THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 35 



HEALTH OF DAIRY CATTLE 



by 



Dr. Jas. B. Wright, State Veterinarian, Chicago, III. 



Chairman : Are there any questions that you would Hke to 

 ask Mr. Wright. I am sure his talk has been interesting. We 

 are all very grateful to you, Mr. Wright. 



The State Veterinarian doesn't think we are a dairy crowd 

 We are very fortunate today in having with us Dr. Wright. He 

 will talk to us a while, and I hope he will tell us what we ought 

 to do. After the scolding, if he sees fit to scold us, we are wil- 

 ling, for I feel we have been very negligent in enforcing the 

 laws. Illinois has been up against the proposition of receiving 

 the cows Wisconsin and other states did not want. We have 

 been buying them and putting them on the farms. I do not be- 

 lieve that it is right. I do not know if he is going to talk about 

 that, but I hope he will. 



Dr. Wright, will you take the floor? 



Dr. Wright : Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : Your 

 Chairman said he did not know what I was going to talk about, 

 neither do I. 



When I took up the program yesterday after returning from 

 a week's work at the Institute, I saw that I was asked to talk to 

 you about the health of the dairy cow. I do not want to speak 

 about her health only in part, it is the other one that I want to 

 speak about. 



One year ago about this time, in another city, I was invited 

 to talk on the subject of tuberculosis, and I will have something 

 to say about that question today before I leave the floor. I 

 .thought, perhaps after I had finished the hour at that time, that 

 it would be the last time the Illinois State Dairymen's Association 

 would ever want to see me again, but evidently not. 



