 New York, N. Y. 



Yes; on the basis of two-thirds their value. (Dr. Henry L. Coit, Newark, 

 N. J.) 



Yes; part value. (Dr. R. G. Freeman, New York, N. Y.) 



Yes; as a temporary measure. Two-thirds value, with fixed maximum, is 

 fair basis. (Dr. M. P. Ravenel, Madison, Wis.) 



I hardly feel able to give an opinion of any value to so weighty a question. 

 The facts that are not to be disputed are that tuberculosis is present in our 

 herds of cattle and swine. Twenty years ago the percentage was much less 

 than it is to-day, the increase, especially among hogs, being generally alarm- 

 ing. Hogs are generally infected through cattle. The facts are before us 



