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 affected with Tuberculosis, has the power of transtnitting direct 

 the disease to their offspring. And studies and experiments 

 along these lines seem to prove this to be so, but there is no 

 question, to our way of thinking, that where the parents are 

 tuberculous, either one or. both, if they do not transmit the germ 

 direct to the foetus, they do transmit a constitutional tendency 

 especially favorable to the growth of this germ when introduced 

 into the body. 



Therefore, under these conditions, we would consider it 

 wise not to breed animals that are known to have Tuberculosis, 

 thereby stamping out the disease all the more rapidly, 



CI^IMATIC INFI^UENCK. 

 We do not believe that any climate is exempt from the dis- 

 ease, but there is no question but what high, dry climate, with 

 plenty of sunshine has a deterrent effect upon the growth of the 

 germ, and therefore, tb a certain extent, a controlling influence 

 for good is exerted^ . 



GEOIvOGICAIy CONDITIONS. 

 It has been claim.ed that Tuberculosis is due to a large ex- 

 tent to the soil. That this may hold a certain amount of truth 

 we do not wish to deny, but the soil, must have been inoculated 

 with the germ of Tuberculosis first, and we believe that if the 

 soil is not inoculated, the chance ofcontracting the disease from 

 the soil, is slight.. 



INFlvUENCK OF FOOD. 

 Some observers claim that certain foods render the system 

 particularly favorable for the disease of Tuberculosis. The 

 only way we believe this can occur is to introduce the germ in 

 the food. 



BARNS OR HOUSING. 



Statistics show that animals kept in barns ill ventilated and 

 devoid of the direct rays of the sun have more Tuberculosis 

 than animals living in the open air. 



The unhygienic conditions that are always found in badly 

 constructed, ill lighted, (by sunlight,) ill aired barns are only 

 a means by which the germs are kept alive, and thus become a 

 factor in producing Tuberculosis. 



