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throughout the world as have attempted to legislate on the subject. 
This naturally led to the gradual elimination of all methods 
other than such as might reasonably be adopted by any com- 
munity desiring, in the full light of present day knowledge, to 
undertake the control of bovine tuberculosis. 
It was felt, in view of the prevale.ice of the disease, especially 
in some localities and among certain classes of cattle, the diffi- 
culty of providing a sufficient number of trained officials and the 
large economic questions involved, to say nothing of the enormous 
expenditure, that it would be unwise for the present at least, to 
seriously discuss a policy of universal compulsory testing and 
slaughter. 
Such a policy might perhaps be adopted with advantage by a 
small community, or one in which the disease existed to a very 
limited extent, but speaking generally, especially in view of past 
experiences in this line, it was thought better to omit it entirely 
from the recommendations of the Commission. : 
All other methods of dealing with bovine tuberculosis which 
have been recommended or tried in various communities, were 
thoroughly discussed, with the object of discarding weak points 
and adopting such features as might be deemed worthy of a place 
in the official findings of the Commission. 
Every phase of the subject was in this way fully and freely 
considered, it being thought best to cover the whole ground as 
completely as possible before coming to a definite decision on any 
one point. 
In order to still further minimize the risk of omitting from 
the deliberations of the Commission any phase of the question, 
four committees were appointed at the first meeting to deal re- 
spectively with :— 
(1) Education and legislation, 
(2) Location of tuberculosis, 
(3) Dissemination, 
(4) Disposition of tuberctilous animals. 
The appointment of these committees proved to be of the great- 
est possible value in concentrating the energies of the various 
members on those branches of the subject with which they were 
most familiar, and their reports presented at subsequent meetings 
enabled the Commission to reach satisfactory conclusions much 
more rapidly than would otherwise have been the case, 
