No. 4.] CATTLE COMMISSIONERS. 



471 



Private Test reported by Dr. S. 0. Fotvle. 



J. Kirihner, 

 J. A. Bourgner, 

 G. Loelir, 

 "W. Kirihner, . 

 H. Finger, 

 Thomas Brennan, 

 J. E. Lamb, . 

 Dow Bros., 



E. A. Wood, . 

 D. B. Dewy, . 



F. E. Curtis, . 

 F. S. Clark, . 

 F. Loehr, 



J. Newbury, Jr., 

 J. Eichelser, . 

 P. Eichelser, . 



13,04 



These figures are interesting, because they show relatively 

 the amount of disease in a large number of herds. It will 

 be noticed that the herds in the western part of the State 

 show only a very small proportion of disease. These herds 

 had previously been tested and cleaned up, this being the 

 second test. 



It would appear also that there are fewer cows in the 

 western part of the State that react, and consequently the 

 barns there are not so saturated with infectious material. 

 These tests, however, have their value as tending to show 

 on a large scale what proportion of the cattle in the State 

 would react to the test. The proportional number of react- 

 ing animals would appear to be exaggerated, were it not 

 for the fact that these figures are corroborated by other 

 herds tested at various intervals by different parties, where 

 the per cent, of disease appears to be about the same. The 

 only conclusion that we can arrive at, then, is that the num- 

 ber of animals that react to the test is extremely large. 

 Fortunately, by far the larger proportion of these cases have 

 only slight localized tuberculosis, the majority of which 

 might never develop. 



