48 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



the people become acquainted with its source,, which in 

 many cases is of questionable origin, they are afraid to 

 drink it. 



I want to say this: If the producer can put out a prod- 

 uct which the distributor can get beyond and advertise and 

 tell the public just what it is, and that standard can be 

 approved by the State and Federal Departments, it is going 

 to increase consumption one-quarter. The distributers 

 would be very glad to get behind a superior product of that 

 kind, because it would make business for them. 



I am not speaking particularly of our milk in the dairy 

 district of Chicago. If the women's clubs of the city of 

 Chicago knew the conditions of herds supplying Chicago 

 with its milk, it would cause a cut in consumption of one- 

 third, although they pasteurize the milk. 



Pasteurization is a makeshift at best. There is no ex- 

 cuse for ignoring these causes of tuberculosis among cattle 

 supplying milk to be pasteurized and then fed to ourselves 

 and to our babies. 



It is no disgrace to find tuberculosis on a man's farm, 

 but it is poor business policy to harbor it. It is lamentable 

 to realize the large number of men who have taken pains in 

 building up a fine herd of dairy cattle and when they come 

 to the point right now they have not a thing to fall back on. 



The amusing feature of men objecting to the tuberculin 

 test is that they are the most critical when buying. 



As far as breeds of cattle are concerned, one is no 

 more susceptible than another. Due to management, th^ 

 ration of reactors we fipd is higher in certain breeds than 

 others. 



I want to say this much for the little Jersey. In Illinois 

 we test a good many Jerseys and they are only about ll^ 

 per cent reactors. When the Jersey owner gets a reactor, 

 she goes to the block. He realizes what it means. We also 

 have another dairy breed and they run 18% reactors. This 

 is no reflection on the cattle, but is due to the way some 

 men handle their herds. The beef herds are not exempt. 



We can hardly appreciate the amount of tuberculosis 

 present in the human family in a badly infected district. 



