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stated the animals were not doing as well as he expected. Some 

 cows had garget, one had di^d, others had aborted, some of hii 

 calves had died and some of the cows' feet were sore. Dr 

 Salmon, then Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, refused 

 to buy and slaughter this herd, simply because it was not doing 

 as well as the owner expected it would. In about three weekii 

 the owner came back and said, if we did not send somebody out 

 to slaughter that herd, he would kill some of the animals him- 

 self. I made a reinspection and found between 15 and 19 gar- 

 gety cows. I remembered two big fine cows in particular that 

 showed nothing at the first inspection. When seen the second 

 time their udders were so distended with pus they could not 

 stand with their hind legs in a normal position, but had to stand 

 with the legs spread. The udder was hot, painful, filled with pus 

 to the point of bursting. When those two animals were shol 

 and settled down, the udders burst and a pailful of pus ran out 

 over the ground. I examined many feet and found I could rui? 

 a case knife between the hoof and the foot from the heel to the 

 toes. That was where surgical operations were necessary. This 

 herd received good attention from the beginning.. The herds-j 

 men were kept busy night and day applying hot applications tct 

 the udders and belladonna and camphor ointments to bring themj 

 through, but in spite of all this care many of the cows lost thel 

 use of one or more quarters of the udder. The cows were going j 

 back, and we finally killed some of them to prevent a possible ^ 

 spread of the disease. | 



In another instance a man came to the ofiice one day in the; 



spring and said, "1 was a d fool because I kept that herd 



of mine. I have taken 70% of the cows to the butcher because. j 

 they were not profitable." I have personal knowledge of eight' 

 herds. In five cases the owners expressed themselves as dissatis- : 

 fied with the results following the sparing of these herds. It isj 

 sufficient to show us that it is not economical to save an ordi-; 

 nary herd, and that the slaughter method is the most speedy andj 

 economical method of getting rid of this disease. j 



I am going to take the rest of the time in answering ques- '. 

 tions. 



