446 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Third. — That portion of the work coming under the 

 'third classification is tlie testing of entire herds at the re- 

 quest of the owners, for the purpose of eradicating tubercu- 

 losis from them. This has been necessarily done upon a 

 very limited scale, as the commission felt that most of the 

 money would be required to carry on its regular duties, 

 and that work of this character could not well be undertaken 

 unless there was a surplus from the appropriation that 

 could be devoted to this purpose. 



In order to make the expense of herd tests as light as 

 possible for the State, and also to put part of the burden 

 of expense upon the owner, in order to make him under- 

 stand that it was important for him to properly disinfect 

 his premises and buy only tested cattle to replace those 

 killed, he has been required to sign the following con- 

 ditions, before the commission would test the herd : — 



1900. 



I , in asking to have my herd tested at the expense of 



the State, do hereby agree to the followiug conditions : — 



That all reacting animals shall be killed; those that are so 

 badly diseased that they will not pass as fit for beef the State is 

 to pay full appraised value for, up to a limit of $40, according 

 to law ; for animals that react, and are so slightly diseased as to 

 prove fit for beef, I will take what the butcher will allow, and not 

 expect payment from the State. 



I furthermore agree to disinfect my buildings in such manner as 

 the Cattle Commission shall prescribe. 



I also agree to only buy cattle that have passed the tuberculin 

 test to replace those that are killed. 

 (Signed) 

 Witness, 



Under this arrangement the commission furnishes the 

 veterinarian to do the testing, the tuberculin, and pays for 

 the badly diseased animals, the owner taking what the 

 butcher will allow for those that are so slightly infected 

 as to pass as fit for beef. 



No farmer will agree to these conditions unless he is sin- 

 cere in his purpose to eradicate tuberculosis from his herd, 

 as under them there is no incentive to have his herd tested 



