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The methods suggested for carrying out an educational propa- 
ganda are not to be considered at the exclusion of any and all 
other ways by which the public may become informed on the na- 
ture of bovine tuberculosis, its great economic importance and the 
necessity for an intelligent and united effort on the part of cattle 
owners and those having charge of the control of animal diseases 
to eradicate this great scourge. 
The Committee is of the opinion, from the history of the legis- 
lation regarding bovine tuberculosis in those states and countries 
which have attempted to deal radically with the problem, as well 
as from the special information which has been furnished by this 
committee to its members, and the light thrown upon the subject 
in the discussions at its several meetings, that in order to avoid 
friction and failure, all important legislation with reference’ to 
tuberculosis must be prepared with due consideration for the con- 
dition of public sentiment and information on this subject. That 
tuberculosis control work should be developed in a progressive 
way. That tuberculin tests made at a distance for public recogni- 
tion (for example, in other states or foreign countries) can only be 
done satisfactorily by official veterinarians. That the Delepine or 
Manchester plan of tuberculosis free areas gradually extended 
seems worthy of cautious trial. 
(Signed) M. H. Reynotps, Chairman. 
W. D. Hoarp. 
J. G. RuTHERFORD, 
Gov. Hoard’s Report. 
EDUCATIONAL MEANS FOR THE SUPPRESSION AND 
CONTROL OF BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS. 
Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Commission: 
I place a high value on the work this Commission may do if 
performed wisely, in shaping the conviction and purpose of the 
people of Canada and the United States concerning the prevention 
and control gf bovine tuberculosis. 
As yet, that conviction is but little more than an ill defined 
dread of something not clearly understood by the great mass of 
farmers. Added to this dread is a hope stronger yet, that the evil 
is not as great as has been asserted ; that it is a scare that will soon 
pass over. As yet, in the minds of farmers and breeders generally, 
esnerially in those Incalities where demonstration work has not 
