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ing from a contagious disease. If any one has knowledge of, 

 or has good reasons to believe that a contagious disease exists 

 in his or in his neighbor's stock, he should report the same at 

 once to the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners. Failing 

 to do so, he is liable to a fine. 



Mr. Gilkerson : — The case I refer to was of a cow with 

 tuberculosis. I sold her and her calf with the understanding 

 that they should be shipped to Chicago for immediate slaughter. 

 I sold them for $15. The next day she was sold to another far- 

 mer for dairy purposes for $42.50. 



Dr. Wright: — Our present law applies to this case. 



Question by a member : — Would not the owner of the cattle 

 be just as liable, if he knew they were diseased, as the seller? 



Dr. Wright : — Yes. 



Mr. Newman : — It seems to me that Dr. Wright has gone 

 into the subject very fully, and we should try some way to bring 

 this within the reach of every dairyman in the State of Illinois. 

 Bulletins are very good, but they do not reach the whole people 

 like the newspapers. I believe I would like to make a motion 

 that our Secretary be instructed to have Dr. Wright's address 

 printed immediately in pamphlet form and send a copy of it to 

 every country newspaper in the state of Illinois. If the Asso- 

 ciated Press would print it, then the country newspapers would 

 get it. I make this as a motion, if it is in order. 



The President: — It is in order. 



Motion seconded by Mr. Mason. Carried. 



Mr. Janes : — Would it be possible to control the manufac- 

 ture of tuberculin in a wholesale house? 



