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there is one, and are there killed under Federal inspection. If 

 suitable their meat is sold for meat; if not, tanked and con- 

 demned and three- fourths of the appraised valuation on the 

 value of $50.00 per cow returned to them. 



Another option if those are beef animals in the best of con- 

 dition, he can send those animals and take the full beef value. 

 I remember of one instance of where a fat steer sold for $82.00 

 where it had a small lesion, that would be the option in case of 

 a beef herd. 



The third is the retention of animals in quarantine under 

 the Sanitary Board, breed up a herd on a diseased foundation ; 

 cows that are worth three or four hundred dollars. You can 

 get a healthy calf every time if you separate that calf after 

 birth. Feed that calf upon boiled milk of its mother's or other 

 animals. In that way the widest possible latitude is given the 

 farmer to handle this himself. 



Member: Is Illinois in danger of getting bad cows from 

 Wisconsin ? 



Prof. Russell : I presume Wisconsin farmers ship stock to 

 Chicago even if they know they have tuberculosis, but a great 

 proportion is done under the auspices of the State because it is 

 helping the people to get rid of this disease. The majority of 

 the people are honest. Here and there, of course, will be men 

 that are dishonest. There is nothing to prevent it, but the great 

 majority is done under the State auspices. Gentlemen, that is 

 what any State has got to do. It is not a question of politics, it 

 is a question of facing a great proposition and meeting it square. 

 If you will help to clear up this thing the State will stand behind 

 you and share the burden. 



Member : Can our State of Illinois do anything as long as 

 the farmers are against it? 



Prof. Russell : They are against it in so long as they don't 

 know the facts of the case. Such demonstrations as this we 



