CHAPTER VII. 



CLEANING THE BARN. 



With the increase of contagious and infectious 

 diseases among people and live stock, and since 

 so many diseases are transmissible from ani- 

 mals to human beings, it becomes necessary to 

 take all practical and useful precautions to guard 

 against such conditions. 



Cities and municipalities are everywhere realiz- 

 ing the importance of maintaining sanitary sur- 

 roundings for their citizens and have officers 

 that look after this line of work. They are a 

 great help to any city, and in fact are a neces- 

 sity in any city of a few thousand people. No 

 city could profitably dispense with this impor- 

 tant officer. There is no reason why such an 

 officer would not be able to do a great deal of 

 good among the rural folks by educating and 

 instructing them concerning the many advantages 

 of keeping the farms as free from diseases and 

 as clean and sanitary as possible. 



Of late years many of the animal diseases have 

 been steadily increasing, such as tuberculosis, 



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