



Livestock men from Farm Bureaus in eight Midwest states met recently in Chicago at re- 

 quest of lAA to discuss uniform regulations governing shipment of feeder cattle and con- 

 trol of T.B. and Bang's disease in feeder cattle. Seated at left of table are: S. M. Powell, 

 Mich. Farm Bureau; C. F. Clark, Mich. Dep't of Agric; F. G. Ketner, Chicago Producers; 

 I. E. Parett, lAA; William Kasakaitas, Wis. FB; B. P. Pattison, Mich. FB. Seated at right 

 side of table: H. S. Nicol, Iowa FB; C. K. Whistler, Indiana FB; W. W. Fuqua, Missouri FB; 

 L. M. Larson and F. W. White, Minn. FB. 



AUTHORITY GIVES 

 OPINION ON BANG'S 

 DISEASE CURES 



ALLEGED cures for bo\iiK- brucellosis 

 arc bc-in^ sold in Illinois ciojMti.- >t.U(.- 

 ments by the University of Illinois .iiul 

 the U.S. Bureau of Animal Industry that 

 no known cure has as yet come to their 

 attention. 



lollowin^ is a statement by the chief 

 ot the Bureau ot Animal Industry, U.S. 

 Department ot Agriculture: 



". . . . this subject (drut; therapy of 

 bovine brucellosis) ha.^ been intensively 

 studied for the past several years by any 

 number of competent investii;ator>, with- 

 out success. In addition to orij^inal work 

 along these lines, a great many check 

 tests have been carried out on alleged 

 cures tor the disease; none ol which ha\e 

 proven out when subjected to proper!) 

 controlled investigation. 



"Bovine brucellosis is an unu>ual di-.- 

 ease in many respects, and because ol 

 its peculiar manifestation, lends itself 

 readily to misinterpretation of result:^ 

 when conclusions are drawn from clin- 

 ical observations alone. The fact that 

 the characteristic act of abortion observed 

 in brucella-infe.sted cattle usually occurs 

 only once, even though the individual 

 may remain infected, has probably ac- 

 counted for most of the support tliat al- 

 leged cures for the disease ha\e received 

 in the past. It is so-called 'remedies' 

 such as these that have confused a great 

 many livestock people and have tended 

 to hamper control efforts based upon 

 scientifically sound methods." 



The lAA department of veterinary 

 medical relations concurs in the above 

 opinion. 



Holland Named Manager 

 Of AFBF Insurance Co. 



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 su ranee 



Vern Holland 



VERN i:. HOLLAND, assistant man- 

 .li'cr of ( uuntry Mutual Fire In- 

 (ompany. has been named 

 manager of the neu 

 American Agricul- 

 tural Iii>uraiKe ( onv 

 pany. 



Holland aKo h.is 

 served as actu.ir\ ol 

 ('ountry Eire, .m 

 lAA affili.ite for the 

 past seven years. 'I he 

 American Agricul- 

 tural Insurance Com- 

 pany is spon.'iored 

 b y t h e American 

 I'arm Bureau I'ed- 

 eratiun to provide reinsurance service lor 

 larm Bureau insurance companies. 



The new manager was reared in Iowa 

 .ind graduated from the L^niversity ot 

 Iowa in I92'>. He was actuary of the 

 Cireat Western Insurance Company be 

 fore going to Chicago to work with the 

 I'irst Trust [oint Stock Land Bank. 



Jud Mason, left, lAA 

 director of dairy mar- 

 keting, presents testi- 

 mony In behalf of 

 dairymen before Jack 

 W. Bain, center, pre- 

 siding officer, during 

 federal milk order 

 hearing In Rockford. 

 Roy Long, right, vice- 

 president of the 

 Stephenson County 

 Pure Milk Associa- 

 tion, is seated in wit- 

 ness chair as court 

 reporter, foreground, 

 takes notes. 



HEARING HELD ON 

 ILLINOIS MILK 

 MARKETING ORDER 



AI'L'BLK. hearing to coiiMder a fed- 

 eral milk marketing order for Rock- 

 ford and I'reeport was held June _'- 

 y in Rocklorcl. It is e.\pccted that 

 a federal milk marketing order will be 

 i--ue.l j^ a result of the hearing to be- 

 come eltedne .sometime alter December 

 ol this year. 



The hearing wa> recjuotcd by the 

 .Mid-West Daiiyniei)'> ( oinpan) and the 

 .McplicilMJii Count) Pure i\lilk A.'»ocia- 

 lion. bargaining association^ lor dair)- 

 men in tliat area. 



I'lidcr the pruj-'Osed marketing pro- 

 gram inimmum prices to jnoducers 

 would be Liiiarailteed at levels about the 

 s.iinc .IS those jire\ailmg in the C hic.igo 

 market. 



Ihe eUcet of the order would be to 

 establish 'classes ot milk based ujxjn its 

 use. Prices would be based on these 

 classes. A complete auditing program 

 would be established to insure produeer> 

 lli.it their milk was paid for as directed 

 by the order. 



The hearing was conducted by Jack 

 VC'. Bain, representing the U.S. Depart- 

 mcfit of Agriculture. Other representa- 

 tives from the USDA dairy branch in- 

 cluded Dr. Paul L. Miller, Karl Degan, 

 J. C Kraus and ,\Liry 1:. Poole. 



'1 iie Illinois .Milk Producers Associa- 

 tion was represented by Judson P. Ma- 

 son, association secretary and director of 

 dairy marketing for the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association. 



The local milk bargaining associations 

 were represented by Martin Burns ot 

 C^hicigo. The principle testimony was 

 mtrociuced by NX'illiam H. Klalin, man- 

 ager of the Roekford association, Robert 

 E. Miller, mainger ot the Stephenson 

 ( ountv Pure .Milk Assouation. and Paul 

 Bainbridge .ind Lowell C!<x)mbcr. form- 

 er presidents of the two milk producers 

 groups. 



JULY, 1948 



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