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this disease could be controlled and eradicated. 

 It might be worth mentioning that not a single 

 one of the inbred Craven Knight heifers re- 

 acted to the tuberculin test. 



About this time Professor Georgeson resigned 

 and was succeeded by Professor H. M. Cottrell, 

 and he recommended that all diseased cattle be 

 killed. The herd was retested by Dr. Fisher. 

 Dr. Jas. Law of Cornell and Dr. T. A. Geddes 

 of the TJ. S. Department of Agriculture were 

 called to counsel with Dr. Fisher in regard to the 

 result of the test. After careful deliberation it 

 was decided to kill all reacting cattle. On Oc- 

 tober 20-21 these cattle were killed and a public 

 post-mortem was held by Doctors Law, Geddes, 

 and Fisher before a large number of veterinar- 

 ians, stockmen and others. Every reacting ani- 

 mal was found to be tubercular. 



An influential Kansas agricultural paper had 

 for years been bitterly opposed to the idea of the 

 college owning any pure bred live stock. This 

 opposition, aided by the political situation at that 

 time, lead to an order from the Board of Regents 

 that all pure bred live stock remaining on the col- 

 lege farm be disposed of at once. In compliance 

 with this order a public sale was held at the col- 

 lege in November 1897. Golden Knight, the bull 

 that had proved himself such an excellent sire, 

 went to the herd of J. H. Taylor of Dickinson 

 county for $190. 



