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susceptible to tuberculosis. They have been exposed to more of 

 it. The dairy animals are more likely to have it than animals in 

 the open. 



Member : Have you any law in Wisconsin prohibiting the 

 sending of infected animals from Illinois into Wisconsin? 



Prof. Russell: We have learned that trick. We have 

 stopped that so far as possible with legislation. If you will 

 tackle that proposition to make the railroads also responsible for 

 carrying that stock without a clean bill of health and have every 

 railroad pay the fines for disobeying that law it will help this 

 along to a wonderful extent. It is not done as much as it was 

 because many of the railroads have had to pay the penalty. You 

 say, how can you clean it up ? By preventing more from coming 

 in. You must not have Illinois a dumping ground for Wiscon- 

 sin or any other state. You must not let them come in unless 

 they can give you a tuberculin certificate, unless they come in to 

 be slaughtered. If you do you are going to get tuberculosis as 

 sure as the sun will shine tomorrow. 



Member: How near the time of freshening can you make 

 a test ? 



Prof. Russell : It can be applied to within a few days of 

 calving. The physical process of calving is such a strain she 

 is liable to fluctuations. Again, the test should never be applied 

 when an animal shows a feverish condition prior to the injec- 

 tion, the test should never be carried on. 



Member : Did our committee on investigation come up to 

 see you for information or write you, the Legislative Commit- 

 tee I mean? 



Prof. Russell : I cannot answer that question. I recall 

 no correspondence. It is barely possible I did receive a letter 

 last year from some one of the State Live Stock Commissioners 

 asking some questions, but no committee has ever visited us to 



