108 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



It would be the proper thing to take one or two tempera- 

 tures the third day in order to catch those which would not re- 

 spond to the tuberculin test until a later hour. Also if there 

 have been many reactions, you should make a physical examina- 

 tion of the herd for the purpose of detecting those that may be 

 so badly diseased that they would not react even if any should 

 be present. 



Separate the diseased animals from those found healthy. 

 Remove all loose material from their former abode and burn it, 

 then thoroughly disinfect the premises. The diseased animals 

 should be slaughtered or handled according to the teaching of 

 Bang. 



You should purchase all stock subject to the tuberculin test 

 to protect you from the abuses which are in vogue. We should 

 have a law which would prohibit the shipping of trailing cattle 

 into the State of Illinois for breeding purposes, which have not 

 successfully passed the tuberculin test. Such a law would pre- 

 vent Illinois from being the dumping ground of diseased animals 

 from other states. 



The State Board of Live Stock Commissioners should have 

 control of the sale and use of tuberculin for the purpose of cor- 

 recting the abuse of its diagnostic value. 



We should have an indemnity fund sufficiently large so that 

 the owner could get at least a fair percentage for slaughtered 

 animals, and also a general fund whereby the state could be 

 employed to do the work with trained experts, free of cost to 

 the owner. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Gilkerson : — Can there be any legislation to prevent a 

 dealer from knowingly buying tubercular cattle from one far- 

 mer, removing them into another neighborhood and selling them 

 to another farmer as healthy cattle ? 



Dr. Wright: — Our present law provides that it is a mis- 

 demeanor for any one to sell, or offer for sale, any animal suffer- 



